{"id":1088,"date":"2013-12-22T10:31:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2013-12-22T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T16:51:27","slug":"pats-henderson-20x-best-swla-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/2013\/12\/22\/pats-henderson-20x-best-swla-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"PAT’S OF HENDERSON: 20x BEST OF SWLA WINNER"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Of The Four Businesses That Have Appeared In Lagniappe’s Best Of Awards For 20 Consecutive Years<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s now been 20 years since Lagniappe published the results of its first Best Of Southwest Louisiana survey.<\/p>\n

In the two decades the Best of SWLA has existed, four businesses have made the list all 20 years. They haven\u2019t always won in the same category, but each year they\u2019ve managed to win the public\u2019s support for something.<\/p>\n

As it happens, all four are perennially popular food establishments that have stood the test of time. All serve dishes or drinks that are favorites of the public; any one of these might win a Best Of Award in any given year.<\/p>\n

Lagniappe now takes a special look at these four repeat performers: Darrell’s, Pat’s of Henderson, Casa Ma\u00f1ana and Steamboat Bill’s. We\u2019ll try to determine what they\u2019ve changed in the last 20 years and what customer-pleasing features they\u2019ve worked hard not to change at all. Here’s a look at Pat’s of Henderson:<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been more than 30 years since Pat\u2019s of Henderson owners Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Perioux and children conducted the grand opening of the Pat\u2019s of Henderson restaurant off Legion on Siebarth.<\/p>\n

Perioux says his four children, Keysha, Nicholas, Natalie and Lucas have all contributed to the success of the restaurant and still do. \u201cAnd,\u201d says Ricky Perioux, \u201clet\u2019s not forget the dedicated staff that I would put second to no one in this industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The building featured a design element Perioux thinks has kept it popular right up to the present. Its division into four large dining rooms allows it to accommodate groups of 80 to 100 that most other restaurants just can\u2019t manage.<\/p>\n

Another feature \u2014 one that would be of tremendous practical benefit for any restaurant \u2013 is seating for more than 300.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s helped that the dining rooms have looked contemporary in design throughout the restaurant\u2019s existence. Perioux says the entire building has been renovated twice in the last 20 years. And in July of this year, there was a major facelift to Pat\u2019s bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s done us a lot of good,\u201d says Perioux. \u201cAny time you change things, it draws curiosity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, when locals talk about Pat\u2019s, they talk about the food rather than the premises. Perioux says the original recipes of Pat\u2019s have remained unchanged. But, he says, \u201cWe continue to add different types of entrees.\u201d<\/p>\n

The restaurant adds 8-10 new items each year. This is done for the benefit of regulars. \u201cWe do that for them so they\u2019ll have something different to choose from,\u201d says Perioux.<\/p>\n

No one runs a 300-plus seat restaurant without a strong work ethic. It\u2019s an ethic son Nicholas Perioux has adapted both in and outside the restaurant. \u201cWithout [my parents],\u201d he says, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have had anything to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicholas says he\u2019s been working in Pat\u2019s of Henderson all his life. When he was in middle school, he worked on the weekends to make spending money. And in high school, he worked as a bus boy.<\/p>\n

With such humble beginnings, it might have been hard to see that Nicholas was following in the tradition of entrepreneurship that began in 1948 when his grandparents Pat and Agnes Huval started the original Pat\u2019s in Henderson (where it still thrives today).<\/p>\n

As any successful entrepreneur can tell you, part of entrepreneurship is hard work. \u201cI paid for my own college,\u201d says Nicholas. \u201cIf you want it, you\u2019ve got to work for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before Nicholas got his college degree from McNeese, he\u2019d already started his first company. At age 18, he started marketing his own spice mix \u2014 Louisiana\u2019s Flavor. It\u2019s still being sold today.<\/p>\n

This precocious venture may have accounted to some degree for the fact that Nicholas became the first recipient of McNeese\u2019s Entrepreneur of the Year award.<\/p>\n

From the beginning, Nicholas planned to use his college education to contribute to the production and efficiency of Pat\u2019s. He got \u201cfresh ideas\u201d from McNeese. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt. Some very significant things took place.\u201d These things, says Nicholas, vastly increased the restaurant\u2019s revenue.<\/p>\n

Because his college prep had made him \u201cgood at the numbers,\u201d he was able to use his newly acquired knowledge to make \u201cit all come together [at Pat\u2019s] and make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still making sense. \u201cIt\u2019s growing,\u201d says Nicholas. \u201cIt has a lot more to grow.\u201d This growth has a substantial foundation on which to build. As Nicholas\u2019 father puts it, Pat\u2019s \u201chas a strong base in Lake Charles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicholas\u2019 entrepreneurial bent continues to bear fruit. He\u2019s just started a new construction company.<\/p>\n

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