FALL RIVER, Mass. — Bill Murray, apparently, really likes pierogis.

He likes pierogis so much that he will take a ferry from Martha’s Vineyard, cross the Cape Cod Canal during the apocalyptic weekend traffic, and drive roughly 40 miles inland just to find them.

While you were busy going to the beach or running errands Saturday afternoon that was what Bill Murray was doing.

“He sat down and I thought, ‘That guy looks like Bill Murray,’” said Patti Geary, whose restaurant, Patti’s Pierogis, was visited by the famed actor this weekend. “I said to him, ‘Tell me, Bill. What brings you to Fall River?’ And he said, ‘You! Your place!’...They came all the way to Fall River just for pierogis.”

Geary said that Murray had been staying on Martha’s Vineyard and made the drive to Fall River to check out the restaurant with Academy Award-winning director and New England native Peter Farrelly. The group came in during a brief lull in business Saturday, staying only about an hour. Geary explained that they were trying to keep a low profile, but were happy to chat and pose for a quick photo.

“He was a really nice guy, it was a great visit. He was very witty and I was in shock the whole time,” she said. “I’ve always been a fan of his since ‘Saturday Night Live,’ and then ‘Ghostbusters,’ and then when he was in the ‘Christmas Carol’ one.”

The group stayed fairly traditional with their orders.

“They ate everything. They didn’t leave a thing behind,” said Geary. “They tried Polish pierogis, Polish wine. Bill Murray had the Polish vodka. He was Polish all the way.”

This is not the first time Patti’s Pierogis has been drawn celebrities to Fall River. Not long after opening 10 years ago, the business was featured on the Guy Fieri-hosted Food Network show “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.” Since then, Geary has been collecting customer signatures in a guestbook that both Murray and Farrelly signed.

Referencing the recent visit a CNN film crew paid to Fall River’s Mee Sum, Geary concluded that the local restaurant community must be doing very well since customers are now traveling such great distances to get here.

“There’s a lot of good food in this city and I’m glad that it’s getting out there,” she said.