Irene Li on the Unsung Restaurants Fund & Having Hope
04/24/20 • 30 min
On this special show I speak with Irene Lei of Mei Mei Restaurant in Boston about what running her business has been like since the coronavirus crisis started and the Unsung Restaurant Fund, a fund that she and a friend started to highlight the immigrant owned and run restaurants in Boston.
Photo courtesy of Irene Li.
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On this special show I speak with Irene Lei of Mei Mei Restaurant in Boston about what running her business has been like since the coronavirus crisis started and the Unsung Restaurant Fund, a fund that she and a friend started to highlight the immigrant owned and run restaurants in Boston.
Photo courtesy of Irene Li.
A Hungry Society is powered by Simplecast.
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