When Mike and Regina Lester opened M\u00e9m\u00e8re\u2019s at 122 Fountain Street inside the newly rebranded Neptune hotel, they brought new life to one of downtown Providence\u2019s most distinctive hospitality spaces. Known for their impact on Rhode Island\u2019s restaurant and beverage community through The Dorrance, the Lesters returned to their hospitality roots with a deeply personal restaurant inspired by family, tradition, French-Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois flavors, New England ingredients, and thoughtful service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The RISBDC\u2019s Food Systems, Restaurant + Hospitality Business Counselor Maggie Longo supported the Lesters throughout the project, helping them move from concept to daily operations with guidance around regulatory requirements, licensing, hiring, menu development, costing, accounting, and overall business planning. Today, M\u00e9m\u00e8re\u2019s reflects Mike and Regina\u2019s family history, years of hospitality experience, and commitment to creating meaningful guest experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
122 Fountain St, Providence, RI 02903, United States \u25cf <\/strong>401-389-8238 \u25cf <\/strong>memeresri@gmail.com<\/a> \u25cf <\/strong>www.memeresri.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Mike and Regina Lester opened M\u00e9m\u00e8re\u2019s at 122 Fountain Street inside the newly rebranded Neptune hotel, they brought new life to one of downtown Providence\u2019s most distinctive hospitality spaces. Known for their impact on Rhode Island\u2019s restaurant and beverage community through The Dorrance, the Lesters returned to their hospitality roots with a deeply personal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":11374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11375,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11373\/revisions\/11375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/risbdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}