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Irene Li on the Unsung Restaurants Fund & Having Hope

Irene Li on the Unsung Restaurants Fund & Having Hope

Update: 2020-04-24

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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.

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Irene Li on the Unsung Restaurants Fund & Having Hope

Irene Li on the Unsung Restaurants Fund & Having Hope

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