This is the story of our mom, Marie Puerini. She passed away on December 14, 2017. With deep appreciation and love for her classy style we hope to carry on for her.
Here is her story:
'My sister was many years my senior and was already living in Newport when I was born. Needless to say, Newport was a completely different town when I was growing up; smaller, less inhabited, no tourists, no restaurants, few stores, no style, and lots of handsome Navy men. As a little girl, I came on weekends with my mother and fell in love with the town.
Many years later I bought my first house here, gathered my children and never looked back. My youngest son wanted to open a small restaurant when he was 19 years old, so I left a very successful business and we became partners. That was 36 years ago, and the restaurant, now called Ida's,, became very successful.'
My wife and I moved here in May, 2021. We too love Newport ad we are very excited to live here. We hope you will join us for a while as our guest to give you a chance to fall in love with it too!