WORDS OF WISDOM IN MONACO
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WORDS OF WISDOM IN MONACO WITH KATE POWERS
INTERVIEW by Olga Taran
ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO , KATE POWERS CO-FOUNDED STARS ’ N ’ BARS , MONACO ’ S WORLD-FAMOUS CELEBRITY HANGOUT AND FAMILY RESTAURANT . THE LIKES OF STEVIE WONDER , MADONNA , ELTON JOHN , PRINCE , CHUCK BERRY AND COUNTLESS OTHER BIG NAMES HAVE COME TO WINE , DINE AND PERFORM AT HER RESTAURANT . BUT BEFORE KATE POWERS WAS RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH SUPERSTARS , SHE HAD AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT TOOK HER FROM HER HOMETOWN OF ST . LOUIS , USA , TO WORKING AS A WAITRESS , BARTENDER AND CHEF , TO CO-OWNING STARS ’ N ’ BARS , MONACOLOGY AND ECOHUB .
HelloMonaco : Everyone knows you in Monaco , but not everyone knows your story .
Kate Powers : They do ? Must be because of Stars ’ N ’ Bars . HM : How did you come to Monaco ?
KP : I came to Monaco as a child , six years old . My mother ran away from home with three children and decided to come over .
We came via cruise ship and ended up in France and little by little in Monaco .
HM : How did you come up with Stars ’ N ’ Bars , was it always your dream ?
KP : Somebody proposed this location to me , and I was like : « Why ?» But when I came to look at the location , I thought : « Wow ! It ’ s amazing . We could do so many different things ». In Monaco at the time , there were only mostly Italian restaurants . There was nothing for
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