Yes, they call him The Man in The Mews. Ron Robin has spent most of his life entertaining people. As a music and talk jock for all of Boston's major radio stations, he introduced Boston to its first full time "disco" radio station, WBOS and he was the first with a locally produced television dance music show "Stagedoor Disco". After moving to WBZ radio to do talk, he was able to pull some of the highest ratings in his time slot. Other television credits include "Evening Magazine" on CBS TV4, "Good Morning" on WCVB TV5, and various commercials and guest shots.

As a professor at Emerson College he brought a more entertaining approach to higher education. Ron takes his experience of pleasing and entertaining people to The Mews where he wants to make sure every guest has a dining "experience" and is not just "getting something to eat".

"We like to make everything pleasant and especially delicious" says Ron. "Our servers are not only here to serve, but are courteous, friendly, helpful and informed. We care about one another as well as our customers. That's what makes us all one big family."

Aside from running the restaurant, Ron is active in several town and state committees and boards, founding member of several Provincetown events, original board member of the Provincetown Repertory Theatre, does "voice over" work for radio and television commercials, and produces education videos. Ron has been an owner since 1983.

Born in British Guiana, Chef Laurence has had the fortunate experience of growing up around intercontinental flavors. After a formal education in Hertfordshire England he returned to what then became known as Guyana and was surrounded by the tastes, smells, and cultures of the West Indies, Asia, and India. He migrated to Montreal and then to Toronto where he completed his formal education at George Brown College. He was now ready to fulfill his dream of sharing his culinary expertise with the public. After a stint at a Toronto restaurant, he moved to Key West and opened The Fountains in the old historic Cuban Club where he was chef. Notably, he was also chef and owner of Jordon's Café in Key West, where he hosted such luminaries as Calvin Kline, Margo Hemmingway, Peter Fonda, Jimmy Buffet, Edward Albee, James Kirkwood and others. Once again, as chef, Mr. deFreitas became a celebrity as the result of many complimentary articles written about him, his restaurant, his unique approach to food, and his uncanny ability to combine flavors. After serving as a chef at two well known Provincetown restaurants, Chef Laurence brought his skills to The Mews. He likens his craft to the art of singing.

"You may have several wonderful voices which are beautiful as individuals," he says "but until you know how to get those voices to sing in harmony, you just have a lot of noise."

We are proud to have a chef who is not afraid to experiment with that harmony in every dish he creates. We are proud to have had Laurence de Freitas as Executive Chef since 1988.

Pingle, Bar Manager

How would anyone get a name like that ... just leave it to her older sister who, as a 4 year old, sang "I've got spurs that jingle jangle pingle!". She liked how that sounded and called her little sister that ever since ... so do we. You'd think with a song about spurs these girls would come from cowboy country ... you're right. Pingle grew up in Midland Texas but couldn't wait to get out. So at 21 she took her first job right here in Provincetown at the Provincetown Inn. That only lasted one season before she got the itch for adventure and travel. She has traveled and lived in Germany where she was an au pair, Greece, Israel (just after the 6 day war), Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Japan (where she celebrated her 30^th birthday), Singapore, Malaysia, Guam, Borneo (where she climbed the highest peak), Australia, and then back to the USA to Alsaka and to work in Hawaii at Hamburger Mary's and America Hawaii Cruise Lines where she saved a man's life as he was about to fall into the ship's anchor well. This woman is a walking soap opera! At one point Pingle, who loves people, attended American Airlines Stewardess School. This is a great job for someone who loves people ... but the school required strict rules and a strict curfew. Well, that wasn't Pingle's style at all. Yes, she was caught climbing the fence to get back into the dorms ... at 3AM ... wearing spiked heels ... and fishnets!!! Guess what? She'd didn't graduate. She loves being a bartender at The Mews but adventure still runs through her veins. In 1995, she climbed Machu Picchu. In 2000, she swung from vines in Costa Rica and by the time you read this, she would have completed a trip to Africa where she went on Safari and took a balloon ride tour of the Serengeti. Of her amazing life's journey Pingle says "You have to have curiosity and an adventuresome soul, and not much sense, or fear. I sure didn't." The adventure continues with every drink she makes here at the Mews and there still is that Texan warmth as she calls you "darlin'" from time to time. Pingle arrived here at The Mews in 1988 and we try to come up with various adventurous tasks to hold her interest. So far it's worked. But now she's talking about going to the Antarctic in a few years! Help!

Karl is a true New Englander and Cape Codder. Born in Burlington Vermont, he grew up vacationing in Chatham where he still has family. His education at the University of Vermont came in handy for his world travels ... he has a BA in Western European Studies. Both before and after his college days, he lived in Germany, Switzerland, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles, San Francisco (where he was a manager at The Hyatt), Washington DC, New York City, and Boston. Being fluent in French and German made him quite popular during his frequent ski visits to Switzerland, but in the long run it was the hospitality industry that caught his attention. So he was off to Cape Cod Community College for Hotel and Restaurant Management. After having managed, waited and bar tended at various restaurants in and out of Provincetown, we snagged him and The Mews has been his home since 2002. His sparkling smile, friendly personality, and an uncanny ability to know where everybody needs to be seated during busy dinner times all add to another wonderful Mews family member. Interestingly we have more scorpios on our staff than any other zodiac sign and yes he's another one!