Our Story
2009
NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER
Founders Elie Nehme and Micky Abou Merhy, spent weeks discussing the idea of opening a small bar to hang out with friends
2010
JANUARY
The guys found and secured a small space in a charming street of Hamra
JUNE 11
First member of the family, Oscar Wilde Bar opens its doors
2011
FEBRUARY
The hang-out place needed more attention
MARCH
Elie took a leave from his day time job to organize the operations of Oscar Wilde while testing his life outside the consulting firm
APRIL-OCTOBER
The start of something new - founders quit their jobs, confident that Oscar Wilde Bar was just their first stepping stone into the Hospitality world
2012
JUNE
Chapter II was to be written in Mar Mikhayel - a neighborhood district that would later become Beirut’s hot spot
AUGUST
The bartender Yves El Khoury stroke up a friendship that would later turn into a professional partnership with Elie and Micky
SEPTEMBER
Santana, the bar manager at Vyvyan’s, joins the family
OCTOBER 28
Elie and Micky launch Vyvyan’s, one of the first bars to open in Mar Mikhayel
2012
OCTOBER
The founders set their eyes on a spot in Badaro – a calm neighborhood known for its vibrant past
MAY
After a tough week of food tasting and fine tuning with Elie and Robert in the kitchen, the family’s first restaurant opens its door
2013
DECEMBER 13
The team launches a neighborhood café bar called Kissproof