Given how often we hear about hospitality's slim margins, transient workforce, and the ever-changing tastes and habits of diners, how does a restaurant stay the course? Marios in Melbourne seems to have cracked the code: this year it marks 40 years in business. Today, we pull up a chair at Marios and meet both new and long-standing members of staff, a regular customer of note, and the eponymous Marios themselves.Guests: Mario Maccarone and Mario De Pasquale, founders and owners of MariosTony Birch, novelist, short story writer, poet and Marios regularAbbie Rowan, Sophia Bartlett, Luka Kovalskyi and Massimo Di Sora, Marios staff membersGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at [email protected] episode of Every Bite was produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.

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