Chef & Owner
Marco Marino
Our Story
Three generations.
Three generations.
One kitchen.
In the spring of 1987, Nonna Rosa pinned a hand-written menu to the door of a narrow shopfront on Exmouth Market and started serving the food she grew up with in Abruzzo. There was no business plan — just a wood-fired oven, her mother's tomato sauce, and the conviction that good food brings people home.
Almost forty years later, that same shopfront is still ours. Her grandson Marco runs the kitchen now, and the recipes haven't changed. The bread is still baked here every morning. The pasta is still rolled by hand on a marble counter that's older than most of our staff.
We're not chasing trends. We're just trying to feed you the way Rosa would have — with butter, with patience, and with the door held open.
— The Marino Family
37
Years on Exmouth Market
3
Generations
1
Family Recipe Book