Super Mario has a Recipe for Success Grandpapa of Glasgow's Eating Out Scene has Appetite for New Venture
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MARIO Romano wears his crown as the grandpapa of Glasgow's Italian eating-out scene with a smile - and a shrug. The 69-year- old is much too busy planning his next big project to rest on his laurels. This tanned and tactile Neapolitan, who first came to Glasgow in 1961 at the age of 21, has no intentions of resting up and giving way to the new generation. Next month he will open his latest venture, a 130-cover midpriced restaurant and champagne bar called Mediterraneo, on Ingram Street on a ground-floor site that dominates the city's Italian quarter. "I love what I'm doing, and enthusiasm is the key to success, " he says simply. "This is the first new place I have bought for five years, and it has put a smile back on my face."
Even in the middle of the economic recession Romano believes that people still want to eat out, if less often than usual. "There are still people out there making money, and those who aren't still want something new, " he said.See the full content of this document
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Super Mario has a Recipe for Success Grandpapa of Glasgow's Eating Out Scene has Appetite for New Venture
Although business is down generally by 10per cent to 15per cent, he believes the recession will come to an end, and that the overall price tag of GBP2.3m for the building and fit-out is thus a bargain: if he had bought it...
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