Mario's Cafe
Runner Up: Favourite Coffee Place

Mietta's Eating & Drinking in Melbourne 2000

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After 14 years, Marios considers itself to be an 'old time player' on the street. Ceretainly many other cafes have come and gone in that time. It's a place for all times of day, all reasons, as much for a coffee as for a meal. But the all-day breakfast is what really set the stamp on Melbourne's cafe society. It heralded the acceptance of the Fitzroy lifestyle, the musicians and artists who 'live the night' and who want bacon and eggs at 6pm not 6am. Marios is still the place to see and be seen. Excellent coffee, reliable food, good value, smart waiters verging on the cheeky. A place with soul, but it's the real thing not a cliche here.

303 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy
Melways reference 2C:B7
Phone: 9417 3343
Opening Hours: 7 days, Sun-Wed 7am- 12 midnight, Thurs-Sat 7am-1am]
Licensed
No credit cards
Seating Inside: 46,Outside: 6
Closed: Christmas Day and Good Friday
Favourites: Spaghetti carbonara $9.50, Penne puttanesca $9.50, Penne matriciana $9.50

*An updated review can be found in Mietta's Eating & Drinking in Australia 2000 pg97, published by Black Inc., 2000, Vic