As restaurants struggle to stay open throughout the city due to escalating minimum wage, and increasing rent and property taxes, one eatery in the Bronx continues its formula for success for a century. Mario’s Restaurant, located on 2342 Arthur Avenue, has been making Neapolitan Italian cuisine the same way for 100 years.

Joe Migliucci and his daughter Regina Migliucci-Delfino operate the five-generation landmark, but the story began many years ago. In 1915 Migliucci’s great grandmother, Scolastica Migliucci and her son Giuseppe opened a small pizzeria in Harlem.