Zoe Birch (Greasy Zoe’s) - consistency and change

If there’s a type of restaurant that I appreciate most intensely, it’s small independent family places where the creativity has to be as much about business structure as food on a plate. Greasy Zoe’s is one of those businesses.

Run by couple Zoe Birch and Lachlan Gardner, the eight seat restaurant is in a leafy suburb an hour from Melbourne. It’s a special place.

As the business clocks up nine years of operation, we check in with Zoe to see what is consistent and what needs to change.

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