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| [[Image:Marco's Bistro III.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Marco's Bistro, as depicted in GTA III]] | | {{infobox business| |
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| | | game_1 = GTA III |
| | | name = FBC Financial Group |
| | | type = [[:Category:Banks|Bank]] |
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| | | location = [[Torrington]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] |
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| | '''FBC Financial Group '''or '''FBC Bank''' is a company in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in the [[Grand Theft Auto III]] which presumably specializes in the financial sector. |
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| '''Marco's Bistro''' is a restaurant located in [[Saint Mark's]], [[Portland Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. It is featured in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], briefly in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], and in the opening scene of [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]].
| | The company is notable for [[Porter Tunnel Six Months Behind Schedule|being a financier]] of the [[Porter Tunnel]] project, which faced numerous delays and only opened seven months behind schedule as a result (from the original projected launch in March 2001 to October 2001). The official GTA III website points the company's base of operation in the city to the third tallest building in the city in [[Torrington]] on [[Staunton Island|Staunton]], wedged between the [[Jefferson St. Credit Union building]] and [[AmCo Headquarters|AmCo's headquarters]]. |
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| The restaurant was most likely a shared turf by the [[Leone Family|Leone]] and the [[Forelli Family|Forelli]] families. Although it appears to be named after [[Marco Forelli]] suggesting that the official owners (until at least 1992) are in fact the Forellis. | | The company could be based on the [[:wp:PNC Financial Services|PNC Financial Services]], as the name gives some similarities with the [[:wp:RBC Bank|RBC Bank]]. "FBC" is also an acronym for a real-life bank called [[:wp:Flagstar Bank|Flagstar Bank]]. |
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| In [[1986]], [[Sonny Forelli]] and a couple of his associates sit inside Marco's Bistro and discuss how best to deal with the release of [[Tommy Vercetti]] after 15 years inside.
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| In [[1992]], [[Salvatore Leone]], [[Boss|Don]] of Leone Family ordered ally, [[Carl Johnson]] to go to the Bistro to kill a high ranking Forelli gang member in the mission [[Saint Mark's Bistro]].
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| By [[1998]], the front is owned by the Leones as they are the only [[Mafia]] family controlling the areas surrounding [[Saint Mark's]] in GTA Liberty City Stories. The Forelli's main base is the [[Little Italy]] district of [[Fort Staunton]] in [[Staunton Island]].
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| In [[2001]], where GTA III takes place, the Forellis are weakened considerably and instead known as the Forelli brothers. During the same time, their only known front is Marco's Bistro, noted as [[Mike Forelli|Mike "Lips" Forelli]] (the suspected Don) is seen there.
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| Under orders of [[Joey Leone]], Mike's [[Idaho|car]] [[Mike Lips Last Lunch|gets rigged with a bomb]] set by [[Claude]], killing him, and the Forellis most likely cease to exist. Meanwhile the Leone's took the restaurant back. The restaurant's slogan in GTA III is ''"Eat till you explode!"'', an ironic reference to Mike Forelli's death.
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| == Trivia ==
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| * It should be noted that during the mission Saint Mark's Bistro in [[1992]] the Bistro and surrounding area is covered in snow.
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| * The bistro is called St. Mark's Bistro in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Marco's Bistro SA.jpg|Marco's Bistro, as depicted in GTA San Andreas, in the mission Saint Mark's Bistro.
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| Image:Saint_Mark's_Bistro.jpg|Marco's Bistro, as depicted in GTA Liberty City Stories.
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| Image:Gtasa20050612001838462zu.jpg|An interior view of the first floor.
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| Image:Interior.jpg|A view of the kitchen.
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| Image:Gtasa20050612001730433ho.jpg|The backside of Marco's Bistro.
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| Image:Sentinel_(San_Andreas).JPG|Marco Forelli's Sentinel
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| </gallery>
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| {{Restaurants}}
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| [[Category:Restaurants]]
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| [[Category:Criminal Businesses]]
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| [[Category:Businesses]]
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| [[Category:Places in Portland]]
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| [[Category:Businesses in GTA III]] | | [[Category:Businesses in GTA III]] |
| [[Category:Businesses in GTA Vice City]] | | [[Category:Businesses in 3D Universe]] |
| [[Category:Businesses in GTA San Andreas]] | | [[Category:Businesses in Liberty City in 3D Universe]] |
| [[Category:Businesses in GTA Liberty City Stories]]
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