Marco's Bistro
Marco's Bistro is a restaurant located in Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City. The restaurant was most likely a shared turf by the Leone's and the Forelli family. In 1992, Salvatore Leone, don of Leone family ordered ally, Carl Johnson to kill a high ranking Forelli gang member. By 1998, the front is owned by the Leone's as they are the only Mafia family controlling the areas surrounding Saint Mark's as the Forelli's main base is the Little Italy district in Fort Staunton. In 2001, where Grand Theft Auto III takes place, the Forelli's are weakened considerably and instead known as the Forelli brothers. During the same time, their only known front is Marco's Bistro as Mike "Lips" Forelli, the speculated don of theirs is seen there. Under orders of Joey Leone, Mike's car gets rigged with a bomb set by Claude, ending his life and the Forelli's are most likely ceased to exist, meanwhile the Leone's take the restaurant back by then. In an interesting note the restaurant's slogan in Grand Theft Auto III is "Eat till you explode!", a coincidental reference to Mike Forelli's death when he died inside his car which was rigged with a bomb.