Marco Britti

Serial entrepreneur and restaurateur, Marco Britti is the founder and owner of popular Cuban Chinese joint, Calle Dao (Chelsea and Bryant Park) and Greenwich Village’s trendy Brazilian Cuban restaurant, Favela Cubana. Marco is also the co-founder and co-owner of Mareluna (SoHo and Flatiron), cozy Italian joint that opened in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Marco moved to New York City from Puglia, Italy in 1996 to pursue a career in music as a drummer.While enrolled in The Drummer’s Collective and auditioning for different bands, he worked as a cashier at 137 Sullivan Street at a French Bistro which is now home to his latest venture, Mareluna.

His break in music came when he partnered up with another fellow musician who was a bass player for Marc Anthony. His music career took off and he went on a South American tour with Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, where he fell in love with Latin American culture. He ended up living in Havana, Cuba for nine months in a small neighborhood which used to be the old Chinatown. He was fascinated by the Asian influence and mix of Cuban, Puerto Rican and Chinese cultures. He loved how so many people were coming together through music, food and religion.