Jordan Marano
Jordan is a Miami native growing up in a Italian/Jewish family it was all about Friday night and Sunday dinners after church, watching everything Grandma and Nonna did that brought the family around the table.
His dreams were to be a professional football player but with a high school injury change the course. His first weekend job was at 16 as a bus boy at Runway 84 under the watchful eye of Anthony Bruno, Jordan then realized he loved the restaurant business and went on to graduate the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park NY. From there he went on to do an internship with Michael Mina at Aqua in San Francisco where he was awarded best cooking competition of all interns. Jordan then went on to Pacific Time with Jonathan Eismann, going back to NY to lead the Kitchen in China Grill NY and Tuscan Steak Miami, he wound up leading the award winning Rosa Mexicano South Beach till 2016.
Which lead him upon opening Ella’s Oyster Bar which he felt Miami needed an oyster bar that was affordable and paid homage to the City of Miami that he loves, there was no better place to do that then Calle Ocho and his proud that Ella’s has been one of the pioneer restaurants to set up shop in the resurgent and vibrant Calle Ocho.
