In addition to the Ann Arbor location we recently reported, Coratti’s Pizzeria Bar and Bocce is also working on opening a new restaurant in East Lansing at 321 E Grand River. The owners hope to pen the East Lansing restaurant by this fall.
The Grand River location will be bigger than the existing Howell Coratti’s, but plans to have a similar layout. It will feature two floors of dining spaces, a bar, and a 60-foot bocce ball court. The space was previously a bookstore called the Collegeville Textbook Company. The property was sold to Coratti’s in 2022 and construction begun shortly after, but faced some delays and took longer than anticipated.
Owner Peter Coratti will operate the East Lansing restaurant with his nephews, Peter Pfeffer and Anthony Coratti, which has its original location in Howell. Coratti currently owns and operates three restaurants in Michigan. The East Lansing location is expected to follow a similar layout to the Howell restaurant.
“[The Esat Lansing restaurant] is an extensive redevelopment project converting a single-floor former textbook store into a two-story restaurant. We hope to have that location open by the Fall,” Anthony Coratti told What Now Detroit in an email.
Coratti’s plans to be open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, noon to 10 p.m. on Sunday and 10 a.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday, according to original plans submitted to the city.
