Supino Pizzeria reopened its dining room in Eastern Market on July 9, 2024, fourteen months after a two-alarm fire in the residential loft above the restaurant. The fire started on April 24, 2023, did enough water damage downstairs to close the place, and pulled the regulars to Supino's New Center location for the better part of a year. Owner Dave Mancini opened the original Supino at 2457 Russell Street in 2008.
The pizza is East Coast style with a foldable, thin crust. It has been on every "best in Detroit" list for at least a decade. The reopened restaurant has indoor seating for about 55, including some bar seats, and an outdoor patio that fits 16.
That is slightly fewer seats than before the fire. Mancini said he made the cut to run service more efficiently. The carryout window reopened in late April 2024, just before the NFL Draft.
Mancini wanted to be available for visitors and called it a 1.0 version. Full dine-in came back about ten weeks later, on a Tuesday. The dining room itself looks different.
Mancini worked with Midwest Common, the Colin Tury studio, and Detroit-based design firm Donut Shop on a redesign of the front of the house. The pizza is the same. Mancini is still in the kitchen for the dough.
Eight of the 20-plus staff members at the reopening had worked at Supino before the fire. Some had moved on during the closure because the New Center location did not have enough shifts for everyone. Mancini's wife Danielle Karmo, chef Mike Mazzola, and sous chef Angel Gomez led the kitchen reset.
Stephanie Schult joined as director of operations not long before the fire. The building at 2457 Russell is owned by Firm Real Estate LLC, which leases the residential loft above the restaurant. The space briefly housed Mancini's now-closed sister restaurant La Rondinella before Supino expanded into it.
The Eastern Market location is open Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The New Center spot at 6519 Woodward stays open Monday through Saturday. Mancini has said the slog of fourteen months had finally lifted off his shoulders. Mostly, he said, he felt relieved.
2457 Russell St., Detroit
