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CC Alumni Business Profile - Coratti’s Pizzeria Bar & Bocce
Spotlighting Alumni & Members of Our CC Family
Coratti’s Pizzeria Bar & Bocce in Howell is a family place – in every sense of the word. It is owned and run by a trio of CC alumni: Pete Coratti ’79 and his nephews, Anthony Coratti ’01 and Peter Pfeffer ’04. However, Coratti’s is there for your family – in its many forms.
On a recent evening:
• Toward the middle of the room, there are four guys arguing about their round of golf over pizza and beer.
• Near the gelato station, a group from a local business is toasting a co-worker’s birthday.
• At a large table to the side, an extended family laughs and talks at their regular gathering.
• Just beginning a game of bocce, a small group is celebrating “women’s night out.”
These are just a few of the ways their family serves your family. It is the Coratti family motto: “Live to serve, not to be served.” They are determined to serve their customers in the best way possible. Before opening, Pete ’79 and Pete ’04 traveled to Napoli, Italy, where they did research and serious learning. They returned with Vera Pizza Napoletana Certification after rigorous training in the creation of specialized pizza. Along with this knowledge, they brought wood-burning ovens, specially manufactured in Italy and shipped to Howell. Napoletana style pizza is the heart of their menu. A real treat after one of the many and varied offerings on their menu is house-made, all natural gelato; the flavors are unique and always changing.
Service and food are both parts of the Coratti tradition, tracing back to Sunday meals at their grandparents’ home when everyone gathered. “These meal times cemented our family bond,” said Pete’79. “Those times together formed our heritage of looking out for each other.” Many of their grandmother Mary’s recipes are used at the other family restaurant, Coratti’s on Main in Milford, which is run by Pete ’79’s sister and Pete ’04’s mom, Michele Coratti Pfeffer.
Another part of the Coratti heritage is sending their sons to Catholic Central. Pete’s brothers, Rick ’69 and Tom ’72, preceded him to the Outer Drive location. Fr. Dick Elmer, CSB ‘46, or Fr. Frank Mizzi, CSB, or Fr. Phil Acquaro, CSB, or Fr. Norb Clemens, CSB would often be a part of their family gatherings. One of the famous family stories relates to the winter evening when older brother Rick and his girlfriend, Nancy (now Mrs. Coratti), were to take little brother Pete to a CC basketball game. The brothers somehow lost each other by the end of the game, so Pete decided to walk home. He was hit by a car leaving the game on Outer Drive, leaving him dazed and sprawled on the boulevard. When Rick finally found him, Pete was being given the last rites by none other than, Fr. Ned Donoher, CSB!
Spending time at Coratti’s Pizzeria Bar & Bocce is rewarded not just by authentic food and drink, but by that expansive “Spirit of Welcome” that makes everyone who comes in feel a part of the family.
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