Heavyweight chef Andrew Carmellini (of Locanda Verde and The Dutch fame, both in New York) heads up the southern-Italy inspired restaurant San Morello. The space is a playful riot of mismatched patterned wall tiles and white linen covering the bottom half of the windows that’s reminiscent of a traditional trattoria. The menu is simple but interesting enough to lure local foodies: wood fired pizzas, homemade pasta and an antipasti feast featuring butter bean dip topped with wild mushrooms, creamy burrata on a bed of broccoli pesto, roasted beets with candied walnuts, and a charred cabbage salad.

On the ground floor of the Shinola Hotel, San Morello is noted for its upscale Italian dishes. San Morello Easter brunch special includes a torta pasqualina, with arugula salad and maritozzi buns with a choice of lemon cream or chocolate cream pistachio cream. Other items brunch items are eggs al forno with Calabrian chili, mozzarella and warm focaccia, a wild mushroom frittata with herbed caprino, mustard greens and baba au rhum French toast with rum raisin and whipped mascarpone.

While there is not technically a dress code to dine at San Morello, consider leaving the sweatpants at home (but still wear pants or other non-undergarment bottoms) because brunch just went from sloppy to classy. San Morello, located within the Shinola Hotel in Downtown Detroit, offers high-quality Italian food from Andrew Carmellini, a James Beard Award-winning chef. The brunch menu offers cold-pressed juices, wood-fired pizza, breakfast spaghetti, and eggs al forno.

Located inside the Shinola Hotel, San Morello transports guests to a southern Italian neighborhood restaurant where they can sit in the sun on the piazza or view the wood-fired pizza oven in the open kitchen. Dishes include breakfast spaghetti with kale, smoked bacon, and a poached farm egg, and an assortment of pastries, including doughnuts with cinnamon crema. The cocktail menu features classic drinks with an Italian twist.

San Morello is offering two options for Thanksgiving this year. Head to the restaurant from 7 a.m.-noon for a Southern-Italian-inspired breakfast buffet featuring classic brunch items, housemate pastries, and bottomless Bellinis. Be sure to step out on to the patio during this time because they’ll be offering warm drinks, a deli-style Italian hero sandwich, and a view of Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

On Valentine's Day, San Morello, an urban Italian neighborhood restaurant, is offering its regular dinner menu alongside special dishes for the occasion. Guests can look forward to a seafood fantasia for two, king prawn cocktail, spicy lobster salad, duck arrosto, among other delights. The meal can be concluded with a choice of strawberry tiramisu or bombolini sundae for dessert.

Nestled in Downtown Detroit, this hidden gem serves up beautifully presented dishes that are works of art. The Golden Roasted Beets are out of this world and will make you feel as though you’re dining in a restaurant in Tuscany. Their cocktails are deliciously unique and masterful too, so be sure to try out a couple from their extensive selection.

While you may be skeptical at first because the menu is not by any means extensive, what it does have is delicious food. Southern Italian cooking inspires the chef, which is clear when you taste his wood fire pizza or house made pasta. San Morello sits on Woodward Ave. in the center of the hustle and bustle that includes shopping and restaurants.

San Morello is one of four F&B concepts at Shinola Hotel from Andrew Carmellini’s NoHo Hospitality. This Valentine’s Day in Detroit is to the next level with an upscale Italian restaurant located adjacent to the hotel. For Valentine’s Day, the restaurant will be open from 5 pm-10 pm and offer festive specials to celebrate the romantic holiday.

San Morello: Comfortable and hospitality forward Italian restaurant San Morello at the Shinola Hotel will offer an a la carte menu with holiday features. Try the torta Pasqualina for brunch, strawberry tiramisu with mascarpone mousse and limoncello. There’s an egg hunt around the restaurant on Easter Sunday (bring your own basket).

The ground floor restaurant, San Morello, will serve a menu focusing on seasonal ingredients and Southern Italian flavors (with plenty of seafood in the mix). Carmellini will also be running the room service menu too, if you feel so inclined to have dinner in bed within the large and stylish Shinola-designed rooms.

There, Albom broadcast his WJR-AM radio show and greeted guests who listened to jazz by Alexander Zonjic while enjoying strolling appetizers from San Morello, including meatballs, sheep’s milk ricotta crostini and tomato basil arancini (rice balls) and marinated steak skewers.

With a focus on Southern Italian and Sicilian cooking, this is a trendy spot with a menu that specializes in locally sourced ingredients and seasonal offerings. The wood-fire pizzas are a popular choice, and the house made pasta will leave you wanting to come back for more.

Inspired by the spirit and piazzas of southern Italy and Sicily, San Morello is chef Andrew Carmellini's urban Italian neighborhood restaurant in downtown Detroit serving authentic, wood-fired dishes, pizzas and house-made pastas using local, seasonal ingredients.

📍Downtown Detroit San Morello is an upscale Italian restaurant that is part of the boutique Shinola Hotel. Their restaurant on Woodward offers outdoor patio dining. On Thursdays through Sundays, they even offer an al fresco Aperol Spritz bar.

San Morello Located in the Shinola Hotel, San Morello is not to be missed. Serving authentic, wood-fired dishes, pizzas and house-made pastas, the food is first-rate. The fun atmosphere and the beautiful design of the restaurant is a bonus.

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (136 reviews) - Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5) - Type of cuisine: Italian - Price: $$ - $$$ - Address: 1400 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48226-2002 - Read more on Tripadvisor

Grab a classic cocktail in the Living Room or Evening Bar, taste the authentic Southern Italian dishes at San Morello, or try the brews and Detroit-style fried chicken at The Brakeman and Penny Red's.

San Morello has definitely raised the bar when it comes to creating a memorable and safe brunch experience. Plus, we seriously dream about their breakfast spaghetti.