Ottava Via

Restaurants

The Culinary Guild of Detroit is at it again Aug. 17 at Iridescence, this time featuring chef Ariel Millan of Mercury Burger bar and Ottava Via, who will team up with Iridescence chef Benjamin Meyer. The Culinary Guild kicked off its first event in July, with Les Molnar (Green Dot Stables and Johnny Noodle King).

Corktown is officially cool according to no other authority than the New York Times. They feature several of the foodier businesses in their recent article "A Gleam of Renewal in Struggling Detroit", like Astro Coffee, Two James Spirits, Ottava Via, and Detroit Institute of Bagels, with Ponyride thrown in for good measure. The article shares details about each of the above businesses, which is...

The lineup for Detroit Restaurant Week has changed again as Ottava Via decided to participate in the more upscale week. They were part of last fall's Dine Drink Detroit, which featured more casual restaurants and a lower price point, but they're joining the big leagues for spring. The three courses for $30 DRW menu is standard for the participating restaurants, but Ottava Via is coming in at a...

Sure, Chicago and NYC are great pizza towns, but how about a little bit of love for Detroit? Detroit style deep dish pizza is a Michigan classic, and it's so good that other cities are even catching on (our friends at Eater Austin write about Via 313, a Detroit style pizza place all the time).

We're also the birthplace of many a major pizza chain, love them or hate them. Little Caesars, Jet's,...

Ottava Via offers cozy interiors with round tables, oval-shaped lamps hanging from a reddish-brown ceiling and a red brick wall in front of the kitchen. It is popular for its Neapolitan Pizza prepared in a stone oven, Italian antipasti and pasta. Typical items on its menu include Caprese Salad served with mozzarella cheese, the classic Porchetta, Tuscan Braised Short Rib and Rucolinia Pizza....