Mario's Northern Italian Cuisine & Banquet Center
Detroit's oldest Italian restaurant, open since 1948, with old-school service, a warm traditional dining room, downtown shuttle service, and a menu that still knows what a proper zip sauce is supposed to do.
Old-world dining, ballroom polish, and enough history to fill a couple scrapbooks.
Mario's own homepage calls it Detroit's oldest Italian restaurant, since 1948. The site highlights warm, elegant, traditional service, complimentary shuttle service to downtown venues, and a dining room that still leans formal in the good old-fashioned sense.
This is a place for classic Northern Italian plates, special occasions, and people who want dinner with a little theatrical flourish. In other words: the Lodge approves.
Specialty dishes and menu highlights
- Choice cut beef with zip sauce
- Chilled shrimp cocktail
- Housemade pasta
- Classic northern Italian entrées
- Banquet dinner service
- Carryout and dine-in favorites
These highlights were confirmed from public Google search snippets and Mario's official dinner-menu PDF surfaced in search on 2026-07-04.
Public images from Mario's own site.
Second Avenue, downtown Detroit.
Public review pages, straight to the source.
Review snapshot checked 2026-07-04: Google Maps public listing showed 4.1 stars from 1,869 reviews and described the restaurant as an elegant supper club with shuttle service. Tripadvisor search results surfaced Mario's Italian Restaurant, Detroit, and a public snippet referencing 343 reviews. Those are public source snippets, not our own counts.