Support local journalism and become a digital subscriber to the Free Press. "The labor situation hasn't got better and there is still no lunch business," he said.Ĭontact Detroit Free Press food writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news to: 31 or Follow on Twitter. Moving forward, Sheena said their focus is on taking care of the stores that are busiest.Īt the Greektown location, which remains temporarily closed, Sheena said things remain uncertain. Check with this restaurant for current pricing and menu information. Carry-out business is doing phenomenal."īefore the pandemic, Sheena had eight restaurants (including one in Ann Arbor that wasn't a Pizza Papalis). DISCLAIMER: Information shown may not reflect recent changes. "It's the curse of the full-service restaurant. "With the labor shortage we had to fortify staffing at other restaurants because they are so busy," Sheena said. Nearby, the PizzaPapalis Rivertown location is still open as are its locations in Southfield, Taylor, West Bloomfield and Toledo, Ohio. "It's been brutal. Full-service restaurants have suffered greatly." "It's been a tough last few years," Sheena said. The opening was short-lived and the restaurant closed about six weeks later. With the redesign complete, the restaurant reopened in June of 2020. "It's a tribute to our love of Detroit," Sheena said at the time. Inside the restaurant, the overall redesign paid homage to Detroit, its automotive and musical roots including and sports legends. "īut they used the shutdown time to move forward with a redesign of the Greektown location. "Things that have zero value but someone can use them. "These are things collecting dust, older paintings," Sheena said. Many of the items, he said, are things that were taken off walls and placed in storage during renovation or have been in the restaurant for years.
"We are selling some things I've had stored there for more than 30 years," Sheena said.
Joe Sheena, the co-owner along with his brother Mark, confirmed the estate sale. The estate sale takes place from 4 to 8 p.m. Items for sale, according to a Facebook Marketplace post, include wall decor featuring the "313" area code, bar-height tables, bar stools and chairs and miscellaneous items. All five of PizzaPapalis' other metro Detroit locations remain open. The restaurant has been a fixture on Monroe Street in Detroit's Greektown since 1986, and is listed as temporarily closed. Since late 2017 the downtown area has seen several new pizza concepts, including POP + Offworld bar arcade, Brass Rail Pizza Bar, Mike's Pizza Bar, La Lanterna, Mootz Pizzeria, San Morello and Grandma Bob's. Buddy's Pizza is also planning a downtown location and Michigan & Trumbull is set to open soon in Corktown.An estate sale is taking place Friday evening at PizzaPapalis in Greektown. Giordano's also came to Detroit during a recent pizza blitz. When Detroiters think Chicago-style deep-dish, Pizza Papalis, which is just around the corner on Monroe in Greektown, is likely what comes to mind first. The deep-dish style took upward of 45 minutes to bake, making the spot a tough sell with the lunch crowd or those looking for a quick bite. Giordano's, which has several restaurants in Illinois and other states, including one in Holland, had somewhat of an uphill battle with the downtown location. The location was previously a Bagger Dave's Burger Tavern. The restaurant closed after less than two years at the spot near Greektown at 1224 Randolph. At Pizzapapalis, your large or small party can easily enjoy a meal. Chicago deep-dish pizza chain Giordano's didn't last long in downtown Detroit. 3171 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226 Directions.
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