Refettorio Detroit: the soup kitchen gets a sit-down menu

DETROIT. The Capuchin Soup Kitchen is spending $2.4 million to turn its east side building into Refettorio Detroit, a full-service, restaurant-style dining room opening in early February 2027. Guests will sit at tables for plated courses instead of cafeteria trays, in an 8,000-square-foot space built for 200 to 250 meals a day.

Chef Alison Costello runs the kitchen, working with the nonprofit Food for Soul on the concept. Construction wraps in January, with an open house planned once it does.