Restaurateur Peter Coratti is looking forward to opening "a real pizzeria" and Italian restaurant with two of his nephews in downtown Howell.  They are planning to renovate and expand a vacant building in downtown Howell for Coratti's, a proposed Italian restaurant and bar that would feature indoor bocce courts.

"We come from a family who loves to eat," said Anthony Coratti, who will co-own the restaurant with his uncle and cousin Peter Pfeffer. "We've always had family dinners with an abundance of Italian food to feed the family." They purchased a vacant 5,886-square-foot building at 316 E. Grand River Ave. from First National Bank last week.  It was previously a business office for the bank.