About
All of the offerings at Maceri’s Soup & Scoop have a history. Founded in 1936, the Maceri family has been a staple in the Detroit area’s produce industry located in Detroit’s Eastern Market, Tom Maceri & Son, one of southeast Michigan’s largest produce distributors, servicing wholesale distributors, retailers, grocery stores, and restaurants throughout Michigan. Anthony and Lori Maceri are the co-owners of the company. Anthony, a produce and food industry veteran for more than forty years, learned the ropes from his father, “King of Freshness” Sam Maceri. Having many years experience in the wholesale and retail food industry, they realized a restaurant that offered soups made from scratch using fresh produce received daily directly to the family’s warehouse from local and nationwide farmers would be a hit, and so far it is! Anthony services many restaurants, including www.nationalconeyisland.com. Not only is Anthony renowned in the wholesale and retail produce industry, he also has restaurant knowledge. His mother,Josephine Maceri, owned and operated a pizzeria while he was growing up. It was located on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Woods.
Maceri’s have more than 150 varieties of soup that Lori has created so far. She learned the secrets to preparing food from her grandmother, Pauline, who helped her mother, Angelina, operate her restaurant in Detroit, later relocating to Tucson, Arizona. They cooked from family traditions, which is what we do at Maceri’s for our extended customer family. Soup is made fresh at the restaurant. You will not find soup like this anywhere else. Some favorites include Stracciatella, Chicken Pot Pie, and “For Real” Vegetable, which Anthony created in 1984 at Tom Maceri’s Fruit Market which he owned and operated with Lori on Detroit’s east side. Voted Best Independent Soup Company of Detroit. Together their many years of experience in the foodservice industry they have created a restaurant that ensures the best quality in service and food.
Another creation at our fruit market was our sub sandwiches. We now sell our sandwiches at our restaurant adding pitas to the menu. Our meats and cheeses are not pre-packaged. We slice our own premium quality meat and cheese for all of our pitas and subs.
Maceri’s Soup & Scoop serves up to forty flavors of National Award-Winning Ashby’s Sterling Premium Ice Cream. Another favorite is their own Homemade Gourmet Italian Ice made onsite with fresh Maceri Produce. It can be twisted with soft serve for a Gelati Twist. They are served all year round. At Soup & Scoop, we are famous for the size of our scoops. You will not get that from any other ice cream parlor. Your eyes will be amazed. Having the scoop side of the restaurant allows Lori to bake signature cakes, ice cream cakes, pies, brownies, cookies, belgian waffles and waffle cones in a variety of flavors. They are all baked in house never premade or brought in frozen. You will not find that at any other ice cream store. In 1984, Ashby’s Ice Cream was developed. They area Michigan Company. They created an ice cream that was as good as it looked, using the finest ingredients, and lots of them. Ashby’s has won numerous awards for its quality and best new flavors by the National Ice Cream and Retailers Association, the World Dairy Expo, and the LA County Fair.
Customers enjoy choice, novelty, and quality. At Maceri’s Soup & Scoop they can have it all. From our pitas and sub sandwiches to our homemade fresh soups, along with Ashby’s award winning ice cream, and our own Gourmet Italian Ice. Our aspiration is to offer products that give our customers a reminiscence of Grandma’s house. Thanks to the family tie, customers at Maceri’s Soup & Scoop are guaranteed the best produce available from across the country and around the world. Whether you’re having lunch, don’t want to cook dinner, craving a snack, or going out for dessert and ice cream, come in and let us serve you at our new location in Shelby Township on the northwest corner of 21 Mile and Hayes in Macomb County.
