Description:
Everything is B-I-G at this family-style mainstay with two locations, on the Upper West Side (the original) and in Times Square. Carmine's, with a dining room vast enough to deserve its own zip code and massive portions, turns out better pasta and entrees than most 20-table Italian restaurants. I've never had pasta here that wasn't al dente, and the marinara sauce is as good as any I've had in Manhattan. The salads are always fresh and the fried calamari tender. Rigatoni marinara, linguini with white-clam sauce, and ziti with broccoli are pasta standouts, while the best meat entrees include veal parmigiana, broiled porterhouse steak, shrimp scampi, and the remarkable chicken scarpariello (chicken pan-broiled with a lemon-rosemary sauce). The tiramisu is pie-size, thick, creamy, and bathed in Kahlúa and Marsala. Order half of what you think you'll need. Don't expect intimate conversation; in fact, it's downright loud. Unless you come early, expect to wait.
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User Reviews for Carmine's
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Awesome food!
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Ate here with a large group of friends. It was so great and the service was excellent as well. The atmosphere is really fun and the chicken Parmesan was excellent!
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- posted on 11.16.12
- by RealHousewifeSL
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Awesome Italian Food!!!
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Booked 17 people for a party at Carmine's in the Upper West Side through their catering department. They were wonderful to work with and very accommodating with the menu planning....
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- posted on 11.15.12
- by SSP1015
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Fabulous atmosphere
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Visited on a recent trip to New York with family, having visited the Times Square restaurant on a previous visit. The atmosphere was fabulous, fun, it's noisy and busy and great...
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- posted on 11.15.12
- by Jenny G
Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: 212/362-2200
Address:
- 2450 Broadway
- Btwn 90th and 91st Sts
- New York, NY 10036
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Hours:
- Sun-Thurs 11:30am-11pm; Fri-Sat 11:30am-midnight
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