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Cuisine |
Family-Style Southern Italian |
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Hours |
Sun-Thurs 11:30am-11pm; Fri-Sat 11:30am-midnight |
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Address |
2450 Broadway |
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Location |
Btwn 90th and 91st Sts, The Upper West Side |
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Transportation |
Subway: 1, 2, 3 to 96th St |
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Reservations |
Reservations recommended before 6pm; accepted only for 6 or more after 6pm |
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Phone |
212/362-2200 |
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Web site |
www.carminesnyc.com |
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Prices |
Family-style main courses $19-$65 (most $23 or less) |
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Credit Cards |
AE, DC, DISC, MC, V |
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Other |
Other location: 200 W. 44th St. (btwn Broadway and Eighth Ave.). tel. 212/221-3800. Subway: A, C, E, N, R, S, 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd St./Times Sq |
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Frommer's Review
Everything is B-I-G at this rollicking family-style mainstay with two locations, on the Upper West Side (the original) and in Times Square. In many cases big means bad, but not here. 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 perfectly 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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