We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Carino's back in March. We opted for a reservation in the piano room and we were quickly seated. While it did take a little while for our server to first greet us, he apologized profusely and all was fine. It was very crowded this night and the servers were quite busy. The piano room is a kitchy, kinda cheesy atmosphere, but I just loved it. Katie on the keys is wonderful! Played for 2 hours straight without taking a single break. The crowd was people in their 50s, 60s, and 70s and they were clearly locals. This just made me feel even better about the place, because the locals know the great places to go. I ordered the Scampi Fra Diavlo ~ Gamberoni shrimp with spicy tomato sauce over linguini. OH MY GOODNESS. This was the best red sauce I have ever tasted and my Italian family is big sauce snobs. My husband ordered the Chicken Marsala and it was amazing as well. We split a slice of chocolate cheesecake which I really liked, but the hubby thought was just so so. It was your standard cheesecake, but with cocoa powder and/or dark chocolate mixed all through. Hard to explain, different, but good. The prices are extremely reasonable here for what I think is pretty authentic Italian.




