Cooking at Williams Sonoma!

Owner Vinnie Carbone and Executive Chef Paul Rafala

It was the busiest shopping day of the year at Williams Sonoma - West Farms Mall, with holiday season mania in full swing. Our own Vinnie Carbone and Paul Rafala were on hand cooking up a storm and passing out samples of their delicious

Shrimp & Butternut Risotto

The aroma wafted all the way out the door bringing shoppers by the dozen! 100 recipe cards flew out the door but for those of you that we missed, we've got Vinnie's secret recipe right HERE!

Williams Sonoma was decked out for the holiday season.

The crowd lining up for Carbone's Shrimp & Butternut Risotto!

Fans of all ages!

Kurt (right) from Williams Sonoma was handing out

a mean cappuccino.

Vinnie & Paul couldn't make it fast enough!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Ring in 2011!

Old World Hospitality, Brand New Year!
Celebrate with Carbone's Incomparable Cuisine.
Make your reservations now: 860.296.9646
We're also open for dinner on Saturday, January 1st,
New Year's Day!

Our New Year's Menu Specials!
SHRIMP AMATRICIANA $28
Sautéed shrimp with crisp pancetta bacon, hot pepper
seeds, Roma plum tomatoes, roasted lobster stock,
Chianti wine, roasted garlic and fresh basil;
tossed with fresh made fettuccini pasta.

GNOCCHI BOLOGNAISE $26
Traditional veal, beef and pork meat in a tomato
and cheese sauce with fresh made potato gnocchi;
topped with seasoned California arugula
and local made creamy style ricotta cheese.

SICILIAN STYLE SEA BASS $34
With poached Maine lobster, red onions, capers
and vine ripe tomatoes in a Pinot Grigio, lemon
and butter Beurre Blanc sauce over lemon
dressed baby spinach and creamy polenta.

VEAL MARIA FRANCAISE $32
Veal pillow stuffed with blue crab and Fontina cheese
dipped in an egg batter and topped
with a roasted mushroom
and Madeira wine veal demi glace;
served with mashed potatoes.

Dessert Special
“OLIVIA’S” FAMOUS RED VELVET CAKE $10
The smash hit from 2009 returns with a chocolaty cake
covered in smooth cream cheese frosting;
served with a scoop of French vanilla ice cream.

Wine Special
FRANCISCAN CABERNET $15 glass/$60 bottle

Cocktail Specials
PISTACHIO MARTINI $12
Stoli Vanilla, Ameretto, Frangelico,
Midori, Goldshlager & Cream

SPARKLING COSMOPOLITAN $12
Orange Vodka, Grand Marnier, Fresh Lime & Champagne

Treat that someone special!

VALENTINE'S SPECIALS!

RAVIOLI SPECIAL
Shrimp & Scallops With Ricotta Filled Ravioli
In A Grand Marnier Orange Cream Sauce
Served Over Baby Spinach $30

GNOCCHI SPECIAL
Hand Made Potato Gnocchi
In The Traditional Meat Sauce Of Bologna
Topped With Ricotta Cheese
And Lemon Dressed Baby Arugula $24

VEAL SPECIAL
Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Stuffed Veal Francaise
Topped With Aged Gouda Cheese
In A Mushroom And Marsala Wine Sauce
With Mashed Potatoes And Asparagus $32

FISH SPECIAL
Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass Fillet
In A Poached Lobster Beurre Blanc Sauce
With Baby Spinach And Creamy Polenta $34

HOUSE MADE CARROT CAKE
Carrot Cake With Angelo’s Special Cream Cheese Icing
And A Scoop Of French Vanilla Ice Cream $10

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE NEAPOLITAN
Milk Chocolate Mousse
In Between Layers Of Crisp Filo Topped
With Fresh Whipped Cream And Drizzled
With Frangelico Almond Dark Chocolate Sauce $10.

For reservations, call; 860.296.9646

Carbone's Gift Cards!

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One-size-fits-all?
Something that you know they will love?
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And now through the New Year...
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$100 card for yourself!
Carbone's Gift Cards, perfect for friends, colleagues,
clients, family& anyone who deserves something
special for the holidays!
Order Online
or call 860.296.9646

The Taste of Hartford 2011!

Now extended thru January 29th!

Hartford's Restaurant Week - Winter 2011
3-course Dinner for $20.11
Better than ever!

(click to enlarge menu)

Beverages, tax & gratuity not included
Hartford Restaurant Week
Taste of Hartford 2011

Chazz Palminteri in the house!

Photo by Mark Mirko for the Hartford Courant

Recently, one of our favorite actors, Chazz Palminteri spent an afternoon with us at Carbone's. He was in Connecticut for an upcoming performance and Frank Rizzo, Arts and Theater writer for The Hartford Courant interviewed Mr. Palminteri over lunch:
"Be comfortable in your own movie, that's how I feel," says Chazz Palminteri, sotto voce. We are in a leather banquette ordering lunch at Carbone's Restaurant on Franklin Avenue in Hartford's South End, a fitting setting for an interview with an actor known for his share of parts that tap into his Sicilian heritage...(full article)

A Bronx Tale, written by Mr. Palminteri and co-starring it's producer Robert Deniro, started off as a one man Broadway show, based loosely on Mr. Palminteri's childhood growing up in the Bronx. Below, lunch in another restaurant, on the set of A Bronx Tale.

Treat them to a holiday lunch!

Carbone's Ristorante...

Your table is waiting!
Fettuccine Carbonara, Veal Saltimbocca,
Tenderloin "Bue Bella"
Treat them to an authentic Italian holiday luncheon
at Carbone's! For reservations, call 860.296.9646
Lunch Menus
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Girl's Night Out!

Carbone's has always been a place for celebrations and one recent evening was no different. We were honored to be the restaurant of choice for this "Girl's Night Out" in Celebration of Lillian Marlow's 91st Birthday!
Pictured, from left to right are Toni Fatone , Mary Ann Hanley, Cee Cee Woods, Lois Latraverse, Lillian Marlow and Lorraine Guilmartin. From all of us at Carbone's, "Happy Birthday Lillian and all the best for the New Year!"