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.