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Carmine’s has been serving familiar Italian classics to tourists and locals from its huge Las Vegas Strip restaurant for more than a decade, quite an accomplishment. But the Forum Shops favorite is celebrating the longevity of its original flagship eatery on New York’s Upper West Side, opened 35 years ago, with special dishes available throughout September.
Carmine’s Las Vegas made its debut in 2013 and we’ve been feasting on its country-style rigatoni with cannellini beans, beef and veal meatballs and spicy Scarpariello chicken wings ever since. Now there’s a new lineup of dishes paying homage to the restaurant’s roots and adding seasonal flavor, including burrata mezza luna with fresh pomodoro sauce and heirloom cherry tomatoes ($57) and fritto misto with calamari, shrimp, white fish, cherry peppers, fennel, zucchini, and lemon ($47). After those starters for the table, ball out with the Calabrian lobster pasta ($106), a whole 2-pounder with reginette pasta and crispy prosciutto in a spicy pink sauce. The finisher is Limoncello tiramisu ($29) with whipped mascarpone, lemon curd and blueberry compote—quite the birthday dinner.
CARMINE’S Forum Shops at Caesars, 702-473-9700, carminesnyc.com. Daily, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
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