RISE - Menu Monitor

Menu Positioning |
Carino's lunch and dinner menus feature appetizers, soups and salads, pizza, oven-roasted sandwiches, featured pastas and
specialties including chicken, meat and fish, desserts and beverages. Its menu also features a variety of gluten-free dishes,
including Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Scaloppini and Cedar Planked Salmon. Signature menu items include Cicilian Fire Sticks—
Italian sausage, grilled chicken, bacon, roma tomatoes, jalapeños and cheeses, rolled in a tomato basil tortilla; Homemade
Lasagna—12 layers of pasta, cheese and meat sauce; Shrimp Scampi, shrimp and mushrooms sautéed in garlic and tossed
with angel hair, roma tomatoes and basil in a white wine butter sauce; Jalapeño Garlic Tilapia—tilapia sautéed with garlic,
roma tomatoes, jalapeños and spinach in a lemon butter cream sauce over angel hair pasta; and Hand-Breaded Parmigiana—
Italian-breaded eggplant, chicken or veal layered with spicy marinara, basil, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses served with
spaghetti.. Appetizers include Baked Stuffed Mushrooms, Pepper Jack Fondue and Pizza Mergherita. Carino’s restaurants
also feature "Grandioso" platters and "Wine Harvest" dinners that cater to families and dining parties of all sizes. Full-liquor
service is available and locations feature an extensive wine selection. Kids’ menu are available. Menu prices range from
$3.99–$24.99. Checks average $11.
Menu Development |
Johnny Carino’s Italian introduced several new menu items. New offerings include: •Pepper Jack Crab Fondue—spicy blend of
lump crab meat and pepper Jack cheese finished with Italian pico de gallo and served with Parmesan garlic crostini toast
•Dynamite Sticks—Italian sausage, chopped grilled chicken, bacon, Roma tomatoes, jalapeños and creamy Italian cheeses
rolled in a tomato-basil tortilla, served with ranch and spicy marinara sauces •Fresh Caprese Salad—large slices of creamy
mozzarella and fresh ripened tomatoes topped with seasoned olive oil, fresh basil and sweet balsamic glaze •Pecan Crusted
Chicken Salad—pecan-crusted chicken on fresh spinach with Gorgonzola crumbles, sliced Roma tomatoes, applewoodsmoked
bacon and red onions, mixed with a warm bacon vinaigrette dressing and topped with flash-fried onion straws •Italian
Chopped Club Salad—fresh greens with Gorgonzola vinaigrette, finished with sliced grilled chicken, applewood-smoked
bacon, spicy pepperoni, Gorgonzola cheese and fresh Roma tomatoes with garlic toast and Asiago cheese •Prosciutto
Wrapped Filet—seasoned and seared 8-oz. beef tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto with sides of Italian green beans and Asiago
smashed potatoes •Grilled Strip Steak—12-oz. strip steak, seasoned and baked on an open-flame grill, with Italian green
beans and roasted rosemary potatoes •Cedar Planked Salmon—salmon roasted on a cedar plank with citrus balsamic glaze
and sides of garlic sautéed spinach and angel-hair pasta with tomatoes •Snow Crab Ravioli—large ravioli stuffed with snow
crab and spinach and finished with tangy lemon basil cream sauce, crab meat, fresh basil and diced Roma tomatoes •Stuffed
Roasted Vegetable Rigatoni—large rigatoni stuffed with roasted portabella mushrooms, red and yellow peppers, onions,
asparagus, spinach and squash in a creamy marinara vegetable sauce with Asiago cheese (Company Website)
Personnel |
Craig Paschich, S.V.P. of Operations
Chris Peterson, V.P. of Culinary Development
Norman Abdallah, CEO
Carey Carrington, CFO
Mitch Welch, V.P. of Purchasing
News & Other |
Johnny Carino’s Country Italian has been repositioned and renamed Carino’s Italian Grill by parent company Fired Up Inc. The
repositioning show-cases the chain’s open kitchens and open-flame grilling. The “Italian Meets the Grill” theme includes new
menu items such as Grilled Chicken Diavolo and Cedar-Planked Salmon. Carino’s will also debut a new marketing campaign
featuring TV, billboard and print ads conveying the message that it is “not your garden variety Italian.” (NRN Daily NewsFax
5/01/07)
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