Casa Carbone -- So-so -- any GREAT Italian food in the Triangle?

Bal wrote:

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>Interesting that this place would show up here so soon after opening.
>My wife and I REALLY enjoyed the pizza at Ciao Bella the two times we
>had it. The menu looks good, all the usual stuff, but we have not
>ventured past the pizza yet.

The usual stuff? Maybe for a restaraunt three times the size, and twice the price. Definitely venture. I've had the marsala, a couple different subs, calzone, antipasto, and of course chocolate chip canneloni. All great!

>Unfortunately, the service there is HORRIBLE. The owners wife is
>constantly nagging someone on the phone, she's loud (and it's a small
>place so you can't miss the noise), and not at all friendly. I was
>really put off waiting (quite a while) for table service when I
>watched people walk in after me to order take-out and get served
>before me. Actually, nobody ever came to our table but the table next
>to us did get served! Normally, I would have walked out but I was
>insulted to the point of being amused (plus I was starving). We
>ordered a pizza to go and hoped it would be terrible so we would have
>no reason to go back, but, It was truly one of the best pizza's I have
>had outside of NY. I'll go back, but, I'll stick to take-out.

Have to agree about service. They still seem to be training their staff, and learning their way around their own kitchen. I would assume this happens with some new restaraunts. I'm just glad to have something better than the noid down that way. I do mostly take out too, but they have the outdoor seating to avoid the noise if you do eat it there.

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Casa Carbone is located about a mile or so beyond Crabtree Valley Mall going toward Durham, same side of the road, in Oak Park Shopping Center.

Cheryl