Italian cuisine: ‘People have to have it’

Lighter options. Quicker meals. Cutting back on the carbs and fat.
Restaurants come and go along the northern Front Range. Some of the latest trends in fast-casual, healthy-conscious cuisine come and go with them. More longtime eateries adjust their menus with the times, trumpeting what’s new and improved.
One cuisine, however, could proudly advertise that it’s “Same” and “Unimproved.”
“Italian food’s ubiquitous,” said Greg Carelli. “It’s like apple pie and Chevrolet. People have to have it.”
Carelli founded Carelli’s of Boulder along with his father, Gene, in 1991 — and he boasts that “the menu’s never changed.”
Carelli’s, 645 30th St., serves fresh fish…
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