March 13, 2023

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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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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