Legendary NYC Italian Restaurant Carmines Coming to D.C.

In late summer, Carmine's, the famed New York City Italian-style dining destination, plans to open a nearly 700-seat restaurant, likely the largest year-round seating capacity in the city, at 425 7th St.

The restaurant currently has two locations in New York City and one each in Atlantic City and the Bahamas. Jeffrey Bank, chief executive of Alicart Restaurant Group, which owns the chain, said he wanted more East Coast locations and Washington offered the best opportunity to serve a large volume of daytime workers, tourists and families.


The Carmine's in New York's theater district was recently ranked the sixth-highest grossing restaurant in the country by Restaurant & Institutions magazine, serving an estimated 800,000 meals last year. At 20,000 square feet, the District location, Bank said, will be substantially larger. Save for warm weather days when Sequoia in Georgetown can sit roughly 750 people inside and outside, Carmine's is likely to be the largest restaurant in the city.