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Carpo's Restaurant

3.4 (458 reviews)
ModerateAmerican
Closed 11:30 am - 8:30 pm

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CARPO'S RESTAURANT ATMOSPHERE

What's the vibe?
Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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Linda R.

Excellent crispy tasty fries, yummy moist perfectly cooked chicken sandwich and the carrot cake is so good!

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Sydney N.

This is exactly what you want if you want good classic American Dining. The burger is delicious, the chicken sandwich is juicy, the fisherman's basket finger licking, the cod was yummy, the fries are crispy, and the pasta is worth dreaming about! I also want to shout out a restaurant that doesn't butter their veggies and makes sure you can still taste the flavors of the food! The servers were nice we had a mistake in our order and they were quick to polite about getting us the right food. Ordered a local beer and it was just the right amount of fruity, managed to brew out most of the usual bitterness.

Tri-Tip Steak Sandwich is good and filling but only thing that is missing is some sauce other than that it's good!
Espinoza C.

Tri-tip sandwich is good and filling but only thing that it's missing is some sauce other than that it's good!

Tritip w peppercinis

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2 years ago

Amazing atmosphere and staff super friendly and welcoming! Family friendly will go again

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4 years ago

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2 years ago

Food is good but don't trust the prices stated on line. No one has up dated the new prices. Kebobs ate not 13.$ they are 16$

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