Offering authentic Italian cuisine passed down from the founders' family recipes, Carrabba's uses only the best ingredients to prepare fresh and made-from-scratch Italian favorites.

Bloomin' BrandsCarrabba's Italian Grill / Parent organization Carrabba's Italian Grill (or simply Carrabba's) is an American restaurant chain featuring Italian-American cuisine. It is owned and operated by Bloomin' Brands, and headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Offering authentic Italian cuisine passed down from our founders' family recipes, Carrabba's uses only the best ingredients to prepare fresh and handmade dishes cooked to order in a lively exhibition kitchen.

Our fresh bread, herb mix and olive oil are included with every entrée order. Please allow 24-hour advance notice for all orders. Salads may be made with our light balsamic dressing. Choose any one entrée, salad and side, served with our fresh bread, herb mix and olive oil.

Carrabba's Italian Grill will pay $690,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency said in a news release Dec. 9.

7 Signs of Real Italian Food

1. Seasonal Ingredients Cooked to Perfection. Authentic Italian food uses fresh, seasonal produce in its dishes.
2. They Serve Traditional Italian Dishes.
3. Italians Eat There.
4. They Serve Proper Pizza.
5. Several Courses Served at the Right Times.
6. Real Italian Cooking Techniques.
7. They Keep Things Simple.

And so Carrabba's was born in 1986, making full and faithful use of the family's hundred-plus years of cooking traditions.

Carrabba's slogan, “Non c'e amore piu' sincero di quello del cibo” (there is no love more sincere than the love of food) might be better phrased: “There is no love more sincere than the love of great Italian food at reasonable prices.

The classic dish is made fresh every day in-house at Carrabba's, and the meat sauce is made with fresh ingredients like ground beef and pork, chopped onions, celery and finely chopped carrots.

LUNCH MENU At Carrabba's, we are dedicated to the craft of cooking great food. Everything we do in our open kitchen every day reflects this – from using the freshest ingredients to using time-honored Italian cooking methods such as grilling over a wood fire.

In a small bowl, whisk together parsley, basil, rosemary, oregano, garlic, red pepper flakes, kosher salt, and black pepper. Sprinkle a few teaspoons of the herb mixture in a small dish and add some extra virgin olive oil. Serve the dip with some crusty bread and enjoy!

All purpose flour: The base of the bread. Italian seasoning blend, garlic powder, dried basil, dried rosemary, and salt: Yes, the bread at Carrabbas is very plain but it does have a little seasoning in it.

Carrabba's makes every pasta dish by hand with the freshest ingredients. Pasta is cooked perfectly every time and signature sauces are made from scratch daily.

A Brief History of Italian Food While many of the dishes we've come to enjoy as “classic Italian” food favorites in America are heavy on pasta, meat, and cheese, authentic Italian food originally was made up of mostly beans, greens, vegetable soups, and breads. Being expensive, they actually rarely ate meat or pasta.