Promenade Commons · Italian
Gainesville
The second room. Handmade pasta, old-school New York, at Promenade Commons.
“Rated Best New Restaurant”One of Yelp's Top 25 Best New Restaurants in the country- Telephone
- (703) 488-7461
- Hours
- Mon – Thu11:30am – 10pmFriday11:30am – 11pmSaturday12 noon – 11pmSunday12 noon – 10pm
- Reservations
- Resy
- Every week
- Fri – SatLive entertainment
From the pass
What comes out of the kitchen
Short films from the Wilson Boulevard room — the pasta going through the roller, the parm coming off the pass, and the night Yelp called.
Chef Mike on Yelp naming Carbonara one of the Top 25 Best New Restaurants in the country
A sheet of fresh pasta coming off the roller
Chicken parmigiana alla vodka, plated
Stuffed shells finished in the pan
Lobster and shrimp tagliatelle
Rolling pasta at the counter
Outside the Wilson Boulevard room, under the awning
Hungry yet
Tables at Gainesville are on Resy.
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45years behind the stoveChef & owner
Mike Cordero
Carbonara is the Cordero family’s cooking, carried down from New York City and set down in Virginia — handmade pasta, a forty-year-old meatball recipe, and old-school Italian technique practised rather than remembered.
Chef Cordero has forty-five years behind the stove and a reputation in the DMV as a trailblazer. His cooking has been written up in the Washington Times, the Washington Post and USA Today.
Promenade Commons, Gainesville
Forty-five years
in one kitchen
Carbonara Gainesville brings the Cordero family's cooking west, to Promenade Commons. It is the same kitchen: handmade pasta, forty-year-old recipes, and the old-school Italian technique Chef Mike Cordero has spent forty-five years practising.
The Arlington room was named one of Yelp's Top 25 Best New Restaurants in the country. This is the second one.
Reservations
Book a table
Reserve at Carbonara Gainesville on Resy. Parties of ten and over are handled by our events team.
Booking is handled by Resy. Open the Resy page for Gainesville.
Good to know
- Live entertainment Fri – Sat
- Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas
The room
Inside Gainesville
The Gainesville building seen along the front, under a bright sky
The Carbonara Classic Italian sign on the Gainesville building
The Carbonara sign and tomato mark against the sky in Gainesville
Ribbon pasta with mushrooms and sautéed greens on a rose-patterned plate
A plated dish of sautéed greens over a warm red sauce
A tall cocktail with mint and a dried citrus wheel on a marble bar
An espresso martini garnished with a dried apple slice
A slice of layered cake with fresh strawberries, dusted with cocoa
Private dining
Take the room
From a table of ten to the whole restaurant. Tailored evenings rooted in old-school Italian hospitality.
Off-Site Catering · Minimum 15 guests
Private Buy-Out · Minimum 30 guests
Large Parties · 10 – 29 guests