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Open Kitchen

Cuisine: European, Italian

Price Range: $

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Since 1952, patrons have darkened the doors of this eatery for its scrumptious homestyle Italian cooking, complemented with imported wine and classic garlic braids. The nostalgic dining room features exposed brick walls, red and white checkered table cloths, European flags hanging overhead, and a collection of school banners lining the walls. Guests enjoy traditional favs such as lasagna, eggplant parmigiana and veal scallopini. Several pizzas and sandwiches also available.

Address:

1318 W Morehead St
Charlotte, NC 28208
704-375-7449

Hours:

Mon-Thu: 11am-10pm
Fri: 11am-11pm
Sat: 4am-11pm
Sun: 4am-10pm

Website:

theopenkitchen.net

Main Menu
- Soup - Appetizers - Salads
  Italian Shrimp Cocktail
  
  ($7.75)
  
  Breaded Kalimari
  
  ($5.50)
  
  Breaded Mozzarella Sticks
  
  ($5.50)
  
  Tossed Salad
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Chef's Salad
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Greek Salad Bowl
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Small Greek Salad
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Large Greek Salad
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Antipasto A La Open Kitchen
  tossed green salad, provolone cheese, genoa salami, calamata olives
  
  Large: $8.25
  
  Small: $6.75
  Salonika Peppers
  
  ($2.00)
  
  Imported Feta Cheese
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Calamato Olives
  
  ($2.75)
  
  Grilled Chicken Salad
  grilled marinated chicken breasts served on a bed of crisp lettuce, tomatoes, our famous salad dressing
  
  $8.25
  
  9oz Cup: $4.00
  Itailan Minestrone Soup
  Cup: $2.00
  
  Bowl: $3.00
- The Chef Suggests
  Chicken Barcelona
  
  slices of tender chicken, sauteed in butter, oregano and fresh lemon, served with a dish of mushroom-wine sauce and spaghetti buerre noir ($13.50)
  
  Veal Barcelona
  
  slices of tender young veal, sauteed in butter, oregano and fresh lemon, served with a dish of mushroom-wine sauce and spaghetti buerre noir ($15.50)
  
  Veal Juliano
  
  thin slices of veal in provolone cheese, breaded and deep fried until the cheese melts inside, covered with mushroom-wine sauce, served with spaghetti a la marinara ($14.00)
  
  Veal Scallopine
  
  veal sauteed with mushrooms, sherry and juicy green peppers, served with spaghetti a la marinara ($14.00)
  
  Veal Parmigiana
  
  tender veal lopped with cheese, smothered with a superb sauce, served with spaghetti and meat sauce ($13.50)
  
  Eggplant Parmigiana
  
  a platter loaded with eggplant sauteed in butter, ground beef, covered with parmesan cheese and marinara sauce, and oven baked, served with spaghetti a la marinara ($13.00)
  
  Crabmeat Parmigiana
  
  lump crabmeat in bechamel sauce, with mushrooms and dash of sherry, served with buttered spaghetti ($16.00)
  
  'braciole' (italian Beef Rollups)
  
  a large slice of top beefsteak stuffed with fresh italian sausage, prosciutto and genoa salami, simmered and served in our salsa pomidoro ($15.00)
  
  Shrimp Cacciatorre
  
  loads of tender shrimp simmered in our delectable cacciatorre sauce, served with spaghetti a la marinara ($16.50)
  
  Lasagne Di Stefano
  
  a great italian dish and one of our best--built-up affair of layers of flat italian noodles bound together by provolone and ricotta cheese and oozing with our tempting meat sauce ($9.00)
  
  Lasagne Parmigiana
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Order Of Freshly Toasted Garlic Bread
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Topped With Mozzarella Cheese
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Order Of French Bread And Butter
  
  ($2.00)
  
  Chicken Parmigiana
  
  tender chicken, sauteed in a tomato, mushroom and wine sauce then covered with mozzarella cheese and baked to perfection, served with spaghetti a la marinara ($13.50)
  
  Chicken Livers Greque
  
  plump, juicy chicken livers sauteed in butter, delicately seasoned with oregano and lemon, tossed salad and french fries ($11.50)
  
  Chicken Scallopine
  
  boned chicken simmered in a delicate sauce of tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers and onions, served with spaghetti a la marinara ($13.50)
  
  Manicotti Siciliano
  
  giant tubes of manicotti stuffed with ricotta cheese and fine herbs, baked in a delicious tomato sauce ($13.00)
  
  Ravioli Parmigiana
  
  meat-filled ravioli in rich meat sauce, topped with cheese and baked to perfection ($11.50)
  
  Real Homemade Italian Sausage Steak
  
  smothered with green peppers and onions and scallopine sauce, tossed, french fries ($8.50)
  
  The Kc Special
  
  u.s.d.a. choice ribeye tossed salad, french fries ($14.75)
  
  Our Best Steak
  
  double cut choice beef, with sauteed mushrooms, tossed salad, french fries ($18.00)
  
  Fettuccine Di Alessandro
  a traditional venitian favorite
  
  With Shrimp: $14.50
  
  With Chicken: $13.50
  
  $10.50
- Popular Porronials
  
  Cappelini Marinara
  
  a generous portion of angel hair pasta served with our homemade marinara sauce ($7.50)
  
  Chopped Sirloin Steak
  
  8 ounces of freshly ground beef, grilled the way you like it, served french fries and a tossed salad ($8.50)
  
  Deluxe Big Boy Burger
  
  a large 6oz, ground beef pattle, lettuce and tomato, topped with american cheese served on a large sesame seed bun, served with french fries, a real hand full ($6.50)
  
  Deluxe Grilled Chicken Sandwich
  
  tender chicken breast marinated, then grilled to perfection, served on a sesame seed bun with lettuce an tomato, with a side order of french fries ($7.00)
- Subs
  
  Open Kitchen Submarine
  
  a whack of fresh italian bread sliced length wise and loaded with genoa salami, provolone cheese, shredded onions, sweet green peppers and drenched with our tangy italian dressing ($6.50)
  
  Italian Meatball Submarine
  
  ($6.50)
  
  Italian Sausage Submarine
  
  ($6.50)
- Pizza
  Tomato And Cheese
  with any combination of the following
  
  Sm 9" 23 Cm: $7.00
  
  Reg12" 30 Cm: $8.50
  Pepperoni, Beef, Onion And Peppers, Sausage, Extra Cheese
  
  ($1.25)
  
  Mushroom, Salami
  
  ($1.50)
  
  Canadian Bacon, Anchovies And Black Olives
  
  ($1.50)
  
  Mama 'k' Supreme
  pepperoni, ground beef, sausage, peppers and onions mushroom and salami
  
  Sm 9" 23 Cm: $11.50
  
  Reg 12" 30 Cm: $13.50
  Pizza Ala Greque
  feta cheese, greek olives and peppers, fresh tomatoes and onions
  
  Sm 9" 23 Cm: $10.50
  
  Reg 12" 30 Cm: $13.00
- Spaghetti
  
  Spaghetti, Meat Sauce
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Spaghetti, Meat Balls
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Spaghetti, Meat Balls And Mushrooms
  
  ($10.50)
  
  Spaghetti, White Clam Sauce
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Spaghetti, Italian Sausage
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Spaghetti A La Caruso
  
  chicken livers ($11.00)
  
  Spaghetti, Mushrooms
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Spaghetti, Marinara Sauce
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Spaghetti, Buerre Noir
  
  browned butter ($9.00)
  
  Child's Spaghetti
  
  under 12 years only ($5.50)
  
  Ravioli With Meat Filling
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Half Spaghetti And Half Ravioli
  
  ($8.50)
  
  Rigatoni
  
  ($8.50)
- Side Orders
  
  French Fries
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Mushrooms
  
  ($3.25)
  
  Meatball
  
  ($2.25)
  
  Meat Sauce
  
  ($3.25)
  
  Marinara Sauce
  
  ($3.25)
  
  Meat Sauce
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Marinara Sauce
  
  ($9.00)
- Desserts
  
  Homemade Cheese Cake
  
  plain, pineapple or cherry topping ($3.75)
  
  Tiramisu
  
  ($3.75)
  
  Cannoli
  
  ($3.75)
  
  Chocolate Mousse
  
  ($3.75)
  
  Vanilla Ice Cream
  
  ($1.75)
- Our Famous Mixed Italian Mixed Italian Cuisine
  Our Famous Mixed Italian Mixed Italian Cuisine
  a platter loaded with pasta, covered with chicken livers, slices, veal chicken parmiginana, meatballs and mushrooms
  
  For One: $16.00
  
  For Two: $30.00
- Beverages
  
  Coco-cola
  
  ($1.20)
  
  Sprite
  
  ($1.20)
  
  Coffee
  
  ($1.20)
  
  Ice Tea
  
  ($1.20)
  
  Hot Tea
  
  ($1.20)
- Beer
  
  Domestic Beer
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Michelob Lite And Ultra
  
  ($2.75)
  
  Helneken
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Samuel Adams
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Corona
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Bass
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Amstel Lite
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Personal
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Yuengling
  
  ($2.75)
  
  O'douls
  
  ($2.75)
  
  Becks
  
  ($3.50)
- From The Vineyards - Carafe
  Chiantt, California
  Glass: $4.50
  
  1/2 Litre: $9.00
  White Zinfandei
  Glass: $4.50
  
  1/2 Litre: $9.00
  Chardonnay
  1/2 Litre: $9.00
  
  Glass: $4.50
  Merlot
  Glass: $4.50
  
  1/2 Litre: $9.00
  Cabernet Savignon
  Glass: $4.50
  
  1/2 Litre: $9.00
  Pinot Grigio
  Glass: $4.50
  
  1/2 Litre: $9.00
- White Wines
  
  Chardonnay
  
  ($18.00)
  
  Liebframlich
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Soave, Italy
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Pinot Griglo Bolla
  
  ($20.00)
- Red Wines
  
  Chianti, Italy
  
  wicker bottle ($20.00)
  
  Merlot
  
  ($17.00)
  
  Cabernet Savignon
  
  ($17.00)
  
  Pinot Noir
  
  ($19.00)

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