Mama Carpino’s Italian Menu (Update 2025)

Introducing the menu at Mama Carpino’s Italian, located in Apple Valley, CA, offers a diverse selection of Italian cuisine, including mouth-watering pizzas, specialty flatbreads, and hearty sandwiches. The restaurant provides a range of vegan and vegetarian options, as well as catering services, making it a versatile choice for diners. Customer reviews rave about the exceptional customer service and delicious dishes, with highlights such as the Penne a la Vodka, Alfredo sticks, and lentil soup standing out. The ambience is described as romantic, making Mama Carpino’s a perfect spot for a special date night or celebration. With options for outdoor seating, a full bar, and gender-neutral restrooms, Mama Carpino’s Italian caters to a diverse range of preferences and needs for a memorable dining experience.

Pizza

Cheese Pizza

$14.50

Eggplant, Sausage & Feta Pizza

$18.50

Vegetarian Pizza

Topped with olives, mushrooms & artichoke hearts.

$15.95

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Chicken marinated in our own zesty Barbeque sauce.

$15.95

Bruschetta Pizza

Baked with light mozzarella then topped with our delicious bruschetta mix.

$15.95

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

$20.50

Papa Carpinos Special Pizza

Pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, olives, onions & green peppers.

$23.50

Specialty Pizzas

Flatbread

Creamy Artichoke & Cheese Flatbread

$14.50

Bruschetta Flatbread

$13.50

BBQ Chicken Flatbread

Red onion and cilantro.

$15.50

4 Cheese Flatbread

Mozzarella, Romano, Parmesan and feta.

$13.50

Create Your Own Flatbread

Cheese and sauce. Additional toppings for an additional charge.

$12.50

Fresh Basil Sauce, Mozzarella & Feta Cheese Flatbread

Bruschetta topping.

$14.50

Sauteed Mushrooms

Sauteed in Marsala sauce.

$14.50

Zucchini

Battered fried zucchini topped with Parmesan cheese served with ranch.

$12.50

5 Chicken Tenders

Chicken tenders served with your choice of dipping sauce.

$12.50

Buffalo Wings

Chicken wings with our own tangy sauce.

$9.00

Caprese Salad

Fresh basil, garlic, Mozzarella, roma tomatoes & bleu cheese crumble drizzled with balsamic dressing.

$12.50

7 Mozzarella Sticks

Mozzarella sticks with zesty marinara sauce.

$11.50

Bruschetta

Tomatoes with fresh sweet basil and fresh garlic in virgin oilive oil.

$13.50

Italian Jalapeno Poppers

Breaded ravioli stuffed with cheese and diced jalapenos served with zesty ranch.

$13.50

Mama Carpinos French Fries

Fries: fried potatoes.

$16.50

Alfredo Sticks

$16.50

Fried Green Beans

Served with ranch dip.

$12.50

Crab Cakes

Served with a roasted red pepper aioli.

$18.50

Calamari

Lightly battered fried squid.

$18.50

Appetizers

Salads

House Salad

Fresh romaine lettuce with assorted vegetables and your choice of dressing.

$7.00

Antipasto Fantastico Salad

Italian deli meats and cheeses on fresh romaine lettuce with your choice of dressing.

$15.00

Traditional Caesar Salad

Green salad with Caesar dressing and cheese.

$13.50

Traditional Caesar Salad with Chicken

Green salad with Caesar dressing and cheese.

$17.50

Turkey Bolognese

Served with onions, fresh basil and fresh ground turkey bolognese sauce served with gluten free brown rice pasta topped with feta crumbles. Gluten free.

$20.50

Chicken Sausage with Couscous and Quinoa Blend

Chicken sausage sauteed in fresh pesto sauce mixed with couscous-quinoa blend, topped with fetz crumbles.

$21.50

Oven-Roasted Tomato-Basil Pasta

Light. Oven-roasted roma tomatoes and roasted garlic sauteed with fresh basil and garlic olive oil topped with feta crumbles. Gluten free.

$19.50

Chicken and Kale Ravioli

Sauteed in a fresh pesto sauce and topped with a Kalamata bruchetta mix, roasted pine nuts and feta cheese. Gluten free.

$21.50

Veggie Florentine

Kohlrabi veggie pasta sauteed in a spinach Florentine sauce with onion, tomato and a touch off cream and feta cheese. Topped with roasted garlic.

$20.50

Healthy Choices

Pasta

Spaghetti & Meatballs

Angus Beef ground beef & pork blend.

$19.50

Ravioli

Cheese-filled ravioli served with your choice of marinara or meat sauce.

$18.50

Cheese Tortellini

In a fresh tomato-cream sauce.

$20.50

Portobello Mushroom Ravioli

Served in mushroom and roasted red pepper-cream sauce.

$21.50

Grand-Y-Olis Five-cheese Jumbo Ravioli

Stuffed with mozzarella, ricotta, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago cheeses, sauteed in spinach Florentine-cream sauce.

$21.50

Rigatoni

Rigatoni served with marinara sauce. Meat sauce for an additional charge.

$15.50

Wild Mushroom Ravioli

Sauteed pancetta, peas, mushrooms & onions served in garlic-herb-cheese sauce.

$21.50

Papas Special

Sausage, peppers & onions over penne pasta & marinara sauce.

$21.50

Mamas Bowtie Special

Bowtie noodles, garlic-herb cheese & mushrooms in cream sauce.

$21.50

Sausage Broccolini Ravioli

Ravioli dipped in pesto on a bed of plum tomato sauce with sauteed mushrooms, onions & spinach topped with sausage & Romano cheese.

$23.50

Penne Alla Vodka

Best in town. Saute pancetta, onions, red pepper flakes, Ricotta & fresh basil in a red, creamy vodka sauce.

$23.50

Fettuccini Alfredo

Fettuccini served with Alfredo sauce.

$21.50

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Long thing pasta.

$17.50

Spaghetti with Marinara

Long thing pasta.

$15.50

Special Eggplant Parmesan

Mama Carpino's special recipe. Eggplant lightly bread, topped with mozzarella, baked and served with pasta.

$23.50

Manicotti

Stuffed with cheese & your choice of meat or marinara sauce.

$20.50

Cannelloni

Stuffed with sausage, served with red cream sauce.

$21.50

Baked Ziti

Mozzacholi, ricotta, sausage, mozzarella, Italian seasoning and marinara sauce baked to perfection

$21.50

Baked Rigatoni

Rigatoni pasta with your choice of meat or marinara sauce, baked in the oven with mozzarella cheese.

$21.50

Lasagna Cheese

Prepared with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses & marinara sauce.

$19.50

3 Chicken & Spinach Cannelloni

Cannelloni stuffed with chicken & spinach, baked in the oven, topped with sauteed mushrooms, onions and spinach in white wine sauce.

$23.50

Lasagna Meat

Lasagna cheese prepared with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses and meat marinara sauce.

$21.50

Baked Pasta

Mama Carpino's Special Recipe

Smoke House Pasta with Chicken

Served with savory smoked pepper bacon, peas, mushrooms & onions in a mouthwatering spicy red cream sauce & topped with roasted garlic.

$24.50

Meat Lovers Lasagna

Prepared with ground beef, Italian sausage & pancetta, served in a delicious spicy red cream sauce & topped with roasted garlic.

$23.50

Smoke House Pasta with Shrimp

Served with savory smoked pepper bacon, peas, mushrooms & onions in a mouthwatering spicy red cream sauce & topped with roasted garlic.

$28.50

Tequila Chicken

Breaded chicken breast, mushrooms, cilantro & fire-roasted red peppers sauteed in wine cream sauce.

$22.95

Chicken Scaloppini

Breaded chicken breast, sauteed butter, white wine, capers, garlic and lemon peppers served with a side of pasta marinara.

$23.95

Chicken Alfredo

Chicken and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over fettuccini.

$22.95

Chicken Marsala

Chicken and mushrooms smothered in Marsala wine sauce, served with Italian vegetables and pasta marinara.

$22.95

Chicken Parmesan

Breaded chicken topped with mozzarella in marinara sauce served with pasta.

$23.95

Penne Pasta with Chicken & Sundried Tomatoes

Sauteed with fresh basil & mushrooms in zesty cream sauce topped with Romano.

$22.95

Pollo

Carne

Steak Medallions

Pan-roasted medallions of Angus beef coulotte served with balsamic-butter glaze over farfalle pasta with roasted peppers, tomatoes & onions with our house marinara.

$29.95

Vitello Marsala

Veal medallions in Marsala wine sauce with mushrooms and Italian herbs served with a side of Italian vegetables and pasta.

$26.95

Veal Parmesan

Breaded veal medallions topped with fresh mozzarella, served with pasta.

$26.95

Italian Boneless Short Ribs

Done in a demi-glace and beef stock reduction with carrots, onions, celery, diced tomato and fresh garlic served over pappardelle pasta.

$27.95

Mama Seafood Special

Shrimp, scallops, Halibut, clams, spinach & roasted red peppers prepared in white wine sauce over linguini.

$30.50

Shrimp Scampi

Shrimp sauteed in butter and wine over linguini.

$28.50

Shrimp & Scallops

Shrimp and scallops sauteed in garlic and butter served over pasta in red cream sauce.

$29.50

Shrimp Alfredo

Shrimp and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over linguini.

$28.50

Halibut

Topped with tomatoes, mushrooms and green peppers in cream sauce.

$33.50

Salmon

Capers and lemon cream sauce.

$31.50

Linguini Red Clam Sauce

Sauteed with a white wine and red clam sauce

$24.50

Linguini White Clam Sauce

Sauteed in a white wine clam sauce

$24.50

Delmar

Desserts

Smores Lava Cake

$6.50

Cheesecake

$6.50

Berry Tart

$6.50

Cannoli

$6.50

Chocolate Cannoli

$7.50

Brownie

$6.50

Tiramisu

$6.50

Black Forrest Cake

$6.50

German Chocolate Cake

$6.50

Princess Cake

$6.50

Almond Cake

$6.50

Rum Cake

$6.50

Cream Puff

$6.50

Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake

$6.50

Banana Chocolate Swirl Cake

$6.50

Angus Beef Pastrami Sandwich Lunch

Smoked and cured beef sandwich. .

$16.00

Meatball Sandwich Lunch

Angus beef ground beef and pork.

$16.00

Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich Lunch

Sandwich with grilled or fried eggplant.

$16.00

Chicken Parmesan Sandwich Lunch

Boneless skinless chicken sandwich.

$16.00

Veal Parmesan Sandwich Lunch

Beef from a young cow.

$16.00

Sausage, Peppers and Onions Sandwich Lunch

Finely chopped or ground meat, often mixed with seasoning.

$16.00

Lunch Hot Sandwiches

Lunch Cold Sandwiches

Meat and Cheese Sandwich Lunch

Choice of 3 meats and 1 cheese, topped with lettuce, tomato, mustard, mayonnaise and Italian dressing.

$15.00

Familys Favorite Sandwich Lunch

Parmesan-crusted sourdough bread with Thousand island spread, Angus beef roast beef & red onions with melted jack cheese.

$16.00

Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich Lunch

Sauteed Angus beef, mushroom, onion and green pepper with mayo on a French roll with melted White American cheese.

$16.00

Godfathers Favorite Sandwich Lunch

Ham, spicy capicola, toscano salami and caciocavallo cheese with our own creamy ranch-horseradish sauce on marble rye.

$16.00

Marble Madness Sandwich Lunch

Polish ham and red onions sauteed in Worcestershire sauce with lettuce and tomato and melted Swiss on toasted marble rye.

$16.00

Tuna Melt Lunch

Tommys tuna with melted jack cheese on Parmesan-crusted sourdough bread, mayo, lettuce and tomato.

$16.00

BBQ Beef Sandwich Lunch

Angus roast beef sauteed with BBQ sauce, onions, smoked pepper bacon and topped with cheddar cheese and coleslaw served on a ciabatta roll with mayo.

$16.00

Lunch Deli Signature Sandwiches

Lunch Mama Carpino's Signature Salads

Asian Chicken Salad Lunch

Fresh mixed greens, cabbage, cilantro, grilled chicken, water chestnuts, mandarin oranges and fried wantons.

$15.00

BBQ Chicken Salad Lunch

BBQ Chicken, cheddar cheese, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, black beans &corn tossed in ranch dressing & topped with onion straws.

$15.00

Mama Carpinos Mixed Greens Salad Lunch

Fresh mixed greens, pancetta, cherry tomatoes, red onion, blue cheese crumbles, tossed in a balsamic dressing, topped with roasted garlic sprinkle.

$12.00

Berry Salad Lunch

Strawberry, blueberry, feta cheese & candied walnuts tossed in a raspberry vinaigrette with fresh mixed greens.

$11.50

Turkey Bolognese Lunch Special

Served with onions, fresh basil and fresh ground turkey bolognese sauce served with gluten free brown rice pasta topped with feta crumbles. Gluten free.

$14.50

Chicken Sausage with Couscous and Quinoa Blend Lunch Special

Chicken sausage sauteed in fresh pesto sauce mixed with couscous-quinoa blend, topped with feta crumbles.

$14.50

Fettuccini Alfredo Lunch Special

Fettuccini served with Alfredo sauce.

$16.50

Penne Alla Vodka Lunch Special

Best in town. Saute pancetta, onions, red pepper flakes, ricotta & fresh basil in a red, creamy vodka sauce.

$16.50

Baked Rigatoni Lunch Special

Rigatoni pasta with your choice of meat or marinara sauce, baked in the oven with mozzarella cheese.

$14.50

Cheese Tortellini Lunch Special

In a fresh tomato-cream sauce.

$14.50

Mamas Bowtie Lunch Special

Bowtie noodles, garlic-herb cheese & mushrooms in cream sauce.

$14.50

Chicken Alfredo Lunch Special

Chicken and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over fettuccini.

$18.50

Shrimp Alfredo Lunch Special

Shrimp and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over linguini.

$19.50

Shrimp & Scallops Lunch Special

Shrimp and scallops sauteed in garlic and butter served over pasta in red cream sauce.

$21.50

Tuscan Chicken Couscous with Quinoa Blend

Served with grape tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers, Italian parsley, roasted pines nuts, Romano cheese and tossed in a balsamic dressing.

$16.50

Tuscan Salmon Couscous with Quinoa Blend

Served with grape tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers, Italian parsley, roasted pines nuts, Romano cheese and tossed in a balsamic dressing.

$23.50

Spaghetti with Marinara Lunch Special

Pasta with a tomato based red sauce.

$11.50

Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Lunch Special

Pasta with a tomato based red sauce.

$12.50

Lunch Specials

Sides

Garlic Bread

$6.00

Garlic Cheese Bread

$7.00

2 Meatballs

$8.50

2 Sausage links

$8.50

Ranch dressing

$2.25

Italian Dressing

$2.25

Side of Chicken

$7.00