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
Eggplant, Sausage & Feta Pizza
Vegetarian Pizza
Topped with olives, mushrooms & artichoke hearts.
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Chicken marinated in our own zesty Barbeque sauce.
Bruschetta Pizza
Baked with light mozzarella then topped with our delicious bruschetta mix.
Chicken Alfredo Pizza
Papa Carpinos Special Pizza
Pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, olives, onions & green peppers.
Specialty Pizzas
Flatbread
Creamy Artichoke & Cheese Flatbread
Bruschetta Flatbread
BBQ Chicken Flatbread
Red onion and cilantro.
4 Cheese Flatbread
Mozzarella, Romano, Parmesan and feta.
Create Your Own Flatbread
Cheese and sauce. Additional toppings for an additional charge.
Fresh Basil Sauce, Mozzarella & Feta Cheese Flatbread
Bruschetta topping.
Sauteed Mushrooms
Sauteed in Marsala sauce.
Zucchini
Battered fried zucchini topped with Parmesan cheese served with ranch.
5 Chicken Tenders
Chicken tenders served with your choice of dipping sauce.
Buffalo Wings
Chicken wings with our own tangy sauce.
Caprese Salad
Fresh basil, garlic, Mozzarella, roma tomatoes & bleu cheese crumble drizzled with balsamic dressing.
7 Mozzarella Sticks
Mozzarella sticks with zesty marinara sauce.
Bruschetta
Tomatoes with fresh sweet basil and fresh garlic in virgin oilive oil.
Italian Jalapeno Poppers
Breaded ravioli stuffed with cheese and diced jalapenos served with zesty ranch.
Mama Carpinos French Fries
Fries: fried potatoes.
Alfredo Sticks
Fried Green Beans
Served with ranch dip.
Crab Cakes
Served with a roasted red pepper aioli.
Calamari
Lightly battered fried squid.
Appetizers
Salads
House Salad
Fresh romaine lettuce with assorted vegetables and your choice of dressing.
Antipasto Fantastico Salad
Italian deli meats and cheeses on fresh romaine lettuce with your choice of dressing.
Traditional Caesar Salad
Green salad with Caesar dressing and cheese.
Traditional Caesar Salad with Chicken
Green salad with Caesar dressing and cheese.
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.
Chicken Sausage with Couscous and Quinoa Blend
Chicken sausage sauteed in fresh pesto sauce mixed with couscous-quinoa blend, topped with fetz crumbles.
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.
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.
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.
Healthy Choices
Pasta
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Angus Beef ground beef & pork blend.
Ravioli
Cheese-filled ravioli served with your choice of marinara or meat sauce.
Cheese Tortellini
In a fresh tomato-cream sauce.
Portobello Mushroom Ravioli
Served in mushroom and roasted red pepper-cream sauce.
Grand-Y-Olis Five-cheese Jumbo Ravioli
Stuffed with mozzarella, ricotta, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago cheeses, sauteed in spinach Florentine-cream sauce.
Rigatoni
Rigatoni served with marinara sauce. Meat sauce for an additional charge.
Wild Mushroom Ravioli
Sauteed pancetta, peas, mushrooms & onions served in garlic-herb-cheese sauce.
Papas Special
Sausage, peppers & onions over penne pasta & marinara sauce.
Mamas Bowtie Special
Bowtie noodles, garlic-herb cheese & mushrooms in cream sauce.
Sausage Broccolini Ravioli
Ravioli dipped in pesto on a bed of plum tomato sauce with sauteed mushrooms, onions & spinach topped with sausage & Romano cheese.
Penne Alla Vodka
Best in town. Saute pancetta, onions, red pepper flakes, Ricotta & fresh basil in a red, creamy vodka sauce.
Fettuccini Alfredo
Fettuccini served with Alfredo sauce.
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Long thing pasta.
Spaghetti with Marinara
Long thing pasta.
Special Eggplant Parmesan
Mama Carpino's special recipe. Eggplant lightly bread, topped with mozzarella, baked and served with pasta.
Manicotti
Stuffed with cheese & your choice of meat or marinara sauce.
Cannelloni
Stuffed with sausage, served with red cream sauce.
Baked Ziti
Mozzacholi, ricotta, sausage, mozzarella, Italian seasoning and marinara sauce baked to perfection
Baked Rigatoni
Rigatoni pasta with your choice of meat or marinara sauce, baked in the oven with mozzarella cheese.
Lasagna Cheese
Prepared with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses & marinara sauce.
3 Chicken & Spinach Cannelloni
Cannelloni stuffed with chicken & spinach, baked in the oven, topped with sauteed mushrooms, onions and spinach in white wine sauce.
Lasagna Meat
Lasagna cheese prepared with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses and meat marinara sauce.
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.
Meat Lovers Lasagna
Prepared with ground beef, Italian sausage & pancetta, served in a delicious spicy red cream sauce & topped with roasted garlic.
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.
Tequila Chicken
Breaded chicken breast, mushrooms, cilantro & fire-roasted red peppers sauteed in wine cream sauce.
Chicken Scaloppini
Breaded chicken breast, sauteed butter, white wine, capers, garlic and lemon peppers served with a side of pasta marinara.
Chicken Alfredo
Chicken and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over fettuccini.
Chicken Marsala
Chicken and mushrooms smothered in Marsala wine sauce, served with Italian vegetables and pasta marinara.
Chicken Parmesan
Breaded chicken topped with mozzarella in marinara sauce served with pasta.
Penne Pasta with Chicken & Sundried Tomatoes
Sauteed with fresh basil & mushrooms in zesty cream sauce topped with Romano.
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.
Vitello Marsala
Veal medallions in Marsala wine sauce with mushrooms and Italian herbs served with a side of Italian vegetables and pasta.
Veal Parmesan
Breaded veal medallions topped with fresh mozzarella, served with pasta.
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.
Mama Seafood Special
Shrimp, scallops, Halibut, clams, spinach & roasted red peppers prepared in white wine sauce over linguini.
Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp sauteed in butter and wine over linguini.
Shrimp & Scallops
Shrimp and scallops sauteed in garlic and butter served over pasta in red cream sauce.
Shrimp Alfredo
Shrimp and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over linguini.
Halibut
Topped with tomatoes, mushrooms and green peppers in cream sauce.
Salmon
Capers and lemon cream sauce.
Linguini Red Clam Sauce
Sauteed with a white wine and red clam sauce
Linguini White Clam Sauce
Sauteed in a white wine clam sauce
Delmar
Desserts
Smores Lava Cake
Cheesecake
Berry Tart
Cannoli
Chocolate Cannoli
Brownie
Tiramisu
Black Forrest Cake
German Chocolate Cake
Princess Cake
Almond Cake
Rum Cake
Cream Puff
Raspberry Lemon Cheesecake
Banana Chocolate Swirl Cake
Angus Beef Pastrami Sandwich Lunch
Smoked and cured beef sandwich. .
Meatball Sandwich Lunch
Angus beef ground beef and pork.
Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich Lunch
Sandwich with grilled or fried eggplant.
Chicken Parmesan Sandwich Lunch
Boneless skinless chicken sandwich.
Veal Parmesan Sandwich Lunch
Beef from a young cow.
Sausage, Peppers and Onions Sandwich Lunch
Finely chopped or ground meat, often mixed with seasoning.
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.
Familys Favorite Sandwich Lunch
Parmesan-crusted sourdough bread with Thousand island spread, Angus beef roast beef & red onions with melted jack cheese.
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich Lunch
Sauteed Angus beef, mushroom, onion and green pepper with mayo on a French roll with melted White American cheese.
Godfathers Favorite Sandwich Lunch
Ham, spicy capicola, toscano salami and caciocavallo cheese with our own creamy ranch-horseradish sauce on marble rye.
Marble Madness Sandwich Lunch
Polish ham and red onions sauteed in Worcestershire sauce with lettuce and tomato and melted Swiss on toasted marble rye.
Tuna Melt Lunch
Tommys tuna with melted jack cheese on Parmesan-crusted sourdough bread, mayo, lettuce and tomato.
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.
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.
BBQ Chicken Salad Lunch
BBQ Chicken, cheddar cheese, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, black beans &corn tossed in ranch dressing & topped with onion straws.
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.
Berry Salad Lunch
Strawberry, blueberry, feta cheese & candied walnuts tossed in a raspberry vinaigrette with fresh mixed greens.
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.
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.
Fettuccini Alfredo Lunch Special
Fettuccini served with Alfredo sauce.
Penne Alla Vodka Lunch Special
Best in town. Saute pancetta, onions, red pepper flakes, ricotta & fresh basil in a red, creamy vodka sauce.
Baked Rigatoni Lunch Special
Rigatoni pasta with your choice of meat or marinara sauce, baked in the oven with mozzarella cheese.
Cheese Tortellini Lunch Special
In a fresh tomato-cream sauce.
Mamas Bowtie Lunch Special
Bowtie noodles, garlic-herb cheese & mushrooms in cream sauce.
Chicken Alfredo Lunch Special
Chicken and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over fettuccini.
Shrimp Alfredo Lunch Special
Shrimp and vegetables in Alfredo sauce over linguini.
Shrimp & Scallops Lunch Special
Shrimp and scallops sauteed in garlic and butter served over pasta in red cream sauce.
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.
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.
Spaghetti with Marinara Lunch Special
Pasta with a tomato based red sauce.
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Lunch Special
Pasta with a tomato based red sauce.