Carbone’s Italian restaurant in Dallas rebranded as Barsotti’s Fine Food and Liqueurs after a lawsuit from the NYC-based Carbone, according to a Dallas Observer article. They say,
“A quick recap for those who don’t keep up with Dallas dining drama. Carbone is the big-money-backed New York red-sauce Italian restaurant that opened here a year ago with a reservation waitlist as long as your arm. The problem was, Dallas already had its own red-sauce Italian standby, Carbone’s, which was a staple of our Top 100 restaurants.
Confusion naturally ensued, including a lawsuit from Carbone’s asking for some relief. Big-money Carbone paid Carbone’s owner Julian Barsotti to undertake a remodel and a rebrand..”
The Dallas-based Carbone restaurant faced a legal battle against the New York-based Carbone, resulting in the Dallas original changing its name to Barsotti’s, according to a DMagazine article which reports,
“The beloved Italian-American restaurant that long sat on the corner of Oak Lawn and Wycliff Avenues was named for Angelo Carbone, restaurateur Julian Barsotti’s great-grandfather, and the family business Angelo founded in New Jersey. And then came the big-money juggernaut: Carbone, a high-dollar New York restaurant beloved by celebrities and named after its chef, Mario Carbone. Carbone opened just two miles away from Carbone’s, on the same road. Chaos ensued. Then came the lawsuit: Dallas’ David sued New York’s Goliath.
When I spoke to a legal expert near the beginning of that case, he suggested that the suit would end with a settlement, somebody getting paid to change their name. He supposed that the interloper might change its name to something like “New York Carbone.” Instead the opposite happened: the Dallas original changed its name to Barsotti’s.”
“Barsotti’s Fine Food and Liqueurs, located at 4208 Oak Lawn Ave, serves lunch and dinner. Operating hours are Monday to Wednesday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. and 5 – 9 p.m., and Thursday to Sunday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. and 5 – 10 p.m. Reservations are available.”
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