Wine Library

New Wine Library is a wall of red wine that showcases every varietal, price and vintage, allowing guests to inspect and touch everything, and even take a bottle back to their table.

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The Carlton Wine And Dine Experience

Posted in Holidays, News, Wine by admin

Holidays and wine go hand in hand! Our new “Wine Library” is a wall of red wine that showcases every varietal, price and vintage. We invite our guests to inspect and touch everything before making a selection, and even take the bottle back to their table. We offer a premium list of wines that you will

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Give Gifts & Get Fuelperks with GifterGo!

Posted in Holidays, News by admin

Still stumped on what to buy a few family members this holiday season? The Carlton Restaurant Gift Cards act as perfect gifts and stocking stuffers. Also, you can now earn Fuelperks for every gift card you purchase! Click here to order!  You can also create your own personalized gift card by clicking here!

“Carol Shelton” Wine Dinner – Jan 11

Please join us Wednesday, January 11 as we welcome Carol Shelton to The Carlton to sample some extraordinary Zinfandels!  Carol Shelton studied enology at UC Davis and spent years honing her craft at large wineries in California.  In 2000, her and her husband launched their own brand, The Carol Shelton Winery, and chose to focus almost exclusively on Zinfandel.  She’s won countless

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A Quick “Bite” of History

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Although food historians and other research experts don’t have a clear answer to the history of cooking, there are multiple proposed theories out there… Food in History author Reay Tannahill tells us that for hundereds of years, the human race had eaten its food raw, but at some point between the first DELIBERATE use of

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The Carlton Picked Best Contemporary Restaurant in Pittsburgh

Posted in Announcements by admin

We got the good news that we were picked as Best Contemporary Restaurant in Pittsburgh in the Pittsburgh edition of “Where the Locals Eat” which features the top 100 restaurants in Pittsburgh and features 10 outstanding restaurants in 50 other cities. The significance of winning a category (Charlie Trotter’s was the Chicago winner in our

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