Minimum service per person $8. Large pizza boxes $0.95 each
Luncheon Entrees
Served from 11:30am to 3:30pm
Antipasto
$8.00
A refreshing assortment of appetizers on a bed of mixed greens, served with homemade dressing
Soup and Salad
$9.00
A crisp salad seasoned with Caruso's own Italian dressing, with your choice of soup
Pasta and Sauce
$10.00
Choose a pasta: Spaghetti, Linguine, or Rigatoni. Choose a sauce: Caruso, Meat, Marinara, or White garlic mushroom
Shrimp Mediterranean
$11.00
Shrimp simmered in a white sauce of garlic, fresh herbs, mushrooms and white wine, served over pasta
Shrimp Marinara
$11.00
Tender shrimp, simmered in zesty marinara sauce, served over pasta
Cheese Pizza
$10.00
9" cheese, individual size
Add Toppings for (Ea.)
$1.75
Chicken Tetrazzini
$11.00
Chunks of chicken breast in a creamy white sauce with cheese, mushrooms and peas, baked over penne
Rigatoni Bake
$11.00
Rigatoni, ricotta cheese, and homemade ground sausage in marinara sauce. Topped with three cheeses
Meatball Lunch
$11.00
3 meatballs, a side of penne with marinara and an Italian salad
Vegetarian Lasagne
$11.00
Homemade noodles, layered with a variety of vegetables, cheeses and baked with cheese
Meat Lasagne
$11.00
Homemade noodles, layered with a cheese-meat sauce and baked under a blanket of cheese
Main
Meatballs (Homemade) $4.25, Italian Sausages (Homemade) $6.50; Two, on any of the below orders, add
Antipasto
A refreshing assortment appetizers on a bed of lettuce, seasoned with homemade Italian dressing
Single$8.50
Double$12.50
Platter for Three$15.75
Platter for Four$19.00
Italian Style Salad
$5.25
Seasoned with homemade Italian dressing
Homemade Soup
$5.25
Ask your server for Today's selections
Large Soup
$7.50
The Caruso Special!
$13.25
A combination of All these traditional Italian favorites: Spaghetti, Meatballs, Meat or Cheese Ravioli. Served with your choice of Meat sauce, Marinara sauce, or White Garlic-Mushroom sauce
Pasta
$11.25
Spaghetti, Penne, Linguine or Rigatoni. Served with your choice of sauces: Caruso Sauce, Marinara Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Meat Sauce, White Garlic Mushroom Sauce
Ravioli
$14.00
Homemade, Choice of Meat (in egg pasta) or Cheese (in spinach-egg pasta) Served with your choice of sauces: Caruso Sauce, Marinara Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Meat Sauce, White Garlic Mushroom Sauce
The "Half and Half"
$13.00
Ravioli and your choice of Pasta. Served with your choice of sauces: Caruso Sauce, Marinara Sauce, Mushroom Sauce, Meat Sauce, White Garlic Mushroom Sauce
Traditional Italian Favorites
Served with Garlic Toast
Lasagne Al Forno
Our all-time favorite, made with homemade noodles, layered with a cheese-meat sauce, and baked in a blanket of cheese
$13.25
Served with Chicken Parmigiana$16.25
Served with Eggplant Parmigiana$15.50
Served with Homemade Meatballs$15.75
Vegetarian Lasagne
$14.00
Homemade noodles, layered with spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, and a variety of cheeses. Covered with a red sauce and baked under a blanket of cheese
Stuffed Pasta Shells and Eggplant Parmigiana
$16.00
The shells are stuffed with ricotta and Parmesan cheeses, and, together with eggplant, are baked parmigiana style
Chicken Alfredo
$15.00
Spaghetti with a boneless chicken breast, served with a creamy Alfredo sauce
Shrimp Alfredo
$15.50
A liberal helping of tender shrimp, topped with a creamy Alfredo sauce. Served on spaghetti
Shrimp and Scallops Alfredo
$16.75
Tender shrimp and sea scallops with creamy Alfredo sauce and mushrooms, served on spaghetti
Clam Sauce, White or Red
$13.50
Chopped ocean clams, simmered in a white sauce of garlic, fresh herbs, mushrooms and white wine, or in a lively red marinara sauce. Served on spaghetti
Shrimp Mediterranean or Shrimp Marinara
Tasty shrimp, simmered in a white sauce of garlic, fresh herbs, mushrooms and white wine or in a zesty marinara sauce. Served on spaghetti
$13.75
Add Chopped Ocean Clams$16.50
A Seafood-Pasta Delight!
$16.75
A variety of seafoods in a white sauce (garlic, fresh herbs, white wine and mushrooms) or a red marinara sauce. Served on spaghetti
Spaghetti Carbonara
$14.50
Bacon, mushrooms, and parmesan cheese in a white sauce, served over spaghetti and finished with a sprinkle of ground sausage and seasoned meat
Chicken Tetrazzini
$14.00
Chunks of chicken breast in a creamy white sauce with mushrooms and peas, baked over panne with a crunchy cheese topping
Rigatoni Parmigiana
$13.00
Rigatoni in red sauce, covered with a blend of three cheeses and baked
Entrees
The entrees below are served with garlic toast and your choice of: Spaghetti with Caruso Sauce OR Italian Salad OR Homemade Soup
Eggplant Parmigiana
$14.50
Broiled eggplant wedges, covered with a red sauce and a variety of cheeses, and baked
Cheese Manicotti
Homemade spinach pasta tubes, filled with ricotta and Parmesan cheeses Covered with a red sauce, a variety of cheeses, and baked. Cheese Manicotti served with: Meat Cannelloni: Homemade egg pasta, rolled and stuffed with herb-seasoned meat. Seafood Cannelloni: Homemade egg pasta, rolled and stuffed with a variety of seafoods. Eggplant Parmigiana
$15.00
Meat Cannelloni$16.75
Seafood Cannelloni$16.75
Eggplant Parmigiana$16.00
Breasts of Chicken Parmigiana
$16.75
Two boneless chicken breasts covered with a red sauce, topped with mushrooms, a variety of cheeses, and baked
Stuffed Pasta Shells and Chicken Parmigiana
$16.75
A boneless chicken breast and mushrooms with cheese-stuffed pasta shells, covered with marinara sauce and a variety of cheeses, and baked
Spinach Cannelloni
$16.00
Homemade egg pasta rolled and stuffed with spinach, cheese, and mushrooms, all seasoned with herbs and baked in a red sauce covered with cheese
Chicken and Eggplant, Sicilian Style
$16.75
Braised chicken breast, eggplant wedges and mushrooms, covered with a tangy red sauce (or, if you prefer, a white garlic sauce) and baked with a cheese topping
Veal Parmigiana
$17.75
Thin slices of veal, braised in a tangy red sauce, covered with a variety of cheeses and baked
Pizza
Additional Ingredients: For each additional one, on all or part of Pizza, add: Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, Anchovies, Mushrooms, Ground Beef, Garlic, Green Peppers, Extra Cheese, Diced Onions, Black Olives, Salami, Pepperoncini, Green Olives, Bacon, Tomato (Small 9" - $2, Medium 13" - $3, Extra Large 19" - $4)
Cheese Pizza
with homemade Tomato sauce
Small 9"$10.50
Medium 13"$13.75
Extra Large 19"$18.50
The Caruso Spectacular Pizza
Cheese, Olives, Onions Mushrooms, Sausage (or Pepperoni) and Green Pepper; No substitutions, please
Small 9"$15.75
Medium 13"$21.50
Extra Large 19"$28.50
The Vegetarian Pizza
Cheese, Olives, Onions, Mushrooms, and Green Pepper; No substitutions, please
Small 9"$13.75
Medium 13"$20.50
Extra Large 19"$27.50
Side Orders
Bowl of Caruso Sauce or Marinara Sauce
$4.00
Bowl of Mushroom Sauce or Meat Sauce
$5.00
Bowl of Alfredo Sauce
$6.50
Side of 3 Meatballs with Caruso Sauce
$6.25
Side of 2 Sausages with Caruso Sauce
$6.50
Desserts and Beverages
Please see our dessert menu for our dessert offerings, and our wine menu for complete listing of wines and bottled beer
Caruso's was started in the 1930s by Nicasio ("Caruso") Zagona, and the restaurant has remained in the family since then. Tucson's original Caruso's was located about one block south of its present site. An August rain storm and flood literally washed the place away, so we moved to higher ground, where we've remained for the past fifty years or so. The restaurant interior layout, its patio, and most of its food preparation methods were developed by the senior Zagona, although inevitably some changes have been made throughout the years. We now have more efficient equipment, of course, but the techniques for making our pasta (for ravioli, lasagna, manicotti, and cannelloni) and our homemade sauces are basically the same. The heart of the place is the "big copper pot," visible from the main dining room.