Popular Trumbull Restaurant Moving To New Haven

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

NEW HAVEN, CT – The site of the former Carmen Anthony restaurant on State Street will soon be the new location of the Cast Iron Chef Chop House & Oyster Bar.

The Cast Iron restaurant has been operating in Trumbull for two decades. It was first known as Marisa’s Ristorante and was transformed into Cast Iron when Marisa’s owner Marisa Marini let her son Attilio Caesar Marini take over the business. It was in operation Bridgeport a decade before - but it is closing its Trumbull operation to move to New Haven.

Cast Iron Chef Marini said the restaurant’s last day in Trumbull will be this Tuesday, Oct. 24th.

He said it will be reopening at its New Haven location, 660 State Street, in November.

Carmen Anthony, which operated in New Haven for over a decade, closed its doors in 2015.

In an interview Monday morning, Marini, said he is leaving Trumbull because the location where the restaurant is located is being sold.

“My real estate agent was scouting around for new places and we had opportunities to go other places,” Marini said. “But when I heard about the State Street location in New Haven, I knew this would be the best place for our brand.”

Marini described his restaurant “as a unique dining experience.”

He said: “We are number one, a steakhouse – that’s what we are known for. Our steaks are all cooked on premises and cooked in cast iron. What I’m doing, nobody else does.”

Marini said besides steaks, his new restaurants will also have “lots of fish dishes.”

Marini said New Haven is the perfect location for him to take his restaurant “to the next level.”

“People from all over the state, and the country know about the dining in New Haven,” Marini said, adding the fact that Yale is located nearby doesn’t hurt in attracting clientele.

Marini said if everything goes well his 150-seat restaurant will be opening in New Haven “around Thanksgiving.”

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