Carmine Lonardo’s Italian Sausage Meat Deli

The subs are amazing and HUGE! Lemocello cake is off the charts delish as well!
They have a full bakery case, deli and meat counter as well with pre made burgers ready to throw on the grill.

They make sandwiches, but nowhere to sit and eat. The food is good, but their prices very expensive

Their sandwiches just might be life changing. I could die eating there and be in total heaven.

Love the smoked pork chops, baked on top of Scalloped Potatoes!
400 F. @25 mins! EZ!
Also love their deli meats and soups and sandwiches!
Great Italian meat Market!
yummy!

This place is on the south east corner of Smoky Hill and Chambers. The #3 Italian small sub was pretty big. The bread was nice and crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Cold cuts were good. LIke how the veggies (shredded lettuce, tomato, pickles) were fresh and cold. The Italian dressing was pretty tasty. Star of the sandwich is the bread. There is a bunch of baked sweet stuff in the case that looked good. I’ll have to definitely go back to check out the grocery section.

This review is based on the deli sandwiches. I had the Italian combo sandwich in the «I’m hungry» size (which is the small) and it was PLENTY big enough. Bread had good flavor, sandwich tasted pretty amazing. Also had the carrot cake, my only complaint is that it was a little dry. I will definitely be back! $ 8.99 for the small so maybe a little more expensive than the regular sandwich shops but I would rather support a mom and pop shop like this one than Subway or Jimmy John’s.

I literally just got home from my visit here. I was in awww I can’t wait to go back and get my hands on more. Customer service is the best I’ve ever had period. I was going to take the rest of their canoli’s so they wouldn’t be wasted but he insisted on making me fresh ones. He promised they would be the best I’ve had and they really are! I’m hoping to do all my market shopping here that I can. Thanks fellas I’ll be back!

I am a originally from S. Jersey and this place reminds of back east. The sandwiches that they serve is the reason I stop in every other week. I highly recommend this place if you need a bite to eat!

Best Italian beef in Denver and cute little deli. Sandwiches are a bit pricey but huge and totally worth it. Excellent assortment of Italian cookies that are totally delish!

Best Italian deli in Colorado hands down. The owner and the staff are amazing and the food is delicious

Fantastic atmosphere, genuine people, great food. I had the French dip sandwich with extra au jus on the side and definitely recommend it. The desert selection was mouth watering as well.
Only downsides are no public seating or bathrooms.

A fun little Italian deli in SE Aurora that has COMPLETELY disrupted the sandwich game in Denver. One, it has the «deli» feel, when you walk into the place you KNOW it is about to go down. The smell of meats, cheeses, sauces, etc — the aroma is paralyzing (in a good way) you look at the menu and your initial instinct is to say «I want everything on the menu!»
I have had a couple different sandwiches from Carmine Lonardo’s, but the Italian is the one that takes the cake. Give me ALL THE MEATS, the taste all those meats make when they are all on one sandwich is freakin amazing. I substituted the provolone cheese with pepper jack cheese, and that decision within itself was life changing. All the toppings? Yes please!
I think I want to be a human banner for Carmine Lonardo’s, I will stand out on Smoky Hill and Chambers with my banner that says BEST SANDWICH IN COLORADO and I would do it for free. That’s how passionate I am about this sandwich.
I almost feel like I should leave my cell phone number on this review, just so anyone that questions my sincerity can personally call me and I can step away from my paying job to articulate the AMAZINGNESS of this sandwich.
I hope you understand… if not, you probably never will — go eat at Subway.
(Dropped the mic and walked off stage)

Without a doubt this 5 star rating is well deserved
I have been there 2 days in a row their sandwiches are to die for, moving from Boston to Denver 15 years ago we have tried many Italian deli’s in and around Denver and we are so happy to have
Listened to the Unilocal reviewers, they have it all under one roof sandwiches, pastries
Meats and more give it a try. They also have a great staff friendly and helpful.

I found Carmine’s while looking for a birthday cake for the then fiancé. I got the crème cake and I was sold. It is the best cake ive ever had. Luckily for me, the other half also loved the cake and we decided to ask Carmine to make our wedding cake.
We kept going back to Carmine and ordering more and more for our wedding. We ended up with antipasto, two vegetarian options (lasagna and eggplant parmigiana) and 20 lbs of Italian cookies. Yes.
Everything we ordered was so delicious (or so we’re told about the antipasto cuz we never got any lol). And Carmine was so flexible in working with us to make our wedding amazing.
I went back recently and ordered more crème cake but also got some lemon cake and chocolate mousse. Seriously, he can do no wrong when it comes to cake.

Absolutely shocked that no Unilocalers mentioned that this place is take out only. There was one table with four chairs in there, but the guy who made my sandwich made it absolutely clear that I was not allowed to eat inside the shop…
Anyway, I took my 85 –year-​old Italian mother out today for what I thought was going to be a nice lunch. We ordered the #3 Italian cold cut sandwich and A pastrami sandwich. Both sandwiches were the smallest size available and measured 7 inches long. The bread was very hard, the cold cut portions were generous and I like that I got to pick my own toppings for the sandwich. There is a generous selection of meats and sausages and pork chops in the deli case, along with cheeses and Cold cuts.
The cheeses and cold cuts are things I could get at sprouts or King Soopers deli. Nothing spectacular. A lot of them were Hormel brand. Neither I nor my Italian mother were impressed. There are large freezer cases with various frozen pastas, raviolis, I gnocchi’s and the like. My mother ordered a few of their cookies, but stated they are not genuine Italian recipes. The cannoli looked like they were stuffed with whipped cream and not ricotta cheese. Who does this? Two sandwiches and eight cookies cost me $ 32. I had to eat my lunch in the car as we had traveled from 10 miles away based on all of the good Unilocal reviews. Three gentlemen were working today, none of them were very helpful and we will definitely not be back. The Cold cut sandwich tastes exactly like a Jimmy John’s Italian sub; except this place can brag that they serve hard bread. There are a few items on the shelves that are canned, various tomato products, clam sauce, anchovies, etc. All cost an arm and a leg. No caponata fresh or in a can. My mother finally asked the guy behind the counter if he was really Italian. That made me laugh because my mother is usually very quiet for an Italian. However, Italian delis should not sell Hormel brand meats and be without Caponata. The pastrami sandwich had minimal fat, but again, the bread was hard. I’ve stopped looking for a good Italian deli in Colorado, and I have stopped believing that Colorado Unilocalers know what a good Italian deli is, probably because they haven’t been back east. Not a soul was in there at 12 noon, except my mom and I. I was shocked and I guess I expected more people based on the reviews.
In the end, two of the three employees there were sitting at the table with four chairs when I left.

This is a fabulous Italian deli! My husband and I recently moved here from NC and we were so sad to leave our deli behind but this one is just as good if not better! We ordered the Italian combo sandwiches and they are SO delicious! The smallest one is huge, I took ½ of mine home and had it for dinner the next day! Great quality meats and bread. Everything is fresh and delicious. For $ 8.99 you get a huge sandwich that for me was big enough for two meals. What’s not to like? Great staff and great prices. We will most definitely be back.

Wow
I was having a very odd, off day and I was comfort food seeking. Comfort food is different for everyone and for me it’s a really good Italian Sandwich. I had changed my mind several times on my drive home and after making a few calls to see if anyone wanted to get together for dinner off the cuff. I am so glad they were all still at work or busy.
I remembered that I stopped here one Sunday and they were not open much to my disappointment. For whatever reason it popped into my head to investigate now, tonight, immediately. As I rounded the corner in the parking lot I saw the red neon OPEN sign. It was like seeing an old friend. Sometimes when you look at a place from outside in the dark, the interior illuminated and you begin to notice details it’s like the excitement of Christmas dressed store windows.
I opened the door and could immediately smell everything I grew up knowing. The smells of Sunday Gravy, the site of real Italian cookies in all colors, shapes and sizes and familiar packages, names and logos. A little sitting area that reminds me of several Italian Deli’s back east, small tables and chairs and of course the TV. A place for people to gather, visit and have a nibble.
Thumann’s in the deli case, Stella Doro on the shelf. How did I not know this all existed literally a mile away?
I didn’t know where to begin so I started small so I thought. I order a sandwich in the I’m hungry size, this was more sandwich then I bargained for as it’s their «small» sandwich size.
I got the Carmine, full of meat, finely shredded lettuce and onions. The taste I had long been craving and brought me to a place of peace and happiness. Bite after bite my need for comfort had been satisfied. HOW DID I NOT KNOW??? Well I do now, when the need for Italian meats, good bread and the perfect Italian dressing fills my body, nothing else will do!

I like this place! While its not a full on hardcore butcher slash deli, I love their spicy sausage, their deboned chickens, the options of soup bones, etc.
If your a pasta snob they have tons of unique dry pastas from Italian companies.
I haven’t tried their ready to eat foods because I love taking home the items and making my own. Can’t speak on that part.

Enjoyed a fantastic Italian Sub sandwich again today. This wonderful deli/​market has it all. If you haven’t been here it is a must try!

So glad to have found this gem in our hood.
Staff is friendly and was waited on by Carmine (Jr.)I am excited that they sell olive salad from NOLA to use for Muffalettas and will be buying in the future. A great case of cookies and cannolis can be viewed.
The market itself I did not feel was large, but definitely is worth it to go there for their subs which are great (I got the Italian combo) delious meats and fresh bread. Yay for Italian in Aurora!