This intimate Italian restaurant in downtown Hollywood has a simple menu of modernized classics, including fresh pasta dishes, meat, fish, and craft cocktails.

Carmela's menu focuses on homemade pastas and other Italian specialties, said Sardelli. Highlights include a Baby Gem Lettuce salad with fennel, hazelnuts, parmigiano & white balsamic vinaigrette, Calamari antipasto with pomodoro sauce, spicy cherry peppers, and basil, Pasta Casarecce with sweet pork sausage, pomodoro, cream, basil, pecorino, and Garlic Chicken, on the bone with garlic, white wine, butter and Italian parsley.