Spaghetti and meatball sandwiches are back at 84 South Pennsylvania Street. "We closed for business that fateful day in March [2020], and we just haven't been able to get back on our feet enough to get back open until now," says Brad Ritter, owner of Little Carmine's, the fast-casual sister restaurant of old-school Italian favorite Carmine's on Penn and the newer Carmine's at McGregor Square.

The business first debuted in 2013, offering a more affordable and portable way to enjoy Carmine's Italian classics for lunch. But the pandemic forced Little Carmine's to go on pause. "We finally had enough manpower and willpower to reopen it," Ritter notes.