The soul of Carbone’s Fine Food and Wine is still inside the Italian restaurant on Dallas’ Oak Lawn Avenue. But its new name is Barsotti’s Fine Food and Liqueurs. It’s now open. Owner Julian Barsotti is happy with the changes made to his 11-year-old restaurant. It’s prettier. The menu is bigger. The bar, now a focal point, feels like a place you’ll want to linger. And the room feels more spacious.

It wasn’t Barsotti’s preference to strip his great-grandfather’s name from his Dallas restaurant. He sued new Dallas restaurant Carbone in 2022, concerned customers would be confused about two Dallas Italian restaurants named Carbone’s and Carbone. (And they were.) The lawsuit ended in a settlement, and Barsotti maintains that it was amicable. He agreed to close Carbone’s and rebrand.