Charbono's

Arrived at Charbono's for a large work dinner.  I think there were 15 people in our party.  We were seated at a comfortable table in the center of one of the dining rooms.  The room was pleasantly lit and there was plenty of room around us even though we occupied a good portion of the room.  

Started with a local Indianapolis brew, Sun King Wee Mac.  It was a dark, kind of nutty beer.  It was a good tasting beer, but I normally do not like dark beers.  I followed this up with a Bells Two Hearted Ale and a Sun King Sunlight Cream Ale.  This 2nd Sun King was light and quite refreshing.   - Our most approachable beer, Sunlight has a smooth malt profile and a crisp, clean finish.

We had ordered a variety of appetizers for our large party, but 5 minutes later the server returned to offer us a appetizer sampler platter.  She pulled the ultimate upsell.  She said it easily serve 12 people so we were all in for it.  We failed to ask the price until after it arrived...$100.  But I must say, it was a great sampler.  This was not your typical appetizer sampler.  It was huge (that's what she said).  It was full order size portions of shrimp cocktail, spinach artichoke dip, jumbo lump crab cakes, calamari, seared tuna and probably some other stuff that I did not see because it was consumed by the other end of the table before it made its way to me.   Every item that I had on this sampler was delicious.  The calamari, in particular, was superb...fried to a perfect, golden crisp.  The shrimp were huge and tender.

My entree, Verona Salmon at $18.99 was good.  The salmon was almost on the overcooked side but the bed of bacon & jalepeno hashbrowns that it was laying on top of made up for it.  The portion size was perfect, not too much, not too little.  This was a good choice for me.  

Thanks Charbono's for a nice evening out with co-workers.

This is the preferred restaurant of my company's owner and, consequently, a frequent dining selection when I'm in town. The food is superb, the service is excellent and the wine list is fantastic. My only qualm is their strip mall location.

Went there Sunday after Church.  I had the breakfast buffet which was very good but slightly on the pricey side.  It is all you can eat so go hungry and eat as much as you can.  My wife had the Linguine Charbono which she gets every time we go there.  She says it's very good.   The service is always good.  Our favorite dessert is the Creme Brulee.