Casadoro is a family-friendly Italian-American restaurant in Newington, Connecticut, from the DORO Restaurant Group. The menu is built on three pillars: housemade pasta, wood-fired pizza, and southern Italian red-sauce classics like chicken parmesan, lasagna and veal Milanese, plus shareable starter boards and an Italian-influenced dessert list. Below: the menu at a glance, the full item-by-item menu, signature dishes, a dietary guide, and pricing FAQs. Note: Casadoro's official prices could not be verified from a primary source — this page lists every dish but omits per-item prices rather than guessing.
Signature items
The things people most often want to know about Casadoro - the food, the location and the price tier - answered in one glance.
2929 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, Connecticut 06111. DORO Restaurant Group's first Newington location.
Reviewers single out the chicken parm and the fried calamari for flavor and generous portions.
Southern Italian red-sauce: housemade pasta, wood-fired pizza, parm and veal classics, shareable boards.
Mid-to-upper casual dining. Exact prices unverified from a primary source - see the banner above.
If you've never been to Casadoro and want to know what it's about - start here. These are the dishes most consistently called out in early reviews and press coverage.
Breaded chicken with marinara and melted cheese. Reviewers repeatedly single it out for both flavor and generous portion size - the dish to order on a first visit.
Lightly breaded and fried calamari with marinara, served as a shareable piattini plate. One of the most-recommended starters on the menu.
A pounded, breaded and pan-fried veal cutlet served Milanese-style - one of the southern-Italian red-sauce classics the concept is built around.
Casadoro makes its pasta in-house. The lineup spans a meat-ragu Bolognese, a pecorino-and-pepper Cacio e Pepe and a simple tomato-basil Pomodoro.
Tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil from the wood-fired oven. Pizza is one of the three menu pillars alongside pasta and the Italian-American classics.
Executive pastry chef James Arena's standout: cannoli filling baked into a circular cannoli crust - a Casadoro original, alongside a lemon ricotta cheesecake.
Ranked by how often dishes appear in early reviews and press coverage. Prices are omitted - see the note banner. Casadoro opened in 2024, so its most-ordered lineup is still settling in.
Casadoro is itself a new restaurant - it opened in late 2024. Here's what is genuinely new or distinctive about the concept and menu, confirmed across press coverage.
The DORO Restaurant Group's first Newington restaurant and its southern-Italian red-sauce concept - a new direction after the group's French, Mediterranean and northern-Italian spots in West Hartford.
Now openA Casadoro-original dessert from executive pastry chef James Arena: cannoli filling in a circular cannoli crust.
On the menuItalian snack-and-share boards: zucchini fritti, crispy pepperoni cups, gnoccho fritto, frittatine, burrata and ham with rosemary tigelle.
On the menuA weekday happy-hour program at the bar with drink and snack specials, including the chicken-cutlet ciabatta.
WeekdaysAll of Casadoro's menu categories with item counts.
Casadoro is an independent, single-location ristorante - a different animal from the national Italian chains. This is how it sits on cuisine style and price tier versus the Italian and pizza menus already covered on Menupedia.
| Restaurant | Type | Style | Price tier | Footprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casadoro | Independent ristorante | Southern Italian-American red-sauce, housemade pasta, wood-fired pizza | $$$ | 1 location (Newington, CT) |
| Olive Garden | National chain | Italian-American casual dining, unlimited breadsticks | $$ | ~880 locations |
| The Cheesecake Factory | National chain | Huge multi-cuisine menu incl. Italian pastas | $$$ | 200+ locations |
| California Pizza Kitchen | National chain | Creative & wood-fired pizzas, pastas | $$ | 150+ locations |
| Fazoli's | Fast-casual chain | Quick-serve Italian, unlimited breadsticks | $ | 200+ locations |
Price tiers are relative positioning, not a like-for-like dollar comparison - Casadoro's exact prices are unverified (see the note banner). As an independent, chef-driven restaurant, Casadoro sits closer to The Cheesecake Factory on price tier but is far more focused, and unlike any of the chains it is a single, locally owned room.
As a red-sauce Italian kitchen, Casadoro is naturally vegetarian-friendly: several pastas, pizzas and shareable boards are meat-free as served, and many pasta dishes can be prepared without meat on request.
Because Casadoro makes its pasta in-house and the menu rotates seasonally, preparation details and allergens can change - there is no published certified gluten-free or allergen-segregated kitchen information available. If you have a serious allergy or are celiac, confirm directly with your server.
Cross-contact possible in a shared Italian kitchen. Confirm with the restaurant for any serious allergy.
Casadoro opened in late 2024 at 2929 Berlin Turnpike in Newington, Connecticut, as the newest concept from the DORO Restaurant Group. The group already runs a cluster of restaurants in West Hartford Center spanning French brasserie fare, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cooking, and upscale northern Italian cuisine - and for Casadoro it planted a flag in a new town with a southern Italian, family-friendly, red-sauce menu.
The menu is built on three pillars: wood-fired pizza, housemade pasta, and Italian-American classics like chicken parmesan, lasagna and veal Milanese. It opens with Italian snack-and-share boards - stuzzi (zucchini fritti, crispy pepperoni cups, gnoccho fritto, frittatine) and piattini (fried calamari, meatballs, burrata, ham with rosemary tigelle) - and closes with an Italian-influenced dessert list from the group's executive pastry chef, James Arena, whose signature cannoli pie is a Casadoro original.
It's positioned as a family-friendly room that's casual enough for a weeknight but polished enough - full bar, weekday happy hour, reservations via Resy - for a special occasion.
Casadoro has a single location at 2929 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, Connecticut 06111. It serves lunch, dinner, dessert and a full bar, with weekday happy-hour specials. Reservations are available through Resy, and the bar takes walk-ins.
For current hours, the full official menu and reservations, see casadoro.com or the DORO Restaurant Group site.
Casadoro is an independent ristorante, so its closest comparisons on Menupedia are the Italian and pizza menus from the national chains - useful for benchmarking cuisine style and price tier.
Quick answers to the questions people most commonly ask about Casadoro's menu, location, prices and vegetarian options.
Casadoro is located at 2929 Berlin Turnpike in Newington, Connecticut (06111). It is the newest concept from the DORO Restaurant Group, which also operates several restaurants in West Hartford Center. Casadoro opened in late 2024 and is the group's first location in Newington. Reservations are available through Resy; you can also reach the restaurant by phone for current hours.
Casadoro serves family-friendly southern Italian-American food — a red-sauce menu built around housemade pastas, wood-fired pizzas, and classics like chicken parmesan, lasagna and veal Milanese. It also offers shareable starter boards (stuzzi and piattini), fried calamari, burrata, and an Italian-influenced dessert list. The concept is described as 'the next generation of Italian-American classics.'
Casadoro positions as a mid-to-upper casual-dining Italian restaurant ($$$). We have not been able to verify Casadoro's official dine-in prices from a primary source — the restaurant's website and online ordering pages block automated access, and the only public figures come from third-party delivery platforms that add a markup. To avoid publishing inaccurate numbers, this page lists the menu items without per-item prices. For exact pricing, check the official menu at casadoro.com or call the restaurant.
Menupedia's policy is to never invent or estimate prices. Casadoro is an independent restaurant whose official menu pricing we could not confirm from a reliable primary source at the time of review (May 2026). Rather than publish numbers pulled from delivery apps — which inflate prices with service fees — we list the verified dishes and omit the prices. We will add confirmed pricing when a primary source becomes available.
Based on early reviews, the chicken parmesan and the fried calamari draw the most consistent praise — reviewers single out both for flavor and generous portions. The housemade pastas (Bolognese, Cacio e Pepe, Pomodoro) and the signature cannoli pie dessert are also frequently mentioned. Because Casadoro is a relatively new restaurant (opened 2024), its 'signature' lineup is still settling in.
Yes. Vegetarian-friendly dishes include the Cacio e Pepe, Pomodoro pasta, Cheese Pie (Margherita) pizza, Burrata, Zucchini Fritti and Gnoccho Fritto, plus vegetarian desserts like the cannoli pie, lemon ricotta cheesecake and tiramisu. As with most red-sauce Italian kitchens, several pasta dishes can be prepared meat-free on request. Confirm preparation and any allergen concerns with your server.
Yes — Casadoro serves wood-fired pizzas alongside its pasta and entrée menu, including a classic cheese pie (Margherita) and pepperoni, plus a stuffed 'pizza bread' filled with meats and cheeses. Pizza is one of the three pillars of the menu (pizza, housemade pasta, and Italian-American classics).
Casadoro is owned by the DORO Restaurant Group, a Connecticut hospitality group whose portfolio spans French brasserie fare, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern, and upscale northern Italian cuisine across its West Hartford Center restaurants. Casadoro is the group's southern-Italian red-sauce concept and its first restaurant in Newington. The group's executive pastry chef, James Arena, designed Casadoro's dessert menu.
Yes. Casadoro accepts reservations through Resy, and also serves walk-ins at the bar. The restaurant offers lunch, dinner, dessert and a full bar, with weekday happy-hour specials. Hours vary by day — check the official site or call ahead, especially for weekend dinner service.
Yes — Casadoro was explicitly designed as a family-friendly Italian-American restaurant. The red-sauce menu (pizza, pasta, chicken parm, meatballs) is approachable for a range of ages, and shareable starter boards make it easy for groups to order across the table. It balances casual family dining with a full bar and a polished dessert program for special occasions.
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