Carlo’s Market & Cold Cut Center

Food is phenomenal. Great traditional Italian deli. Staff is very friendly and definitely has that local neighborhood feel. Food is always fresh and delicious. Great spot to grab a sandwich for lunch.

Carlo’s Catering did my wedding; worked harder than any other catering service I’ve ever seen, and made me feel at ease. They’re also hands-​down the best value for a wedding caterer in Boston.
Also, the food is unbelievable. No rubber chicken here!

Great staff, very welcoming and inviting! Easy to tell that this place is a neighborhood staple and a place Bostians feel very at home! Food pretty good, needed a little more spice, but hey I’m from New Orleans. Thanks Steve for the hospitality, especially the sweet treats!

Classic Italian corner market great variety of subs pasta and desserts. Felt like the old school neighborhood shops where I grew up

Like many other aspects of Boston, Carlo’s is growing on me. If I was writing this review based on the classic Italian alone, it would be a three star rating. But Carlo’s is so much more than a classic Italian. The power of their menu lies hidden in their hot subs (district 1 omggggg), the surprisingly amazing garden salad with any variety of grilled chicken (zinfindel vinaigrette like woah), day old pizza (yasssss), any of the soups/​stews, and good ol’ Eastie charm. Seemingly chaotic, but highly efficient service. Call ahead at lunch time and you’re golden, but you’ll be hard pressed to find an online menu. Can vouch for the catering as well. Good people!

Had my first Bacon, Egg, Cheese Breakfast Bun. You can’t beat fresh cooked food on good bread.

Stopped here when starving after a 7 a.m. meeting in Eastie. I ordered the breakfast bun to go. While they were making it, I took in the adorable, neat-​as-​a-​pin establishment and comfy tables, and decided I’d sit down and eat it in house. Good decision– the «bun”– a fresh roll grilled with egg, cheese, and very crispy bacon– was outstanding. The cook and front register lady were both very friendly and told me I needed to come back for the french toast next time– will do!

I LOVE this place. Steve makes the best chicken broccoli and ziti I’ve ever had. Everything is fresh, high quality, and delicious. Huge portions! Definitely the best part of East Boston :)

Best breakfast sandwiches around, grilled bagel, real bacon, real eggs, homemade taste.

I decided to try this place out while in town on business. I had the meatball sub, which was delicious. I’ll definitely be coming back next time I’m in town.

This place is an absolute find and a hidden gem. The food quality and portions are unbelievable and the place is great.

This a amazing little hole in the wall… with amazing sandwiches. And from the looks of it other great meals as well. stopped here for quick lunch and boy was it damn good. Staff was very good as well. Will definitely be coming back to this «Eastie» jem

I was not impressed with my sandwich this past weekend. The bread was extremely dry and bland. I would go as far to say stale. I was disappointed seeing that this was one of my favorite places when I worked at the Airport a year ago. A quick stop in showed me that the place is going down-​hill.

Found this great local place on Unilocal.Easy 10 minute walk from Train Station, very helpful, very authentic, great local joint. Tried the Juliana hot sandwich, Eggplant Parmesan was great, not oily or too crisp… really nice sandwich. If you fly to Boston and have time for lunch near the airport go try it.

Still the best Italian sub in the entire city! Everything here is delicious and fresh! I’ve been stoping in intermittently for 20+ yrs. and the food & service are always top notch!

Thought I was going to get a great meatball sub. It was so so, nothing special. So my quest to find the best meatball sub in the Boston area north continues. They did have a decent selection of quality cold cuts and various sandwiches.

Perhaps I should not have waited 6 years to write this review but I just found Unilocal. Better late than never.
Carlos catered my wedding reception.
The food? AMAZING
I’m from a large Italian family and meatballs are what seperates the amateurs from the pros. Carlos’ meatballs? PRO!
Along with Sausage Peppers Potatoes, Chix Broc and Ziti and Eggplant Parm
Delicious food. Super reasonable pricing.
Their gravy is to die for and they sell it for like 2.00 a pint! Hello. I’ll take 10!
Cold Cut Platters are high quality, excellent variety-​top notch. No shortage of condiments, dresings etc…
You will not be disappointed.
I have had several of their sang-​wiches and they are stuffed full of quality ingredients! Inexpensive to boot! My one complaint? No arancini! I have to trek to Milanos for that. Oh well– Noone is perfect but Carlos? You are pretty damned close!

I found this place, thanks to Unilocal,as a deli near the airport. Having flown cross country with a very short stop in Minneapolis, I’d had a muffin and two shortbread cookies after about 8 hours of being awake. Had a very good, but not overwhelming sandwich.
Not sure that I’m going to add this to my Boston «must do» list, but next time that I arrive hungry in Boston around lunch time, I’ll probably be back.

just want to say the Carlos Market seriously hooked me and my family up in a time of need. We were looking for a caterer for a celebration for a funeral for my dad-​they delivered the most DELICIOUS food we have ever had to our celebration along with wonder John-​we cannot thank them enough for their wonderful service and unbeliveable food-​cannot wait to have another event and hopefully they will be available for us again-​we would be very happy.
Ellen L.

If you’re looking for a place to bring you back to the old-​Italian feel of Boston, this is it! I would (and have) made a 40 minute trek just to get one of their sandwiches.
It’s a great deli with great people and even better food. From the meatball subs to chicken parm, you’ll get a massive amount of food for your $.
P. s. Meatballs are made fresh and not refrigerated like Subway.