UPDATED: Carbone's Pizza and Sports Bar Applies for Liquor License

UPDATED: 4:30 p.m.

Come July, Northfield will have another option for pizza—as well as an assortment of other food items.

Carbone's Pizza and Sports Bar has applied for a Northfield liquor license and will be before the City Council on Tuesday with the request.

Scott LaMotte, co-owner of the Burnsville Carbone's, said he hopes to bring the same flair of that location to Northfield.

“We’re looking to make it a full sports bar,” he said Monday.

He said the restaurant will be family friendly, have lots of HD TVs and plenty of games for kids.

“We’re looking forward to coming down to Northfield and getting involved in the community,” he said.

He said his other Carbone's is involved with Burnsville sports and hopes to do the same in Northfield.

In preparation for the opening, LaMotte said the kitchen will be expanded, the bar will be expanded and new flooring will be put in.

Northfield is already home to several pizza places, including , , , , and .

Is he worried about a saturated pizza market?

“It's not a concern. Carbone’s Pizza is a very good product," he said, and, “We bring more than just pizza to the menu.”

Carbone's menu touts, among other things, appetizers, salads, burgers, wraps and hoagies.

Well, Northfield, will you check out Carbone's?

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There'll be no shortage of pizza options.

Carbone's Pizza and Sports Bar has applied for a Northfield liquor licensed.

, Norm Butler, lease holder for 620 Water St. in the River Park Mall, told Patch that Carbone's was taking over the space, which was the home of the now shuttered .

But a spokesperson at Carbone's, which franchises out the restaurants, told Patch two weeks ago that a deal was still being negotiated and that there was nothing to report.

"Until it’s confirmed, it’s still up in the air," he said. 

LaMotte Pizza Inc. is the company that registered for the Northfield liquor license. The Minnesota Secretary of State's website lists Scott LaMotte as the owner of LaMotte Pizza Inc. A call to LaMotte hasn't been returned.

According to a 2010 Star Tribune article, LaMotte, at least at that time, owned the Carbone's in Savage and had just become a partner for the Carbone's in Burnsville. It's unknown at this time if he's involved in any other Carbone's. 

Butler said he believes the restaurant is scheduled to open in July.

Carbone's will join a long list of pizza options in Northfield, including , which opened last October. Carbone's also offers other items like burgers, pasta and hoagies.

There are 26 Carbone's in Minnesota; the closest is in Lakeville. 

Well, Northfield, will you check out Carbone's?

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