La Casetta pairs wine with braised lamb and rigatoni at an $85 dinner Nov. 17
Seats for the 6 p.m. Tuesday dinner at the New Bern Italian restaurant are limited. Its event pages list three earlier wine dinners, priced from $60 to $70 per person.
La Casetta will serve lamb rib chops braised in red wine at its next wine dinner in New Bern. Every course comes with a wine.
The Italian restaurant on Neuse Boulevard holds the four-course dinner at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026. Seats cost $85 per person, which covers the four courses and a wine paired with each one, according to the restaurant's booking page. Reservations are limited.
The menu opens with mushroom caps filled with seasoned beef and roasted red peppers and topped with melted Fontina. Rigatoni follows, with Italian sausage, broccoli rabe and pistachios. The lamb comes with a radicchio salad, and dessert is an individual cheesecake with a Biscoff cookie crust.
The page does not name the wines or the chef who planned the menu.
La Casetta opened on Neuse Boulevard in 2015 in a former Pizza Hut building. Its history page says the restaurant finished an expansion of its dining room, with a full-service bar, in December 2023.
The restaurant has run four-course wine dinners before, and the price has climbed each time. Its event pages list one on April 22, 2025, at $60 per person, one on Jan. 13, 2026, at $65, and one on June 2, 2026, at $70. The Nov. 17 seat is $85.
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Key facts
- La Casetta New Bern
- New Bern, NC
- Company news
- Desk reported
- Sotwire Desk
- Four-course wine dinner
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, 6 p.m.
- $85 per person, covering four courses and a wine paired with each
- 2503 Neuse Blvd., New Bern, NC
- Mushroom caps filled with seasoned beef and roasted red peppers, topped with melted Fontina
- Rigatoni with Italian sausage, broccoli rabe, peeled tomatoes and pistachios
- Lamb rib chops braised in red wine, with a radicchio salad with goat cheese, apple and toasted pecans
- Individual cheesecake with a Biscoff cookie crust
- Through the wine dinner page on lacasettanc.com; reservations are limited
- Depending on demand, some guests may be seated at community tables
- Cancelling within 24 hours of the dinner, or not showing up, carries a fee of 30 percent of the price, which the restaurant puts at about $25 per person
- (252) 638-6699
Key events
- La Casetta finished an expansion of its dining room, with a full-service bar
- La Casetta held a four-course wine dinner at $60 per person
- La Casetta held a four-course wine dinner at $65 per person
- La Casetta held a four-course wine dinner at $70 per person
- La Casetta holds a four-course wine dinner at $85 per person, 6 p.m.
Sources
- Wine Dinner (booking page) · La Casetta · accessed 2026-10-17
- Wine Dinner at La Casetta (April 22, 2025) · La Casetta · accessed 2026-10-17
- Wine Dinner at La Casetta (Jan. 13, 2026) · La Casetta · accessed 2026-10-17
- Wine Dinner at La Casetta (June 2, 2026) · La Casetta · accessed 2026-10-17
- History of La Casetta · La Casetta · accessed 2026-10-17