Scarpetta is one of a number of successful New York spin-offs in Miami.
A number of Carrino's current clients are successful spin-offs of New York restaurants, including Scarpetta, Lure Fishbar and The Dutch.
"Take Andrew Carmellini," he says, of the chef behind New York's Locanda Verde, Little Park and Bar Primi, in addition to The Dutch. "He had knowledge of Miami. He had been down here many times as a child. He said, 'I want to do The Dutch in Miami but I don't want to replicate it, I want to do a Miami take on it.'
"It looks different, it feels different. There's a sweet spot that needs to be struck between innovation and embracing the uniqueness of your location, whether you're opening in Miami or Tuscaloosa or Madison, Wisconsin. If restauranteurs wanted to do the same thing over and over again, they'd roll out a chain."