Cucina di Gerardo — Restaurant in Brighton

If you decide to eat from this "restaurant " it should be takeout only! The eat in area could be nice, but there is no wait staff you have to order from the counter. The temperature in the "dinning room" felt like 60 degrees. We ordered a large garden salad. It had a decent amount of romaine lettuce two peices of tomato a few slices of cucumber green pepper and onion. None were cut or washed with any care. The table spoon of dressing would have been woefully inadequate if it was edible. My wife said it tasted like nail polish remover smells. We also ordered the chicken parmesan dinner. For me the chicken was okay , he sauce and pasta were lacking in flavor in every aspect. This could have been because the sauce was burned to the pan it was served in. No plating, no car just an off the stove frying pan you can't touch. We had high hopes for this place, we have been to his other restaurant in St. Johnsbury. This was very...

The best pizza and Italian food you can eat without traveling to Italy.

I have eaten here twice and both times the food was great. First time I ordered a pepperoni pizza with peppers and onions. Absolutely delicious. No other pizza is like it in the area.

Second time my mother and I had dinner. She ordered eggplant parmesan with a Cesar salad.I ordered a chicken parmesan calzone with Mediterranean salad.This place makes amazing eggplant parmesan according to her. My mother is Italian and can never find a place in Vt that makes good eggplant parmesan from scratch. Mom's Cesar salad came with real fresh anchovies. Not just the anchovi paste most places use. This was the real deal.

My calzone was huuuuge and packed with delicious chicken. The Mediterranean salad came with loads of sun dried tomatoes and Olives and feta. This is officially my goto for Italian food.

Ran by a sweet little Italian family. Authenticity...

After living in Vermont for a couple years I tried this restaurant on a whim as I had a craving for Italian food, and wow it is GOOD. I have lived a lot of places around the US and have never had better pizza. The dough, the sauce, the cheese, toppings, it all works together so beautifully. Our favorite is a spinach, tomato, and ricotta pizza and let me tell you the ricotta is absolutely heavenly, nothing like what you can buy in a store in the US. I’ve also tried the eggplant Parm and eggplant rollatini and both are fabulous. Tiramisu is soft and decadent, best I’ve ever tried. And if you order garlic bread, try it the way Gerardo suggests, “pizza style”, you won’t regret it. I have talked to Gerardo quite a bit when I go in and he is such a nice guy, you can tell his heart goes into every dish. This is a gem of a place. Can’t wait to try even more...