Geppetto
Perks
- Complimentary sparkling wine or non-alcoholic toast any time you dine at the restaurant
About
Opened in October of 2021, this East Cambridge eatery serves what Time Out calls “the best Italian food outside the North End.” Eater and Infatuation agree, putting Geppetto on their 2023 lists of “Best Italian in Boston.” Chef/Owner Will Gilson grew up on his family farm, the Herb Lyceum in Groton, and graduated from Johnson & Wales’ esteemed culinary program. He's since honed his skills in some of New England’s most prestigious restaurants, such as Oleana and Garden at the Cellar. In 2012, he opened Puritan & Co., which soon became one of Cambridge’s most popular restaurants. At Geppetto, he serves what Boston Magazine calls “elevated (but not fancy-pants) Italian cookery from across the Boot,” which he “burnishes with the farm-sourced New England ingredients and New American sensibility for which [he] is known.” That means dishes like fried mozzarella, fritto misto, pumpkin cappelletti with brown butter, pepitas, and sage, cod cioppino, pork Milanese saltimbocca, and superb desserts from Brian Mercury, one of the city’s most acclaimed pastry chefs, like tiramisu with miso or gelato flavored with Fiori di Sicilia. For lovers of Italian food—and that would be everyone, yes?—Geppetto is a real destination!
Category
- Restaurants
