![]() Entrees include (depending on the season) risotto nettuno (an amazing dish with all kinds of delicious seafood mixed in), tagliatelle alla bolognese (decent pasta and an excellent bolognese sauce with crumbly beef in a delicious red sauce) as well as gnocchi with sauce and cheese, homemade pappardella with mushrooms and sausage, pan-roasted halibut, braised lamb shank, and veal scallopine. ![]() ![]() Two of the pizzas offered include a margherita pizza that has just enough basil to give it a buttery sweetness to it, and a quattro stagioni pizza that has a delicious mix of ham, mushrooms, artichokes, and olives.įor those who would rather have an Italian entree, many of the items listed on the menu are also cooked in the wood-fired oven. The crispy thin-crust pizza has just enough charring on the bottom to make most pizza lovers happy, while the slightly chunky sauce has an irresistible spiciness to it, and the thin slices of buffalo mozzarella is delicious but used sparingly enough to allow the flavor of the sauce to really stand out. While Gran Gusto is technically an Italian restaurant, many folks come here for their fresh, wholesome Italian-style pizza, which happens to be cooked in a wood-fired oven that was brought over from Naples. The inside dining area has more space than you might think, with two separate rooms each being able to seat a number of diners. Outdoor seating in available in warmer weather, though eating inside may be preferable because of the sometimes-heavy traffic on Sherman Street. But two restaurants actually call Sherman Street their home Jose's, which is a popular Mexican dining spot near the railroad tracks and Rindge Avenue, and Gran Gusto, a wonderful Italian restaurant (and the focus of this review) that is located in an easy-to-miss office building just south of Jose's, near Walden Street.Įven though Gran Gusto is located in an office building, the atmosphere is surprisingly romantic, with a sprawling mural on one wall almost giving the place the feel of an Italian villa. Sherman Street in Cambridge seems a rather unlikely spot for a restaurant, as it cuts mainly through a residential part of North Cambridge and West Cambridge, with a little bit of office space mixed in.
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