Eating Out

For good Italian food, a Burlington restaurant to check out is Trattoria Delia located downtown. Using the best imported ingredients and locally grown produce, this eatery offers the best in Italian cuisine. Customers can start their dinner with such dishes as calamari with tomato sauce, bruschetta, beef carpaccio, housemade duck confit, or sautéed snails. Next, enjoy spaghetti with mussels, clams, and shrimp, rigatoni with veal and sausage, potato gnocchi, veal scallopine, chicken with lemon, olive oil, and herbs, lamb chops, or filet mignon. Leave room for dessert so that you can enjoy tiramisu, panna cotta, chocolate espresso cake, and gelati.

There are several good Burlington restaurants to choose from when you want Chinese food. One favorite is A Single Pebble at 133-35 Bank Street. There is something here for everyone, including vegans. Enjoy a plate of Peking duck, chicken dumplings with spicy sesame sauce, barbecue pork, spring rolls, garlic broccoli, eggplant, fried rice, shrimp pad thai, lo mein, spicy sesame shrimp noodle, pork cellophane noodles, wheat noodles, tofu noodles, cold sesame noodles, tangerine chicken, lemon chicken, kung-po dishes, lemon sesame shrimp, black bean salmon, three pepper scallops, and sesame catfish. Reservations are recommended and can be done online at asinglepebble.com.

For good homemade foods, stop by M.T. Bellies Deli at Dorset Street Beverage at 340 Dorset Street in South Burlington. This Burlington restaurant is not only a convenient store with wine and beer, but also a full service deli. Customers can enjoy subs with choice like roasted turkey with bacon, pastrami, roast beef, capicola, vegetarian, buffalo chicken salad, cranberry walnut chicken salad, meatball, and ham. Your bread choices include pumpernickle, sourdough, 8 grain, onion bagels, garlic & herb wraps, and wheat sub. Salads include mac & tuna, potato, bacon & cheddar, 4 bean, cucumber, fresh fruit, and cheese tortellini.