Palm Beach Pizza: Where Fancy Meets Familiar

Oh how I love to eat lunch outside! It was a dreamy day at Pizza al Fresco in Palm Beach.  In the midst of some very upscale shopping, this beautiful courtyard restaurant offers a delicious and accessible lunch - pizza! 

I come every year and there is rarely an empty table. We shared a margherita pizza (tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil) and had individual green salads. It was perfect.  

Pizza in Palm Beach

Having "Pizza in Palm Beach" is practically a tradition.  I've come here for lunch for the last three years and how anyone could pass up spending an hour in this gorgeous courtyard, I'll never know.  

This is Pizza al Fresco and their pizza is delicious.  We ate every bit of our margherita pizza and "small" mixed green salad.  The photo looks a little fuzzy to me - I'll upload it again when I get home; I promise it is a clear as a bell.

Today is Day 6 of the 12 Days of Valentine's Day - maybe tonight is the night to order a heart-shaped pizza!

Pizza Al Fresco in Palm Beach

Want to try lunching like a celebrity?  Apparently, all the cool kids eat pizza at Pizza Al fresco just off Worth Avenue in Palm Beach.  And on this particular day, we happened to pass Ethel Kennedy on the sidewalk not far from here (she looked great!), so you may indeed see some famous faces while you're having lunch.

Stroll the walkways that connect the shops and art galleries on Worth Avenue, admire the draping bougainvillea, photograph a few statues and then, when you've worked up an appetite, grab a table and relax over a small green salad and a Fresh Tomato and Basil pizza - yum. 

What I love about this place is that you can eat a simple rustic pizza in a lovely outdoor setting.  No need for a million-dollar lunch that the caliber of shops would imply, just a simple meal in a quiet courtyard.  And Palm Beach regulars must agree, every time I drop in for lunch the courtyard is full.  If you follow my lead, plan on lunching a little early to get a table. Bon Appetit!      

Pizza al fresco

Now this is the way I like to have pizza!  I knew that I was in the right place the moment I walked into this beautiful courtyard, which is part of the historic Via Mitzner area of Worth Avenue designed by Addison Mitzner in the early 1920's.

Eating outdoors on a patio shaded by palm trees, I found a moment of delight at Pizza al Fresco.  Our Margherita (Tomato, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil) pizza, cooked in a wood-fired brick oven, was the best pizza I have had in a long long time.  Bravo!