Restaurants
Goodfellas Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant
About
Goodfellas Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant occupies a spot on Enterprise Road in DeBary and describes itself as a locally owned Italian kitchen, built around artisanal pizzas and traditional Italian dishes rather than a single narrow menu. The restaurant leans into a family style hospitality, the kind of place meant to be shared over a table with several dishes going around at once, and it backs that up with a bar program built around handcrafted cocktails alongside the usual beer and wine list.
Beyond the food, Goodfellas has built a bit of a name for itself in DeBary by hosting Comedy Nights and Trivia Nights, giving it a reason to draw people in on nights when they are not necessarily just looking for dinner. That kind of scheduled entertainment is fairly rare among the independent restaurants along the DeBary commercial corridor, and it gives Goodfellas a slightly different role in the community than a straightforward pizza and pasta spot, more of a gathering place with a full kitchen behind it.
The restaurant emphasizes quality ingredients throughout its Italian menu, and online ordering is available through third party platforms, which makes it easy for regulars to place a pickup order without calling ahead. Its social media presence spans Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, and the TikTok handle specifically references DeBary, underlining that this is very much a local restaurant building a local following rather than one location in a larger chain.
For anyone in DeBary looking for a full Italian dinner, a wood fired style pizza, or simply a night out with entertainment built in, Goodfellas fills a role that few other restaurants in the city attempt. Its address on Enterprise Road puts it a short drive from the Charles Richard Beall Boulevard corridor where most of DeBary’s other independent restaurants sit, giving residents on that side of town a nearby option of their own. Between the family recipes, the cocktail list, and the recurring comedy and trivia events, Goodfellas has positioned itself as more than just another pizzeria, aiming instead to be a regular stop in the community’s social calendar as much as its dinner rotation.
DeBary does not have a large concentration of sit down restaurants, so a locally owned Italian kitchen willing to host Comedy Nights and Trivia Nights on top of its regular dinner service adds something the city does not have much of elsewhere, a reason to plan an evening around a restaurant rather than just stopping in for a meal. For residents on the Enterprise Road side of town, away from the denser cluster of businesses on Charles Richard Beall Boulevard, Goodfellas also offers a nearby full service option without needing to cross to the other side of the city.