The Original Anthony’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant

The Original Anthony’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant has been serving DeBary since 1987, which makes it one of the longer standing independent restaurants on Charles Richard Beall Boulevard. Nearly four decades in the same community have earned it a reputation as a benchmark for pizza in the city, with the restaurant itself describing its role as something other pizzerias in the area get measured against. That kind of longevity is not common along a strip that has seen plenty of restaurants come and go over the years.

The menu is built around a New York style pizzeria concept paired with a full Italian dinner menu, so the restaurant covers both a quick slice and a sit down Italian meal under one roof. Premium meats and cheeses, fresh ingredients, a specialty dough, and house made sauces are all part of how the kitchen describes its own approach, and the restaurant is particularly known for its garlic knots and bruschetta bread, two items that regulars tend to mention by name. Beer and wine round out the drink menu alongside the usual lineup of Italian entrees, subs, and salads.

Both lunch and dinner service are available, which keeps the restaurant relevant throughout the day rather than only at dinnertime. Catering is also part of the business, giving DeBary residents a local option for parties and events rather than relying on a restaurant from outside the city. Being independently run for close to forty years in the same location says something about how well it has adapted to the neighborhood around it while keeping its core menu consistent.

For DeBary residents, Anthony’s represents one of the more established dining options in the city, a place with enough history that multiple generations of local families have likely eaten there over the years. Its spot on Charles Richard Beall Boulevard puts it right in the middle of the city’s small restaurant row, an easy stop whether the plan is a quick slice on the way home or a full Italian dinner for the family. Few other food businesses in DeBary can point to nearly forty continuous years serving the same community, and that track record is really the heart of what makes Anthony’s stand out among the city’s independent restaurants.

Few businesses in DeBary can trace their roots back to the 1980s, which makes Anthony’s continued presence on Charles Richard Beall Boulevard a genuine piece of the city’s history as much as a dinner option. Volusia County has seen plenty of growth and turnover along its main commercial corridors over the past several decades, and a family Italian restaurant that has held onto the same storefront through all of that change earns a kind of trust that a newer restaurant simply has not had time to build yet.