Here is the thing almost nobody in Boca knows about the little Italian cafe across the street from the Deerfield Beach IHOP: the dessert case is the real deal. Not South Florida "Italian," not a bakery box trucked in from a commissary. The cakes and pastries at StrEATart Cafe are imported from the Amalfi Coast in Italy, and the whole counter sits about 15 minutes south of Boca. Blink on South Federal Highway and you will drive right past it. Do not blink.

Breakfast starts at $3.99, a burrata-and-hot-honey pizza runs $15.99, and it is doing homestyle Italy better than places charging twice as much. Here is what to order.

What You're Getting Into

StrEATart is small, warm, and counter-service, the kind of place where the staff learn your order and treat you like family by the second visit. Step inside and you get the full spread: pizza, heroes, wraps, salads, hot specials, and a glass case of desserts that stops people mid-sentence.

Go straight for the pizza. The namesake StrEATart Pizza layers pepperoni, burrata, and hot honey for $15.99, and the Mortadella Pistachio Pizza, stracciatella with mortadella and pistachio, is $16.99. Both punch well above the price. The Margherita is only $10.99 and has locals swearing it is the best they have had, which is a bold thing to say out loud in South Florida.

Then the heroes, which are the soul of the place. The Fuhgetaboutit is the cold Italian hero to beat at $16.99, stacked with prosciutto, salami, capocollo, mortadella, and stracciatella. The Sangweech runs $15.99 and leans sweeter, with prosciutto, speck, stracciatella, and fig jam. Want a smaller first bite? The Rice Balls are $7, crisp saffron arancini with peas, beef, and mozzarella. If you want a plate instead of a sandwich, the Chicken Parmesan hero is $12.99, and reviewers keep coming back to it.

And save room. That imported dessert case is the detail that sets StrEATart apart from every other Italian spot nearby. Most of them fake the sweets. This one brings the real thing over from Italy, so a large cannoli for $7 or the tiramisu at $7.99 on the way out is not optional.

The Insider Move

One rule: this is a daytime run. StrEATart is open Monday through Saturday from 8am to 4pm and closed Sundays, so it is a breakfast-and-lunch play, never a dinner one. Come mid to late morning and you can still catch the breakfast menu, the StrEATart Breakfast of two eggs, homefries, and bacon or sausage is $7.99, before the lunch crowd rolls in. Order a Rice Ball while you decide between a pizza and a hero, then grab a dessert from the imported case on your way out, because that is the part you will regret skipping. Feeding a group? They do half and full trays and make custom cakes to order. It is eat-in or take-out, with a little covered seating outside, and the easiest landmark is the IHOP right across the street.

What People Are Saying

Regulars call it a hidden gem and they are protective of it. One reviewer put it simply: small, but it packs a hit. People love that you can walk in a stranger and leave feeling like family, with staff like Rich and Omar remembered by name in review after review. The Margherita gets called the best one reviewer has ever had. The chicken parm hero has its own quiet fan club. And more than one person has admitted they ordered half the menu on the first visit because they could not decide what to try. The line everyone repeats is that you cannot go wrong here.

A Little Background

The backstory is short and sweet. Anthony and Nick opened StrEATart in 2024 to bring a homestyle shortcut to Italy to South Florida, the kind of cooking they grew up with, where a meal came from the backyard or the local market. The name plays on street food, arte del cibo di strada, and the kitchen leans on family traditions and products imported from the Amalfi Coast.

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