AL FRESCO – Restaurant

An open-air room at Portofino Island Resort's Lifestyle Center on Pensacola Beach, tables set above the pool deck with Santa Rosa Sound beyond, serving daily, eleven until nine. Executive chef Julio Lucero keeps it casual and wide-ranging: seared pork potstickers, bang bang spicy shrimp, chicken and sausage gumbo, a shrimp po'boy, beef gyro on naan, grilled or blackened fish tacos, and a berries salad dressed in Caribbean mango vinaigrette. Stone-oven pizzas and flatbreads arrive from Pizza Portofino, margherita through the loaded 28 Acres. Cobalt Bar pours Portofino Punch and Bushwackers poolside. Beach food with more range than the setting demands.

Cuisine: Restaurant