Roostica

Roostica is a pizza place in Key West, FL. The pizzeria specializes in authentic Neapolitan-style pizza and rustic Italian dishes, serving both locals and visitors on Stock Island. The menu features wood-fired pizzas, homemade pastas, and fresh ingredients, including rotolos, garlic bread, bruschetta, meatballs over polenta, and various salads. The kitchen prepares pizzas using soft-grain flour, Italian plum tomatoes, mozzarella di bufala, and extra-virgin olive oil, baked in traditional wood-fired Earthstone ovens. The restaurant also offers daily specials such as Sunday gravy with pork meatballs and sausage, spicy rigatoni alla vodka, Key West pink shrimp scampi, and Tuscan wood-fired ribs.

Bobby and Michelle Mongelli opened Roostica in 2012 after traveling to major pizza destinations in the United States and Naples, Italy. They identified a need for a family-style gathering spot on Stock Island and selected a worn-down warehouse as the location. The couple renovated the space and built the restaurant around two wood-fired ovens. The establishment has since become a meeting place for the local community to dine and socialize. The menu adheres to the strict guidelines for Denominazione di Origine Controllata status, which the Italian government granted to Neapolitan Pizza in 1998 to preserve its time-honored methods and ingredients.

The business is located at 5620 MacDonald Ave. It sits about a tenth of a mile from Monroe County Fire / Rescue Station 8 and the Overseas Highway. The pizzeria is also roughly a tenth of a mile from Murray Marine, a marina, and about three tenths of a mile from the WKWF-AM radio tower. Boyd's Key West Campground and Leo's Campground are located within four tenths of a mile of the restaurant.

Roostica holds a rating of 4.50 from customers who have reviewed it. The pizzeria is known for its commitment to traditional Neapolitan methods and its role as a local gathering spot on Stock Island.

Roostica brings the specific tradition of Naples to Key West through its wood-fired ovens and strict adherence to authentic ingredients.