Pizza Volante, which opened a few months ago in the Design District, offers tasty Italian food with a twist: most foods are organic and locally-produced when possible, including their cheese (who knew they made cheese in West Palm Beach?).

Try the Volante 100 Pizza, made only with toppings purchased within a 100-mile radius. This includes tomatoes, basil, eggplant, arugula and other locally available veggies and cheeses.

Match it with an organic beer (Florida brews go for $4) or wine (all bottles under $18) and you are ready to go.

Beware that not everything here is organic or locally-produced, so it’s best to always ask. Oh, yeah, and a 100-mile radius might not be local enough for some locavores. However, you have to give Pizza Volante credit for trying. Maybe more restaurants will catch up on this.

The restaurant offers an excellent appetizer concept: you choose between three cheeses -mozzarella di bufala, burrata, or a locally-grown cheese-, and then choose two accompanying sides, such as breaded zucchini fritti, organic tomatoes, breaded and fried fennel, or roasted peppers. You’ll get a heavenly sample place.

Classics like margherita and caprichosa pizzas range in price from $10-$14.

The restaurant also has daily specials such as organic chicken cacciatore with broccoli rabe ($10, Mondays), lasagna marinara with sheep’s milk ricotta ($12, Wednesdays), eggplant parmigiana ($9, Fridays), veal marsala with herb roasted potatoes ($14, Saturdays).

Check out their cheese bar, and get one of their local cheeses to go.

If you go:
Pizza Volante (no Web site yet)
3918 N. Miami Ave
305-573-5325