Spris Artisan Pizza

Spris Artisan Pizza sits at 731 Lincoln Road, on the car-free stretch of the pedestrian mall, with black branded parasols shading a run of timber bistro tables out on the walkway. It is a wood-fired Italian pizzeria operated by Graspa Group, the Miami restaurant company behind Segafredo L’Originale and Salumeria 104, and it has held this position on the mall long enough to be a fixture rather than a newcomer.

Three Crusts, Including Low-Gluten

The detail that sets it apart from the other pizzerias on the corridor is that any pizza can be built on white, whole wheat or low-gluten dough. That is not a token single option buried at the end of the menu – it applies across the board, which makes a table with a mixed group considerably easier to feed. Note the wording: this is low-gluten rather than certified gluten-free, so it suits someone reducing gluten rather than a coeliac, and anyone with a medical requirement should say so explicitly to the kitchen.

Red Pizzas and Le Bianche

The pizza list splits into red-sauce classics and a dedicated Le Bianche section of white pizzas made without tomato. The white side is where the more interesting combinations sit, including a mortadella and pistachio pie at around $22 that is a long way from a standard Margherita-and-pepperoni lineup. Everything comes out of the wood oven, so expect a thin base with a blistered, unevenly charred cornicione rather than a uniform crust. Sizes are individual rather than shareable, so each person orders their own rather than splitting a large pie between the table, which is worth knowing if you are used to American pizzerias where one pizza feeds several people.

What Wood-Fired Actually Means Here

Wood-fired is a term used loosely across Miami Beach, so it is worth being specific about what it changes on the plate. A wood oven runs far hotter than a conventional deck oven, which cooks a thin base in a minute or two rather than ten. That speed is what produces the characteristic result: a rim that puffs and blisters unevenly, dark charred spots that are meant to be there rather than a sign of a burnt pizza, and a centre that stays soft enough to fold rather than crisping through. It also means the pizza arrives fast, which is part of why this works as a mid-shopping lunch rather than a sit-down evening. Two practical consequences follow. First, eat it promptly – a thin wood-fired base loses its structure within a few minutes and the centre goes slack, so this is not a pizza to leave while you finish a drink. Second, the char is not a fault; sending one back for being too dark generally means asking for a worse pizza. If you genuinely prefer a paler, crisper base, the whole wheat dough holds up a little more firmly than the white, and asking for it well done is a more useful instruction than asking for it less charred.

Beyond Pizza

The kitchen does more than pies. Wood-baked focaccia and stuffed calzones use the same oven and dough. Panini are built on house-made panotta bread, including a Vegetariano for anyone skipping meat. The savoury list extends into pasta with lasagna bolognese and gnocchi, and into larger plates such as grilled salmon and grilled skirt steak, which means a table that does not unanimously want pizza is not stuck. Vegan and vegetarian options are marked across the menu.

Hours and How to Order

Service runs from 12:00 PM every day, closing at 10:30 PM Sunday through Thursday and at 10:45 PM on Friday and Saturday. The noon opening matters on Lincoln Road, where a fair number of kitchens do not start until the evening, and the continuous service means a late lunch or an early dinner both work without checking a cutoff. Online ordering is offered for pickup, and delivery is available – useful given how slow the mall gets to cross on a busy evening.

Sitting Out on the Mall

The terrace is the whole point. Lincoln Road is closed to traffic, so the tables sit in the middle of a pedestrian promenade rather than beside moving cars, shaded by the restaurant’s own black parasols and backed by planters. It is one of the more comfortable stretches of the mall to sit on, with mature palms overhead. The trade-off is the same as anywhere on Lincoln Road: constant passing foot traffic, buskers and the general noise of the promenade, which is either the appeal or the reason to eat elsewhere.

Lincoln Road Context

Lincoln Road runs between Washington Avenue and Alton Road and is the main pedestrian spine of South Beach, lined with shops, galleries and terraces. Spris sits in the middle of it, which makes it a straightforward stop mid-shopping rather than a destination requiring a plan. For a wider comparison of nearby restaurants, the corridor is dense enough that the differentiators here – the three crusts, the white pizza list and the noon opening – are what actually separate it from its neighbours rather than the setting, which everyone on the block shares.

Who It Suits

Spris suits a group with mixed dietary needs, given the crust choice and the marked vegan and vegetarian options; anyone who wants a proper wood-fired pizza in the middle of a Lincoln Road afternoon; and anyone who would rather eat on the promenade than in a dining room. It suits families, being casual and quick. It suits less well anyone wanting a quiet meal, anyone with a strict coeliac requirement given the low-gluten rather than gluten-free wording, and anyone hoping for late-night food, since the kitchen closes before 11:00 PM every night.