La Pizza Cresci, Italian restaurant at Vieux Port, Cannes, France.
La Pizza Cresci is an Italian restaurant on the Old Port of Cannes, with large windows opening directly onto the marina and the boats moored along the quay. The dining room and the terrace are both oriented toward the water, so the view is present throughout the meal.
Francis Cresci opened this location in 1960, building on a first restaurant he had already started in Nice in 1956. The move to Cannes brought the family business to a city that was growing quickly in the years after the war.
Photos of film actors and directors cover the walls, giving the dining room a connection to the world that comes to Cannes every spring. Guests who look around will notice portraits of people who have visited the restaurant over the years.
The restaurant is on the Old Port and easy to reach on foot from the center of Cannes. During the film festival and in summer, the terrace fills up fast, so booking ahead saves time.
The pizzas are baked in a wood-fired oven, which gives the crust a crispy edge and a soft center that is hard to reproduce with an electric oven. Most diners notice this difference in texture from the very first bite.
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