A Top-50 Latin American Pizzeria Just Opened in Winter Garden
SEO Basilico, an artisanal pizzeria born in the São Paulo neighborhood of Mooca and ranked among Latin America’s 50 Top Pizza, has chosen Winter Garden for its first U.S. location. The Stoneybrook Exchange spot began its soft opening on Aug. 21, serving 12-inch Neapolitan-style pies built on Italian flour and a 48-hour dough.
A mortadella, stracciatella and pistachio pie, one of the artisanal pizzas now coming out of SEO Basilico’s Winter Garden kitchen.
Image: SEO Basilico
What to Know
SEO Basilico in brief
A São Paulo pizza name with international recognition, now planting its first U.S. roots in West Orange County.
Born in Mooca, now in Winter Garden. The brand comes out of São Paulo’s historic Italian district and is recognized among Latin America’s 50 Top Pizza. This is its first location in the United States.
Artisan by design. Every 12-inch pie uses Italian flour and a 48-hour fermentation, then a high-heat bake for a light, blistered crust made entirely in-house.
Soft open now. The Stoneybrook Exchange location began serving Aug. 21 and is open Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 12107 Stoneybrook West Pkwy, Suite 105.
Winter Garden diners have a new reason to skip the drive to Orlando for date night. According to reporting by Leticia Silva for the West Orange Times & Observer, SEO Basilico has opened the doors on its first U.S. kitchen, bringing the São Paulo pizzeria’s Italian-sourced, small-producer approach to the Stoneybrook Exchange plaza near the Windermere and Winter Garden roundabout.
Owners Juliana and Leandro Marcondes have called Winter Garden home for about five years. The couple ran two franchises in Brazil for more than 17 years before partnering with the SEO Basilico brand, drawn to its artisanal, small-batch character and its focus on high-quality ingredients from Italy.
What’s on the menu
The pizza list stays short and focused, the way an artigianale kitchen likes it: prosciutto, four cheese, mortadella and lemon, meat lovers, chicken catupiry, smoked sausage and more, alongside classics like marinara and margherita. Appetizers, salads and panuozzo sandwiches round out the savory side, with burrata for the table.
Dessert leans just as handmade. Sweet options include a Nutella pizza and a pistachio pizza, plus homemade tiramisu and cannoli. Prices and availability can shift while the kitchen is in its soft-opening stage, so it is worth asking the team what is coming out of the oven that night.
SEO Basilico by the numbers
The details behind the dough, and why this opening reads as one more sign of how fast West Orange’s dining scene is filling in.
A light real estate read on the opening
For West Orange County, an internationally recognized pizzeria choosing Winter Garden for its U.S. debut is a small but telling demand signal. Independent dining concepts follow rooftops and disposable income, and the steady arrival of neighborhood-first restaurants in plazas like Stoneybrook Exchange tracks with how much this corridor has grown.
For nearby homeowners, that kind of walkable, evening-focused dining tends to be a quiet amenity: it adds character and foot traffic to the area without the intensity of a big-box neighbor, and it is exactly the sort of local texture buyers ask about.
The Takeaway
SEO Basilico brings a genuinely different pedigree to the local pizza conversation: a Mooca-born, 50 Top-recognized brand making 12-inch Neapolitan pies on Italian flour and a 48-hour dough, now open just off the Winter Garden roundabout.
It is still in soft opening, so hours and menu may firm up over the coming weeks. If the early reception matches the ingredients, this is a name West Orange will be hearing plenty about.
FAQ
Where is SEO Basilico in Winter Garden?
At 12107 Stoneybrook West Pkwy, Suite 105, Winter Garden, FL 34787, in the Stoneybrook Exchange plaza near the Windermere and Winter Garden roundabout.
What are the hours?
The pizzeria is open Tuesday through Sunday evenings and closed Mondays. Because it is in a soft-opening stage, it is best to confirm current hours with the restaurant before heading over.
What kind of pizza does it serve?
Twelve-inch, Neapolitan-style pies made in-house with Italian flour and a 48-hour fermentation, plus appetizers, salads, panuozzo sandwiches, and desserts like tiramisu and cannoli.
SEO Basilico at Stoneybrook Exchange, 12107 Stoneybrook West Pkwy, Suite 105, Winter Garden.
External Links & Related Reading
For readers who want the original reporting and the restaurant’s own details, start here.
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