Lynora’s marks 50 years, plans five new locations and stays pasta-focused
From pizza by the slice in Lake Worth to five planned new spots, Lynora’s is marking 50 years by growing the family pasta operation it was built on.
Lynora’s is turning 50 in Palm Beach County by doing what has always defined it: staying a family operation while widening its footprint. The business began in 1976, when Maria and Raffaele Abbenante, immigrants from the island of Ponza who came through New York before settling in South Florida, started selling pizza by the slice in Lake Worth. The family later named the restaurants after Maria Abbenante’s grandmother, Lynora, and that name now stretches across a multi-location Italian group planning five new locations, including two in Palm Beach County.
The pasta side of the brand still sits at the center of the story. At Lynora’s commissary kitchen, sauces, pasta and bread are made daily, a behind-the-scenes rhythm that keeps the menu tied to the kitchen work that built the business in the first place. The housemade pasta section includes fettuccine Bolognese, cannelloni al forno, baked ziti, tagliolini carbonara, gnocchi al forno and rigatoni alla vodka. The catering menu repeats that same lineup with pasta trays built around rigatoni alla vodka, cannelloni al forno, rigatoni Bolognese, baked ziti and gnocchi al forno, showing how deeply the house style has been baked into the brand.
That consistency has carried Lynora’s well beyond the original Lake Worth shop. The company’s current locations page lists Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, Jupiter, Boca Raton and Lynora’s Kitchen in West Palm Beach. A coming-soon page lists Melbourne at 529 E New Haven Ave., and reporting says new locations are planned for Melbourne and Delray Beach, with Melbourne expected in early summer 2026 and Delray Beach in spring 2026. Another planned site, at 580 N. State Road 7 in Royal Palm Beach, is slated for June 2026 and is expected to serve Wellington, Royal Palm Beach and nearby western Palm Beach County communities.
The family handoff is part of what makes the 50-year milestone feel larger than a standard anniversary. Angelo Abbenante, the next generation now described as co-owner or owner in recent reporting, grew up around the restaurants and learned the family’s homemade Italian food operation from the inside. Maria and Ralph kept the original Lake Worth location until 2009, when they closed it and retired, and the next generation took the lead. That continuity helps explain how Lynora’s can keep adding addresses without losing the neighborhood feel that started with pizza by the slice in Lake Worth and now reaches across South Florida.
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