Ponte Vecchio Restaurant

Ponte Vecchio is closed and has been closed for about three years now. The Ponte Vecchio sign has been taken down and there is now a banner, some ads and also a website stating that the location will soon become the site of Café’ Primavera:
As there isn’t any food, service or a Ponte Vecchio restaurant, the best I can do for it is sat don’t bother and rate it a One Star.

Well-​kept secret! I had pasta, no meat or veggies, which could be boring but was just right. To me, that is the test of good fresh pasta!
This place is funny though… sometimes it’s not open. I can’t figure out what the hours or days are, and they aren’t posted on the door. When I do see it open, it’s usually 7 PM or later. I’ve only eaten there once because of this. I had to come back several times, but it was worth it.
The décor was very typical Italian, with soft lighting, but not too soft that I couldn’t see, which is often a problem! I was very happy that there were just a few people there that night, because with my daughter in tow, I wasn’t in the mood for a crowd or a wait. This would be a great place to go if you wanted to avoid long lines and still have delicious food.
Cannoli for dessert was fresh and mmmmmmmm!
If the owner reads this, please post your hours and days on your door, or on this listing, so people can know when to find you open. They will love it like I did.

In a city like Fort Lauderdale, which has dozens of Italian restaurants, it can be very hard to stand out from the crowd. One Chicken Parmesan melts into another. One plate of Spaghetti is very much like the one before it. In order to break away from the pack, an Italian restaurant has to offer something new and different, or it has to do the classics so well that they seem new and fresh. Ponte Vecchio on 2500 East Commercial Boulevard has done just that.
The newly reopened Ponte Vecchio has combined their year’s long experience and talent in producing a quintessential small/​intimate Italian restaurant that ever-​so-​slightly pushes the envelope of what you would expect to find on the menu.
At first glance, not much distinguishes Ponte Vecchio from any other Italian place. Their large wall painting of some Italian harbor echoes an earlier restaurant. In fact, the interior looks like every other red-​sauce joint — a dining room carved out of a place in some shopping strip. The music is what you would expect: all day, all the time, Frank and Deano croon the classics.
With all of the standard props in place, you’d expect the menu here to be unexciting, but it’s not. Their new chef brings more than a dozen years of experience in the kitchen to bear on both the classics and dishes that aren’t often seen on Italian restaurant menus. Yes, he makes greens, beans, and… artichokes. But, he also makes a very exciting eggplant, veal, sea bass, and sauce. The meals were definitely soaked and cooked in house rather than coming from a can — for everyting was tender and remarkably savory.
The wine list is extensive. Although most of it is expensive, there is a selection that is both affordable and pleasant.