Filli Ponte Ristorante

Located in a historic longshoremen's hotel on the Westside Highway in Tribeca New York. Ponte’s steakhouse opened in 1967 and became famous for the Angry Lobster. In 1993, the Ponte family offered the position of director to completely transform this landmark into F.ille Ponte Ristorante. Exposing the wood beams and natural brick archways, opening the walls to view the Hudson River, commissioning a grand humidor made of tiger maple and butternut wood, developing a “Best of the Award of Excellence wine list and serving the finest Italian food. The guests were the heads of all the Wall Street Banks, insurance tycoons, printing companies, politicians, famous ball players and the nefarious.