Some Changes are in Store for Forte
Photo by Gabriella Sarraf
It seems like there are more changes in store for Forte. This chic South Beach-style restaurant started off with Top Chef Stephen Asprinio at its helm, with the name Forte di Asprinio. Very trendy feel, dynamite cuisine, but after a period of quietness, Stephen had disappeared and Forte changed its name to just Forte. No “di Asprinio” anymore.
After that, it became Forte and the restaurant continued to have an absolutely delicious menu created by Chef Mark Liberman, yet failed to attract the crowds. Josh Sagman came in with his crew and brought in some young girls dressed in bustiers for awhile, revved up the Happy Hour and I guess that didn’t work because there are more changes in store.
After reading Palm Beach Daily News, I quickly learned that Maurizio Ciminella from Amici in Palm Beach was jumping on board and once again, the restaurant is changing its name. This time Forte is going to lose the accent in the “e” and become Forte Ristorante, Enoteca, Pizzeria and offering discount prices. Expect the menu to be a bit more rustic, with a fairly extensive pizza menu. Sounds delicious to me! Dinners will be under $20, and lunch will be under $12. Check out their $5 takeout lunch menu, just like Amici offers.
Is this what Forte needs? What do you think?
Forte Ristorante, Enoteca, Pizzeria is located at 225 Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. 561.833.3330
Katherine Lynch
As the editor of Dine South Florida and the publisher of Dine Magazine, Kate is usually extremely busy. She'll taste anything once and loves taking adventures in food whenever possible.
One Comment
Join the conversation!June 29, 2009
How many pizza places are already in the area? 5? More?
Anything sans Stephen Asprinio is automatically better. However, they failed to get the Aspirinio out of the Forte when they made that cut. The horribly arrogant with no justification feeling lingered in that place like crazy.
So great, we’re turning it into a pizzeria. If you can’t beat them, join them, I guess.
It will fail though, because the only people that go to the pizza places on Clematis are the few people still holding up the remaining 5% occupancy in the office buildings. We don’t want to go to Forte Ristorante, Enoteca, Pizzeria, Supercalifrajilistic.
We’re fine with grabbing a slice at Pizza Girls, thanks.