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I almost hesitate to tell you about this one. Maybe I won't. No, I will. It'll be ok.
As long as my local friends don't find out I've informed the world -- or that small chunk of it that reads this blog anyway.
See, we Browardites have been hooked on a very local place for many years and, though tourists do intrude from time to time, we prefer to think of this joint as ours. Southport Raw Bar. There, I've said it. I feel better now.
I was there recently with a friend and plan to go again tomorrow. It sits on Cordova Road along the 15th Street canal, which I'm told is the deepest in Fort Lauderdale. Megayachts tie up on this canal routinely. You can usually see one or two of them from your table at Southport.
This restaurant offers an incredibly relaxed atmosphere and some of the best oysters, clams, fish and shrimp anywhere around South Florida. All at bargain prices.
Their motto, by the way, kind of sums up what Southport is all about: "Eat fish, live longer. Eat oysters, love longer. Eat clams, last longer." Words to live by.
So the other day, my friend and I settled in at an outside table, where I nearly always sit, and we're watching the dive boats head out toward the ocean loaded with scuba gear and eager divers. And then some middle-aged guy and his trophy wife motor coolly to the Southport dock in their 40-footer and try to act nonchalant as they walk up for their meal.
And my friend and I order a dozen raw oysters and some conch chowder, or sometimes it's their fried catfish or spicy shrimp or smoked fish dip or whatever. And we sit on the deck, enjoying the sun and we eat and we drink something and we talk and we laugh. That's Southport for you---a mini vacation without leaving town.
To me, it doesn't get much better on a sunny afternoon. Great view, delicious food, casual no-hurry feel to the place. Oh, and a trophy wife or two thrown in for good measure.
I can't wait until tomorrow. But if you're there and you're a tourist, please do me one favor. Don't tell anyone you learned about Southport from me!
As long as my local friends don't find out I've informed the world -- or that small chunk of it that reads this blog anyway.
See, we Browardites have been hooked on a very local place for many years and, though tourists do intrude from time to time, we prefer to think of this joint as ours. Southport Raw Bar. There, I've said it. I feel better now.
I was there recently with a friend and plan to go again tomorrow. It sits on Cordova Road along the 15th Street canal, which I'm told is the deepest in Fort Lauderdale. Megayachts tie up on this canal routinely. You can usually see one or two of them from your table at Southport.
This restaurant offers an incredibly relaxed atmosphere and some of the best oysters, clams, fish and shrimp anywhere around South Florida. All at bargain prices.
Their motto, by the way, kind of sums up what Southport is all about: "Eat fish, live longer. Eat oysters, love longer. Eat clams, last longer." Words to live by.
So the other day, my friend and I settled in at an outside table, where I nearly always sit, and we're watching the dive boats head out toward the ocean loaded with scuba gear and eager divers. And then some middle-aged guy and his trophy wife motor coolly to the Southport dock in their 40-footer and try to act nonchalant as they walk up for their meal.
And my friend and I order a dozen raw oysters and some conch chowder, or sometimes it's their fried catfish or spicy shrimp or smoked fish dip or whatever. And we sit on the deck, enjoying the sun and we eat and we drink something and we talk and we laugh. That's Southport for you---a mini vacation without leaving town.
To me, it doesn't get much better on a sunny afternoon. Great view, delicious food, casual no-hurry feel to the place. Oh, and a trophy wife or two thrown in for good measure.
I can't wait until tomorrow. But if you're there and you're a tourist, please do me one favor. Don't tell anyone you learned about Southport from me!
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 5:41 PM
And free wifi......
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