Southport Raw Bar

It all started in the early 1970's when two New Yorkers came to town and stumbled upon this cute little beer and wine raw bar that at that time was owned by a man called Ted Twist. We will talk a little about Ted further along. The two chaps from New York, Carmine and Mickey, were in the printing business together and decided to move their families down to Florida and try their luck in the restaurant business. At that time Fort Lauderdale was still a very undeveloped little beach town. Who would have thought that it would become one of the most desirable places to live in Florida, not to mention the Country.