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The Port City Plate Podcast presented by Bienville Bites Food Tour. The Port City Plate is a podcast featuring the food, history, and people of Mobile, Alabama. Roosevelt Patterson is a Mobile Sports Hall of Famer, a football state and national champion from the Vigor Wolves, a national champion from the 1992 Alabama Crimson Tide, 5th round NFL draft pick by the Los Angeles Raiders, but now-a-days you know him as the doorkeeper at Las Floriditas. 

Las Floriditas is a Cuban themed speakeasy in the basement of the RSA Trustmark Building in Downtown Mobile serving up authentic Cuban style dishes in a Hemingway themed atmosphere. Roosevelt is one who greets you when you arrive but only lets you enter if you have the password! 

We talk all about Roosevelt's journey as a football player locally at Vigor, to the University of Alabama, coming back to participate in the Senior Bowl, and his professional playing days in the NFL and CFL. He tells the story of how fate would have it that he landed the job as doorkeeper at Las Floriditas. He also talks about his newest project of mentoring young athletes. It's an episode you don't want to miss! 

Local restaurants mentioned in this episode:
Las Floriditas
Dauphin's
Baumhower's Victory Grille
HammeredCow
Insider Food Hall

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