Shorty’s Place, a small, wood-framed bar that’s been part of Port Aransas for 77 years, lost its lease on Tarpon Street and then closed its doors on November 1, 2022. This past January, owner Edwin Myers had the building sawed in half and hauled about five blocks south to Beach Street. On August 3, after about six months of piecing the bar back together and installing utilities, drinks and conversations began flowing again at this Gulf Coast landmark.“I was halfway through my lease period when someone got an option to purchase the land,” Myers explained of the Tarpon Street property. “When given the opportunity to move Shorty’s to somewhere where I could have twenty years, it was a no-brainer.”Due to its age and L-shaped configuration,…The post A Historic Bar in Port Aransas Finds a New Home appeared first on Texas Monthly.