The Columbia occupies a full block, and that's still not enough – on the adjacent block is a museum devoted to the restaurant, which does double duty as an event space, since the Columbia is ...

After visiting Florida's gorgeous beaches, have a delicious meal at the oldest restaurant in the state, which is also the ...

Columbia Cafe has opened inside the new Tampa Bay History Center in downtown Tampa. It offers lunch and dinner daily with an outdoor terrace on the water, and waterfront indoor table and bar seating.

TAMPA — The owner of Florida's oldest restaurant has been picked to undertake a $2 million privately financed renovation of Tampa's historic Water Works Building.

The venerable Columbia Restaurant has locations in Sarasota, St. Augustine, Celebration and Clearwater Beach, and two smaller cafes in Tampa, and I’ve eaten at all but two of them. But when it ...

All Columbia locations are owned and operated by 4th and 5th generation members of the founding family, except for the Columbia Restaurant Cafe at Tampa International Airport, which is operated in ...

The original Columbia Restaurant was founded in Tampa’s Historic Ybor City in 1905 by Cuban immigrant Casimiro Hernandez, Sr. It began as a 60-seat corner cafe known for its Cuban coffee and ...

Tampa, Florida -- Travel back to 1905 when Casimiro Hernandez, Sr. immigrated from Spain and Cuba to Ybor City. What was then just a corner cafe has now grown into a whole city block with 15 ...

See More Flavors of Tampa Bay StoriesFive generations later thedescendants of Casimiro still run the original location as well as many more throughout Florida.The Columbia is well known for ...