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After visiting Florida's gorgeous beaches, have a delicious meal at the oldest restaurant in the state, which is also the ...
The scene: The Columbia is the oldest restaurant in Florida and the oldest Spanish eatery in the United States. It's also one of the largest, seating about 1,600 patrons in a dozen different ...
Now you can grab one of those 1905 Salads pre- or post-show at the St. Pete Times Forum. Columbia Cafe has opened inside the new Tampa Bay History Center in downtown Tampa. It offers lunch and ...
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 ...
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 Tampa-based Columbia Restaurant Group announced on Wednesday that they would start reopening their flagship Columbia restaurants along with their various other brands beginning this week.
No. 67: Columbia Restaurant, 1903-05, Tampa 2025 E. Seventh Ave., Ybor City. Ivo DeMinicis, and perhaps others, architect ...
People can let their appetites do their giving while supporting the Betty Griffin Center by dining at any of seven Columbia locations in Florida throughout September during the restaurant’s 23rd ...
One hundred and six years ago, Casimiro Hernandez Sr. opened up a small Cuban cafe in Ybor City. The restaurants name was The Columbia. Little did he know that it would become a legendary eatery ...