Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Columbia Restaurant

Well, their sign at least, at the Celebration, Florida location. [Click To Enlarge]

I'll have to check with Piggy, who happens to be upside down and practically empty at the moment, to see when I can afford to return to this location at the appropriate hour and get a couple of pictures of the lighted sign and the interior of the restaurant. Until then ...

The Hernandez Gonzmart family has been making restaurant history since 1905 when they opened their landmark Columbia Restaurant in Tampa's Historic Ybor City, which today is Florida's Oldest and the World's Largest Spanish restaurant. Today, 4th & 5th generation family members work hard to preserve the family's legacy that their great-grandfather Casimiro Hernandez Sr. created over 100 years ago when he opened the Columbia as a corner café frequented by local cigar workers.


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