Over half a million bowls of it are whipped up tableside every year at Columbia Restaurants in Sand Key, Sarasota, St. Augustine and Celebration. Tourists munch on the dish at Tampa International ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – When the Columbia Restaurant Group closed all of its restaurants in March, fifth-generation owner Andrea Gonzmart called the decision “scary, but… necessary.” ...

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.

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

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.

Travel back to 1905 when Casimiro Hernandez, Sr. founded Columbia Restaurant. Now, 117 years later, it is the oldest restaurant in Florida.

Columbia Restaurant Group, founded in Tampa in 1903 and with two Sarasota businesses, is among five international finalists for the prestigious prize. Lee McCall. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

TAMPA — Hyunmin Cho gazes down at the sandwich wedge in his hand. Ham on the bottom, then pork, salami, cheese, two pickles and yellow mustard, pressed hard between two La Segunda slices.

Allentown, PA (18103) Today. Partly sunny and warmer; a dry and pleasant day for Election Day voting. .

Tampa City Council member Luis Viera has raised more than $100,000 in his bid for Florida House District 67. The total ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Columbia Restaurant withstood a history of hardships since it first opened in 1905. It is the oldest restaurant in Florida and the largest Spanish restaurant in the world. It ...