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

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 ...

Columbia Restaurant Group, founded in Tampa in 1903 with a location in St. Augustine, is among five international finalists for the prestigious prize.

Named one of “The South’s Best New Restaurants” when it opened in 2023, Willa’s quickly became one of Tampa locals’ favorite go-to spots for brunch, lunch, and dinner.

TAMPA, Fla., (WFLA) — The iconic Columbia restaurant in Ybor City is getting a makeover. The famous tiles creating the mosaic on the restaurant’s exterior are being replaced.

When Columbia meets Columbia. The classic Columbia Restaurant, long regarded for its Spanish and Cuban food, has been a mainstay of Tampa’s historic Ybor City neighborhood since 1905.

Southern Living readers named it number one.The legend began in 1903 with a humble saloon in Tampa where trolley conductors and cigar-factory workers ducked in for a slurp of strong coffee. In 1905, ...

How waves of immigration have created culinary magic in Tampa Cuban immigrants laid the foundations for Tampa’s fusion cuisine. Now a new generation of chefs is taking innovation to a new level.

YBOR CITY — For more than a century, the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City has been a landmark of Spanish-Cuban heritage, blending history, cuisine and artistry. One of the restaurant’s most ...

Columbia, opened in 1905 by Gonzmart’s great-grandfather in Tampa’s Ybor City, is recognized as Florida’s oldest restaurant and is perhaps most famous for its Cuban sandwich and Original ...

Longtime Columbia Restaurant employee re­mem­bered BY Lizbeth Gutierrez Tampa PUBLISHED 9:50 PM ET Apr. 22, 2024 ...

This restaurant was voted Florida's best Cuban sandwich by Southern Living readers Which restaurant makes the best Cuban sandwich? This one was voted No. 1 in all of Florida.