Tampa, Florida, is home to the oldest restaurant in the Sunshine State. There, you can get your hands on one of history's ...

The father-daughter duo said they are not changing too much; they want to make sure and preserve the history of the design ...

One of the restaurant’s most recognizable features — the tile murals along 21st Street — is undergoing a careful restoration ...

Florida is filled with places to get a Cuban sandwich. But according to our readers, the very best one is at The Columbia ...

The Columbia Restaurant was one of the first businesses to re-open after two hurricanes tore through the region in 2024.

Cuban immigrants laid the foundations for Tampa’s fusion cuisine. Now a new generation of chefs is taking innovation to a new ...

Tampa's dining scene is enjoying a renaissance ... Germans who worked in and supported the cigar factories lived. Anchored by Columbia Restaurant, Florida's oldest restaurant, the influences ...

CLIFFORD | Times ] Elizabeth Romaner paints details on a section of tiles for the Columbia Restaurant, replacing several tile panels with new ones on its western exterior wall in Tampa.

(Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times) Longtime Columbia artist Harris Romaner, who has spent decades preserving the restaurant’s signature aesthetic, is leading the project. He is working ...