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Columbia Restaurant is a restaurant in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. It is the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Florida, [2] as well as the oldest Spanish restaurant in the United States. [3] The 15 dining rooms cover 52,000 ft seating 1,700 customers. It is the largest Spanish restaurant in the world and occupies an entire city block.
Tampa Bay History Center is a history museum in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is a Smithsonian Affiliate and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 2015. [ 1 ] Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area's first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors , and historical figures who shaped the area's history, as ...
The Federal Urban Renewal Program of the 1960s were supposed to revitalize Ybor City with new residences and businesses designed to attract tourists to "Tampa's Latin Quarter" (a nod to the French Quarter in New Orleans). Thousands of remaining residents were forced to move as entire blocks of old homes, business, and cigar factories were razed.
Waites said Tuesday that she has worked with Historic Columbia’s staff and community members in the last two decades to develop the nonprofit into a champion of the area’s history, including ...
Ybor City (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [2] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez-Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy.
Columbia City Councilwoman Dr. Aditi Bussells attended the grand opening of Sunrise and lauded Davis for his work and effort to hire homeless people. “This is more than a restaurant,” Bussells ...
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