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The Oldest Restaurant in Florida! Columbia Restaurant - Ybor City

2024/2/23
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Andrea Gonzmart is the great-great-granddaughter of Casimiro Hernandez Sr., founder of the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City in 1905.

Columbia Restaurant is a restaurant in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. It is the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Florida, as well as the oldest Spanish restaurant in the United States.

The Gonzmart family also owns and operates other restaurant brands including Ulele, Cha Cha Coconunts, Casa Santo Stefano, and Good Goody Burger under the umbrella company, The 1905 Family of Restaurants.