Nighttime dining during summer at Columbia Restaurant on St. Armands Circle in Sarasota is an indoor/outdoor vibe, with Spanish and Cuban flavors and excellent people watching. Reservations: ColumbiaRestaurant.com 📸: @travelwithtr | Columbia Restaurant

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Make reservations to dine at the Columbia Restaurant in St. Augustine during the 29th Annual Nights of Lights, an event which dazzles with more than 3 million lights adorning every corner of the historic district for two months.This award-winning holiday lights display runs now through Jan. 28, 2024, in historic St. Augustine.Trains and trolleys offer special seasonal tours that take you through the best areas, and there are also a variety of specialty tours — everything from walking to electric

On this date in 2009, Columbia Cafe on Water Street opened at the Tampa Bay History Center. The cafe fulfilled a promise to third generation patriarch Cesar Gonzmart, who asked his family to open a Columbia restaurant there Tampa ever built a history museum. It’s perfect to stop by before or after your downtown plans, or even before a Lightning game at Benchmark International. Here you’ll find the classic flavors of the iconic Columbia, in a calm, relaxed atmosphere with a view of the water. The

Columbia Restaurant Group's reopenings begin in Sarasota, today at Cha Cha Coconuts and then on Monday at the Columbia Restaurant, both in St. Armands Circle. Cha Cha's is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Reservations are now being taken at ColumbiaRestaurant.com at all of the Columbia locations. Ulele reservations can be made at Ulele.com. The schedule for reopenings: * Wednesday, May 20 — Ulele in Tampa * Wednesday, May 20 — Columbia Café at the Tampa Bay History Center * Thursday, May 21 —

Columbia has a rich history of servers entertaining their customers, including Joe Roman, the Hall of Famer known as “The Singing Waiter” who serenaded tables (and did magic tricks) for more than five decades. “Anybody at the table could ask him to sing this or that and he would just break out and sing,” former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco told the Tampa Bay Times in 2012 when Mr. Roman passed away at age 84. “He had that kind of personality. He was part of what the Columbia was all about.” In that tr