The Columbia Restaurant

Peter: 14th Jul 2005 - 15:12 GMT

mmm, what i wouldnt give for a 1905 salad from there right now...

deshant: 14th Jul 2005 - 16:27 GMT

this looks so much like Baptista-era Cuba it's remarkable. The attention to keeping a clean restaurant is great although I wish the dude tossing the salad would mop his brow. Not the dressing I asked for

matt: 7th Jan 2006 - 19:27 GMT

the silver ring hasn't been the same since it moved downtown. well, since tim fired me, really. ybor used to be a great place because you had all these immigrant groups banding together to help each other survive. cubans, spanish, italians, germans, jews. they all had mutual aid societies and beautiful halls to gather in (except for the jews, for some reason.) i think the cuban club was renovated recently after being vacant for some years. don't know. the italian and spanish clubs have been maintained continuously, i think. the german one fell into disrepair. it's up on nebraska. was ten years ago, anyway, last time i was up there.

Hobart: 8th Jan 2006 - 05:09 GMT

Are there many people from Florida here? I went there one summer as a kid- what a state.

This entry is great, by the way, Sine....

matt: 9th Jan 2006 - 00:17 GMT

shit, i used to live on cubans when i worked there. i think if i never see another one, i'll be alright.

skizm: 12th May 2009 - 04:13 GMT

nice string guys.
I'm from st. pete across the bay. been here my whole life. i love it here.
lots of strange history. tampa area especially.
check out "7 Thousand Clams" - i don't read fiction, but this was good.

ybor was getting pretty rough the past few years. a bunch of little JITS & wangstas.