Columbia Restaurant in Tampa, Florida, was founded in 1905 by a Cuban immigrant Casimiro Hernandez Sr. It remains a beloved landmark dining destination today.

Florida’s Best Cuban Sandwich places at No. 4 on the list with Columbia Restaurant. Southern Living focuses on the Ybor City location, which opened in 1905 and is recognized as the oldest ...

Travel back to 1905 when Casimiro Hernandez, Sr. founded Columbia Restaurant. Now, 117 years later, it is the oldest restaurant in Florida.

Columbia Restaurant's original "1905" salad is prepared for a catering order on April 28, 2025. It's one of the restaurant group's signature dishes, and the company sold over 545,000 of them last ...

Columbia Restaurant, which began serving its famous Spanish-Cuban cuisine in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood in 1905, is renowned as Florida's oldest restaurant. Columbia's second oldest location ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Columbia Restaurant in historic Ybor City is Florida’s oldest restaurant and the largest Spanish restaurant in the world. What started as a small 60-seat corner cafe in 1905 ...

The venerable Columbia Restaurant has locations in Sarasota, St. Augustine, Celebration and Clearwater Beach, and two smaller cafes in Tampa, and I’ve eaten at all but two of them.

The founder of a Tampa, Florida, restaurant is credited with inventing the Cuban sandwich as it's known today. (Kerry J. Byrne/Fox News Digital) Others claim it originated in Havana or Key West.