Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center

Family owned since 1905, the Columbia is the oldest restaurant in Florida and features a Cuban-Spanish menu. There are now six other state locations. The restaurant has been named an All-American Icon, One of 21 of the Most Legendary Restaurants, Favorite Romantic Restaurant, One of Florida's Best Restaurants and to the Distinguished Restaurants of North America Hall of Fame and Florida Trend Golden Spoon Hall of Fame. Wine Spectator awarded its Best of Award of Excellence every year since 2004 for the extensive collection, especially Spanish wines.

Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center is one of the spanish restaurant listed in Tampa, Florida. The business is registered at 801 Water St #1905, Tampa, FL 33602; use this page to check its hours, phone number and Google rating before you make the trip. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as bar, cocktail bar, cuban restaurant, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

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The business lists hours on 2 days of the week. Typical hours are 11 AM–10 PM. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. The listed phone number is (813) 229-5511. Many businesses also reply to text messages on the same number if it is a cell phone. More information is available on its website, columbiarestaurant.com.

Customers rate it 4.4 out of 5 on Google across 3,653 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded spanish restaurant in Tampa.

Tampa is in Florida, in the Southeast, where summers are long, hot and humid, winters are mild, and afternoon thunderstorms and the hurricane season from June to November can change plans at short notice. Traffic in Tampa peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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