Andrea Gonzmart Williams, 5th generation of the Columbia Restaurant, shows how to make the restaurant's classic sparkling sangria using Spanish cava, Spanish brandy and Spanish orange liqueur. The recipe is great for enjoying on sunny days in Florida as well as for special occasions. For the full recipe: https://www.columbiarestaurant.com/The-Columbia-Experience/Recipes/Sangria-de-Cava | Columbia Restaurant

Ybor City is the heart of Tampa, and the historic Columbia is the heart of Ybor, with the fiery flamenco dinner show at the heart of Columbia. Flamenco Dance Shows: There is an $10 cover charge per person for guests over the age of 12. Monday through Thursday dinner reservation times for the 7 p.m. showare 5:30, 6 or 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday dinner reservations for the 7 p.m. show are 5:30, 6 or 6:30 p.m. and for the 9:30 p.m. show, seatings are at 8:30 or 9 p.m. Reservations for dinner and

The Columbia Restaurant's menu is full of home recipes enjoyed for five generations by the family who has owned Tampa's landmark since 1905. Chicken and Yellow Rice is a keystone of the comfort food first made at home and then elevated for the Columbia menu. This week, Tampa Bay's Morning Blend invited 5th generation's Andrea Gonzmart Williams to make her version of the dish which, unlike the Columbia's recipe, includes ham and artichoke hearts. As she says, there are lots of options to customiz

We have private, group dining rooms, special holiday menus, an experienced on-site banquet staff and live holiday-themed flamenco performances at the Columbia Ybor City location. We also accept holiday party reservations at our Sarasota, St. Augustine, Celebration, Clearwater Sand Key and the Tampa Bay History Center locations. You can even buy our hand-painted sangria pitchers or cookbooks as gifts for your guests. Reserve by going online: bit.ly/CRGholiday or by calling the individual Columbia

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