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Columbia Restaurant history
Columbia Restaurant company history timeline
When prohibition threatened the future of the Columbia, Hernandez merged his restaurant with his neighbor, the La Fonda restaurant, owned by Manuel Garcia in 1919.
In 1929, Casimiro Hernandez Sr. passed away, and operations of the Columbia were taken over by his son Casimiro Hernandez Jr.
Inside, a mural showing Don Quixote fighting a windmill was originally shown at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.
They date back to 1935 when the Don Quixote was built.
In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Hernandez went into debt to expand the restaurant his father founded.
When Casimiro Hernandez Jr. passed away in 1953, the Columbia fell into the care of Hernandez’s daughter, Adela, and her husband Cesar Gonzmart.
In 1956, Cesar built the Siboney Room where the best Latin talent have performed through out the decades.
In 1959, the Columbia built a location in Sarasota, which became Sarasota’s oldest restaurant.
A large mural shows the arrival of Columbus to the New World, signed and dated (May 4, 1982) by Sando, an Ybor City artist with a studio across the street.
In 1983, Cesar and his two sons, Casey and Richard, opened another location in St Augustine.
In 2005, they were placed in storage and renovated for use at The Columbia Cafe at Tampa Bay History Center.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat O'Brien's | 1933 | $7.0M | 100 | - |
| Jackson's Bistro Bar & Sushi | 1997 | $3.7M | 39 | 10 |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | 1982 | $2.0B | 44,000 | 1,325 |
| Bandana's Bar-B-Q | - | $4.4M | 50 | - |
| Ruby Tuesday | 1972 | $952.0M | 32,100 | 8 |
| East Coast Wings | 1995 | $13.0M | 258 | 2 |
| Spanky'S Restaurant | - | $2.0M | 75 | - |
| Buffalo Wings & Rings | 1984 | $145.1M | 300 | - |
| Cozumel Inc | 1987 | $49.0M | 550 | - |
| Genghis Grill | 2002 | $350.0M | 7,500 | - |
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