IN THE NEWS: The Columbia Restaurant, one of Tampa’s oldest and most famous eating establishments, closed its West Palm Beach location after three years at CityPlace, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reports. tampa.bizjournals.com … The Herald’s Enrique Fernandez reviews Sazón Cuban Cuisine (7305 Collins Ave., Miami Beach), while Rochelle Koff considers Saffrón (Waterway Shoppes II […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Associated Press’s Brendan Farrington reports that Richard Gonzmart, whose family has owned the Columbia restaurant in Tampa’s Cuban-American Ybor City section for four generations, won’t serve grouper, because he can’t be sure he is getting the real thing from his suppliers. Many restaurants in Florida have been caught passing off Asian […]

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