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The Columbia’s Original "1905" Salad™ Selected "One of America’s Top 10 Best Salads”
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| 05/12/2008 |
TAMPA, Fla., May 9, 2008 - - The Columbia’s Original "1905" Salad™ was selected as “One of America’s Top 10 Best Salads” by the Salad Guy, author Wiley Mullins in USA Today. The Columbia in Tampa’s Historic Ybor City is the only restaurant in Florida named to this list.
Wiley Mullins, author of Salad Makes the Meal: 150 Simple and Inspired Salad Recipes Everyone Will Love, shared his list of favorite places in the United States with Kathy Baruffi for USA Today.
Regarding the Columbia, Mullins says, “The 1905 Salad is famous throughout Florida, and salad lovers travel near and far to enjoy it. No wonder it’s trademarked!” “Tossed and created at your table, this masterpiece of a meal includes the juiciest beefsteak tomatoes you’ve ever tasted, lettuce, tender baked ham, Romano and Swiss cheeses, olives and a deliciously smooth garlic dressing.”
The others places named to the list include Ching’s Table in New Canaan, Conn; City Grocery Café in Oxford, Miss.; Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, NY; Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif.; 84 High Street in Westerly, RI; Café Pasquals in Santa Fe, NM; Firefly in Lenox, Mass.; Hall Street Grill in Beaverton, Ore.; and True in Mobile, Ala.
The Columbia Restaurant in Tampa’s Historic Ybor City was founded in 1905 and is the oldest restaurant in Florida, and the largest Spanish restaurant in the world, and celebrates its 103rd anniversary throughout 2008.
Locations include the flagship restaurant in Tampa''s Historic Ybor City, St. Armands Circle in Sarasota, the Historic District in St. Augustine, The Pier in St. Petersburg, Sand Key on Clearwater Beach, and in Central Florida''s town of Celebration. All Columbia Restaurants are owned and operated by 4th and 5th generation members of the founding family. For more information, please see www.columbiarestaurant.com
Link to story: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2008-05-08-10-great_N.htm
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