Best Historic Restaurants in New Tampa

My wife and I celebrated our 52nd wedding anniversary at the Y-bor city Columbia Restaurant in Tampa, Florida. We had reservations and arrived a few minutes late and were seated almost immediately. Our Waiter "Keith" anticipated our needs and was very good. When Keith found out that we were there to celebrate our 52nd wedding anniversary he alerted the Manager who came to our table introduced himself and presented us with a congratulations card which was very thoughtful. The food was very very good, the Sangria was excellent and the "White Chocolate Bread Pudding" was to die for. We will be returning to the Columbia every chance we get for the food, service and ambiance. Regards, Greg and Brenda

Madame Fortune gets 5 stars from me for multiple reasons! It was a unique concept, very cool ambiance and decor inside, our waitress was lovely and very engaging and each person in our party really enjoyed their food. Definitely recommend getting the sweet potato corn bread as a starter. On top of that, they had a great DJ - maybe only because it was a Saturday night. Highly recommend and will try to come back

Ordered the Short-ribs, Chicken Milanese for there. Ordered a Bacon cheeseburger to go. Hands-down the best short ribs I’ve had. Chicken Milanese was very moist and delicious. Even the bacon cheeseburger was well-made and delicious. I recommend you check them out.

I don’t leave a lot of reviews but I feel like this place is deserving. We chose this restaurant because we saw the Christmas decorations. We sat at the bar for a few drinks before moving to our table. The Old Fashion was great and the girls really enjoyed the “Cindy Lou”. When we decided to move to the table we were greeted by the friendliness waitress. We ordered a few appetizers but I would say that the bursts with duck prosciutto was the winner. For Dinner it was a toss up between the short rib dish and the Sea Bass. Although the smash burger was pretty good also. Looking forward to our next visit.

The food was really good. I ordered the devil eggs with shrimp and catfish and grits. The service and overall experience was great!