Ybor City is a historical neighborhood in Tampa, Florida founded in 1885 by Vicente Martinez-Ybor. Martinez-Ybor was a Spaniard by birth but started his cigar manufacturing company in Cuba. He was looking to relocate his business and moved it to Key West before finally settling on Tampa. At one point in history, Ybor City was […]
Columbia Restaurant
We were fortunate enough to find ourselves in sunny Florida for Thanksgiving visiting family. As I’m writing this snow is falling on the ground outside in Tennessee which has me wishing I was back on the beach! While we were there we discovered yet another reason to be grateful that Tampa is just a short […]

