03/13/25, This was my second time dinning in this outstanding cafe. I've also dined in the Columbia restaurants located in St. Augustine and Ybor. The Flaminco dancers in Ybor are a must see!

Unfortunately, my experience on the aforementioned date, didn't come close to equalling my previous trip in this cafe, which occurred in 2019.

On this occasion I brought my mother and father 94 years old and 86 years old respectively.

Our waitress and meal were excellent. Our dining experience didn't take a nose dive until a gentleman dressed in a white dress shirt interrupted our conversation.

Note, he did introduce himself. He simply went from asking how our meals were to discussing mostly himself. My mother stated that the gentleman was a braggart who specialized in one up manship.

For example when she interrupted his long tangent about himself she proudly asked if I looked 62. He smugly grinned and said yes.

When I in turn mentioned that my youthful and beautiful mother was 95 and still driving, he snorted he'd had a customer dine in the restaurant who was 101 years old and could still walk, mind you my mother both walks and drives.

He then bored us with telling us how much weight he'd lost 140 lbs. He went as far as to show us his license picture. We congratulated him but noted the absence of reciprocity on his part failing to acknowledge my mother awesome health and vitality.

On the way out I asked the hostess for the managers name. He must have heard I asked for his name because as we were leaving the historical exhibit I bumped into him. He gave a recap of our earlier encounter absent an apology. We will still dine here, but will try our best to avoid that manager .

We dined at this fine dinning establishment on 11/13/19. We had earlier listened to a lecture in Teco Hall. We decided to treat ourselves to some dessert and Cuban Coffee.

Upon entering the restaurant we were greeted by the hardest working and nicest waiter we have encountered since moving to Florida in 2018, James. James seemed to be everywhere at once and always with a smile.

My wife ordered Flan and I ordered the Churros along with our Coffee. Not only were the desserts delicious, but they also were pretty to look at. My Churros came with three types of sauces to dip them in Guava, Chocolate, and Caramel.

We definitely will be back. Thanks again James for making our dessert meal pleasurable.