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Statue in the Siboney room at the Columbia Restaurant




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Pete Scaglione at the bar




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Stained glass windows in the Columbia Restaurant




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Display of painted Don Quixote tiles in the dining room of the same name at the Columbia Restaurant




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Classic bar at the Columbia Restaurant




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Mixing a drink at the Columbia Restaurant




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Mixing a drink at the Columbia Restaurant




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Patio room in the Columbia Restaurant with the short-lived retractable glass roof




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Patio room in the Columbia Restaurant with the short-lived retractable glass roof




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View of the Patio room's fountain from the Don Quixote room in the Columbia Restaurant




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Food display set up around the Patio room's fountain sculpture in the Columbia Restaurant




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Interior of the Columbia Restaurant




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Siboney dining room at the Columbia Restaurant




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Columbia Restaurant facing 7th Avenue




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Crowd seated outside of the Columbia Restaurant for 75th anniversary events




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Crowd of customers outside the Columbia on the restaurant's 75th anniversary




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Chef Pijuan preps a fish in the kitchen at the Columbia Restaurant




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Chef Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez with Cesar Gonzmart in the kitchen




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Workers in the Columbia's kitchen before its first upgrade




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Chef Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez cooks up stone crab claws




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Chef Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez prepares to carve tableside at the Columbia Restaurant




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Unidentified chef serving paella at the Columbia Restaurant




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Service bar in the Don Quixote dining room




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Gregorio "El Rey" Martinez serves guests at the Columbia Restaurant




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Group of waiters at the Columbia Restaurant




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Waiter at the Columbia Restaurant




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Pete Scaglione at the bar




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Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez at the oven




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A Columbia Restaurant waiter with glassware




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Cesar Gonzmart announces the Columbia Restaurant's new head chef, Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez




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Cesar Gonzmart announces the Columbia Restaurant's new head chef, Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez




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Columbia Restaurant waiter Gregorio Martinez, or "El Rey"




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Chef Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez at the stove




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Chef Pijuan poses with knife in hand beside a prized cow the Columbia Restaurant bought




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Long-time bartender Pete Scaglione




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Chef Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez preps in the kitchen




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Columbia head chef Francisco Pijuan, at right, with guests




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Columbia Restaurant waiters, with Gregorio Martinez, or "El Rey," at left




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Columbia Restaurant employee cuts cake




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Columbia Restaurant's liquor store




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Unidentified chef at the Columbia Restaurant




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Cesar Gonzmart with Columbia Restaurant staff




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Columbia Restaurant waitstaff, with Joe Roman to the left of the front row




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Columbia Restaurant employee Pete Peemer in the wine cellar




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Head chef Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez with steaks in the kitchen




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Menu for opening of Columbia Restaurant in St. Augustine




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Dancers at the Columbia Restaurant, with Adela Hernandez (later Gonzmart) appearing between the dancers' faces




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Cesar Gonzmart (right) with performers, including dancer Tongo Lele, right




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Dancers at the Columbia Restaurant




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Mariachi band performs in the Columbia Restaurant's Siboney Room