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




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Vincenzo "Sarapico" Perez at the oven




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Pete Scaglione at the bar




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Waiter at the Columbia Restaurant




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Group of waiters at the Columbia Restaurant




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




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Service bar in the Don Quixote dining room




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Unidentified chef serving paella at the Columbia Restaurant




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




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Workers in the Columbia's kitchen before its first upgrade




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




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




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




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




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Siboney dining room at the Columbia Restaurant




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Interior of 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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View of the Patio room's fountain from the Don Quixote room in 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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Mixing a drink at the Columbia Restaurant




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Mixing a drink at the Columbia Restaurant




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Classic bar at 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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Stained glass windows in the Columbia Restaurant




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Pete Scaglione at the bar




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Statue in the Siboney room at the Columbia Restaurant




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Patio room in the Columbia Restaurant




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Don Quixote room at the Columbia Restaurant




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Patio room lobby at the Columbia Restaurant




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Gate and stained glass accent a staircase at the Columbia Restaurant




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Patio room at the Columbia Restaurant as an open atrium, before it was enclosed




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Ornamental light fixture at the Columbia Restaurant




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Upgraded kitchen at the Columbia Restaurant




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Kitchen at the Columbia Restaurant before the mid-century upgrade




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Michael Roby pours a drink at the Columbia Restaurant




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Preparation in the kitchen at the Columbia Restaurant




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Replica of the Patio room's sculpture, "Love and the Dolphin"




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Adela Gonzmart standing next to a replica of the Patio room's sculpture, "Love and the Dolphin"




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Don Quixote bar at the Columbia Restaurant, later the "Red dining room"




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Sancho room at the Columbia Restaurant, later known as the King's dining room




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Sancho room at the Columbia Restaurant, later known as the King's dining room




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Prized painted vase in the lobby of the Columbia Restaurant




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Interior of the Columbia Restaurant, probably in Sarasota




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Siboney dining room at the Columbia Restaurant




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Siboney dining room at the Columbia Restaurant




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Mural for the Siboney Room depicting Cuban Indians




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Don Quixote room at the Columbia Restaurant with recessed bandshell




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Mayor Dick Greco speaks at the Holiday Magazine awards dinner




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Guests at the Holiday Magazine Awards Dinner included Sam and Martha Gibbons; Adela Gonzmart is also seated, while Cesar presides over the table