We had dinner at The Original Columbia, 2117 E. 7th Ave. We got the "Original 1905 Salad." The food was mediocre, nothing like the food 5 or 10 years previously, when it was great. This was a tremendous disappointment, because I had planned this part of the trip for years and raved about the place.
After dinner we enjoyed a Flamenco show performed by a local folklorco ballet group of 5 or 6 women and one man who danced to taped music. How much I had hoped it would have featured a great live guitarist! Although they were passable, this was a disappointment as well. (This was is 1994, so I don't know it things have improved. Perhaps a call to the Tampa newspaper would be in order to get an opinion.)