Just as dinner was served at Tampa’s revered Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City, the dining room lights went down and a procession of flamenco dancers commanded the scene. Kinetic energy enveloped the room as the dancers’ brilliantly choreographed moves skillfully interwoven with a seductive flair captivated all. The audience was smitten—not a mouthful of food left a plate.
Interestingly, the 40-minute performance encapsulates the considerable upbeat tempo exuded in Tampa, located on the west coast of Florida on Tampa Bay, near the Gulf of Mexico.
Florida recently passed New York State as America’s third most populated location, but unlike the Empire State Building which features NYC as its centrepoint, Florida has no one-hub location. The most sought locations for visitors continue to be Miami and Orlando respectively.
