Tampa's Oldest Restaurant 1890 - Ybor City, Tampa, FL
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N 27° 57.619 W 082° 26.760
17R E 357765 N 3093648
Located on 7th Avenue, between 14th and 15th Streets, Las Novedades, Ybor City, Tampa.
Waymark Code: WM5XGQ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2009
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Tampa's Oldest Restaurant
Las Novedades was founded on this site when Ybor city was a tiny village. Its proprietor was Manuel (Canuto) Menendez.. The coffee shop was a favorite rendezvous for the pioneer cigar makers of the cigarmakers of the Sanehez y Haya Cigar Factory located across the street. In November 1891 Las Novedades was destroyed by fire. It reopened in 1892.
During the Spanish American war Roughriders gained local flame when they gaily galloped into the small restaurant and the Latin inhabitants termed the escapade “The Charge of the Yellow Rice Birgade”.
Erected by the Civitan Club of Ybor City - 1962
Marker Number: None
Date: 1962
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: Civitan Club of Ybor City
Website: [Web Link]
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