Garbanzo bean and chorizo soup with potato, ham hock and saffron broth. The Sunday-dinner staple at the Columbia Restaurant since 1905, plus Cuban diners.

Spanish bean soup is the Sunday-dinner classic that the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City has served since 1905. The Asturian-Spanish recipe combines garbanzo beans, smoked chorizo, ham hock, potato and saffron in a clear broth, served as a starter or a meal. Cuban diners across Tampa now run the same soup. The Columbia plates over 5,000 bowls a week between its six Florida locations.

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