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As Florida continues to reopen and more people travel to the Sunshine State for leisure, restaurants are feeling the growing demand as an industry that has struggled to restaff since the start of the pandemic.
“One in five restaurants nationally have closed for good permanently, we have lost some staff,” said Michael Kilgore, a spokesperson for the Columbia Restaurant Group which owns 14 eateries in Florida.
The one you may know best is Florida’s Oldest Restaurant and the world’s largest Spanish restaurant — The Columbia in Ybor City.
With that kind of success, you can imagine the demand, but just like the rest of the country, they too are noticing customers aren’t always patient or kind.
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