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Restaurant's matriarch popular with thieves
By Times Staff Writer
Published February 5, 2008
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Columbia Restaurant co-owner Richard Gonzmart is offering $2,500 for the bronze bust's return.
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Thieves first made off with a bronze bust of Columbia Restaurant matriarch Adela Gonzmart in 2005. It reappeared a month later, but, taking no chances, the Ybor City restaurant bolted it to the sidewalk with steel rods. No matter. Someone swiped the bust again this weekend.
"I don't know how they took it," said Richard Gonzmart, the restaurant's co-owner and son of the late Adela. "But I take it very personal." He is offering $2,500 for its return.
If you have information, please call the restaurant at (813) 248-3000, ext. 22. "If you see a bust of a beautiful woman lying around, please call us up," he said.
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