When a foreigner visits our country, usually falling in love with the variety of fruits that exists.

There are exotic fruits that are part of the Colombian daily, such as lulo, pineapple feijoa, passion fruit maracuyá (also known as passion fruit), soursop, cape gooseberry (uchuva), tree tomato (tomate de árbol), pitahaya, borojó and many others.

In our country, the fruits are usually eaten in many delicious ways:

Raspados or Cholados:

A mixture of fruits with crushed ice. Fruits like lemons, oranges, passion fruit and lulo are ideal for these preparations. It is served with condensed milk, cookies and many more surprises flavor. The cholado becomes a spectacular frozen dessert.

Juices

Usually the juices are very cold or with ice. Some juices are prepared with water, others were incorporated milk, such as guanábana (soursop) or guava.

Yogurts

jams, ice cream and even wine (not only grape wine but also, passion fruit wine there … Can you believe it?)

Fruits with salt

Some fruits are eaten with salt and lime and are delightful. We say “made our mouths water” when we think of a mango viche or an apple guava (¿guayaba manzana?) with salt and lemon.

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We invite you to the Pequeña Colombia Tampa, restaurant, to delight with our delicious fruit juice in water or milk.

Come and try some of our flavors: blackberry, guava, passion fruit (maracuyá), pineapple, guava, natural lemonade, lulo, mango, papaya, curuba and orchata.

Have you found with a delicious flavors of a ground beef, pork skin, fried egg, beans, sausage, sweet plantains, white rice, corn bread? But, in the same dish?

If so, you have tested the “Bandeja Paisa”, one of the most famous dishes worldwide of the Colombian cuisine.

The “Bandeja Paisa” is a combination o delicious ingredients that are served in an oval or wide tray, which represents a unforgettable typical experience. Also is known as “Bandeja montañera”. It is a nutritive dish, full of flavors.

The ingredients of the “Bandeja Paisa” could changes depending of the preparation or the chef, but the inevitable to colombian cuisine will be the red beans which are cooked with pork steak.

In the Pequeña Colombia, you´ll find a variety of typical dishes, included this delight “Bandeja Paisa”, prepared with love and colombian seasoning, with grilled meat, pork skin, rice, red beans, sweet plantains, fried eggs and corn bread.

Also, if you want to test other options, we have the “Bandeja Campesina”, “Bandeja Montañera” and the “Plato Arriero” all them to savor every last spoonful. We will wait for you!

A coffee to wake up or to drink in the afternoon, a coffee to have a special meeting with friends, is an excellent accompaniment and what better enjoy a coffee full of history and tradition world: The Colombian coffee.

Colombia is the third producer country of coffee and the principal producer of soft coffee a world level. The coffee is produced in the coffee regions, with a careful combination between the soil, the botanical origin of species and varieties of coffee, the climate and the cultural practices of collecting it.

The “tinto or black coffee” as it is also known to our coffee is characterized by its quality, softness, unique aroma and flavor.

The coffee is the drink most consumed in the world after water and some studies show that consume coffee may have positive effects to the health… Then it´s Delicious and healthy´!

So if you fancy a coffee and you are in Tampa, United States, we invite you to savor a bit of Colombia, prepared with love. Come to the restaurante “Pequeña Colombia” or “Pequeña Colombia Express” and enjoy of a regular coffee, express coffee, coffee with milk… And you can accompany with other delicacies.