Sarasota’s oldest restaurant was “temporarily closed” following storm damage.

Columbia, which opened in 1959 and is Sarasota’s oldest full-service restaurant, along with its sister restaurant Cha Cha Coconuts, which opened in 1989 and is located nearby, are among the many businesses on St. Armands Circle that have suffered from severe flooding suffered by Hurricane Helene next door on the street of the same name in St. Armands Circle.

“Columbia Restaurant on St. Armands Circle in Sarasota and Cha Cha Coconuts next door are closed indefinitely,” reads the original post on Cha Cha Coconuts’ Facebook page at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27 was published. The post was later updated to read, “temporarily closed.”

Jeff Houck, vice president of marketing for 1905 Family of Restaurants, which includes Columbia Restaurant and Cha Cah Coconuts, said via email to the Herald-Tribune that they are “still assessing the damage, but there was significant flooding throughout the county “.