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Old 08-20-2008, 05:22 PM
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Default Re: Why do so many restaurants fail in The Villages?

My take on the empty restaurants, etc..As a former business owner in a service related business here in VA ( for 20 years) and a business coach...Service,service,service...Our home in TV is closer to LSL, and I can tell ya, if you go to the Italian place there, the food is OK..( not great, but good) however, the service is SO bad, we just quit going...It is not that hard to serve customers,,but when you act as if the customers are interrupting YOUR evening, then we wont come back. At least pretend like you are happy we are there and supporting your paycheck, maybe, just maybe we will try it again..Look at Bone fish Grill..Always a line, always busy and we still keep going even if it is a 40 min golf cart ride. The service and the food is excellent...If anyone wanted to be sucessful in TV, they could. They only need to be accessible by golf cart, good servers and quality food..hey, I think it would be great if a pool of villagers opened a restaurant..If everyone had a small share in it and took turns working, I would be willing to bet it would be a huge success!!