[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I keep a tellin' y'all;

The building is owned by the developer who rents it out to a restaurant company for a five year contract. Sometimes, like at Nancy Lopez, they redecorate and take a nice country club feeling to something that I don't like at all.

If there is one thing for danged sure, it is this, all restaurants, here, there and everywhere are suffering and floundering. People do not want to pay the high prices for poor service and not wonderful food. I don't know what happened but it seems that people who know how to cook, no longer want to work at restaurants, but have found a higher paying job somewhere else. I must say that the servers are generally tried and true and doing their best here in The Villages, at least in the few places we still eat out.

I think some of these posts are by people who are not aware of the mess the restaurant business is in nationally right now and or don't live here and are jealous. My view is that when the developers literally ran the food part of the restaurants, it was MUCH BETTER than it is now.

I frequently think that being locked down during the pandemic and having high prices for restaurant food has either taught people to buy some decent frozen entrees and eat at home or maybe even learn to cook. I am blessed to know how to cook and we like my cooking and it is cheaper and better than going out most of the time.

The Villages runs McGrady’s Pub ( among others) and it’s one of my least favorite places. They used to run Fenney Grill then sold it and it was and still is, one of my favorite places here.