I also would like a nice place for the special occasion as you describe but your comment "might visit twice a year" is very relevant and to the heart of the issue. People in The Villages enjoy the chain resturant experience and in many eyes, Country Club dining (Lopez, Palmer etc) is upscale. You most likely would have to travel to Ocala or definitely outside of the "bubble" to find what you want. The upscale resturant in or aroud the Villages simply would not get the year round traffic to support it..I mean if you and I who enjoy such dining would only visit twice a year...it would take alot of people to support such an establishment. I mean just look at all the resturants that come and go in and around the villages...in most cases its a service or food quality problem but resturants are hurting today, especially high end resturants. I know I would not want to be investing in such a place in todays economy.
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