[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by countryboy

Well, in my books that unfriendly distinction goes to Katie Belles. I doubt if I ever would recommend anyone going there and probably will not go again myself.

After a wonderful dinner at Cattle Barons, (with a very friendly wait staff) we left our table so that the wait staff could make some tips off another party. Being a table hog seems an impolite thing to do. This was after dropping over $50 dollars in the establishment (makes the $5 table fee seem quite trite). We went downstairs to Katie Belles, were invited to share a table with some folks, those folks left after a bit and we stayed for a while thinking we had spent quite a bit more than $5 for some beer.

At that point a very rude, shaven-headed male waiter came up and asked if the hostess had seated us. He did not ask for us to by $5 worth of drinks or food, but just barked at us to leave. I imagine it was so he could get his tips off of some more suds. Anyway, it could have been handled in a much more friendly manner considering we did not know the situation. Why don't they just call it what it is and require a cover charge instead of keeping people from enjoying the venue.

IF (that is an emphatic IF) we decide to go back for a good dinner at Cattle Barons we will just sit at our table the whole evening and deprive that poor waitress of additional tips. I feel sorry for the folks working upstairs.

Most importantly the management of Katie Belles needs to understand that it is not "your parents" Villages anymore. They are not the only game in town anymore. The rude staff behavior should not be tolerated. Now are many more fine establishments with and without entertainment that treat you like the paying guest you are. I would recommend to anyone that they go to the other venues in the area first. There is always good entertainment elsewhere. The proprietors and staff at the Lake Sumter Landing venues seem to be much more keenly aware of this than those at Katie Belles in Spanish Springs.

Katie Belles you are not the only game in town anymore. Get over it! When the Snow Birds are gone the permanent residents are all you have to help make ends meet.

Katie Belle's will never be empty. When the snowbirds leave the permanent residents will still populate the place.