The "public" restaurants (i.e., Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Sweet Tomatoes, Burger King, etc., etc.) are owned or franchised by the chains, paying a fee to The Villages.
I'm not sure I agree with eweissenbach about the clubs. It's true that The Developer may still own the building, but the restaurants are run by outsiders - which helps explain why some are considerably better than (or worse than) others!
SWR
