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Old 04-26-2012, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by swrinfla View Post
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
You are correct Steve, I should have been clearer. The country clubs are, for the most part, owned by the developer, but are managed independently.
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