[Indydealmaker]

We have been to Burke's a dozen times with only positive experiences.

Everybody needs to keep in mind that opening a restaurant in The Villages is the exact opposite experience for the owners of which you would have expected. This is the WORST place in the world to be the owner of a new restaurant, particularly a mom n pop operation. This is no place for the weak entrepreneur with a shallow pocketbook.

The Villages is the largest concentration of senior foodies from the most diverse backgrounds in the United States. It is harder than hell to satisfy a largely impatient, often curiously cranky crowd of people wholly convinced that nothing is ever as good as "their" place up North.

This is the only place in the country where you can try to have a slow and easy secret opening to accommodate training only to be bombarded by a throng of "starving" septuagenarians demanding the smooth efficiency of high-end dining at an "all you can eat" discount prices.

We need the Burke's, Mezza Lunas, Ricciardis, Rae Raes, Woodys and Dam Diners of this world! Please be patient and do not be shy to communicate your suggestions to the owners (without the red face, bulging eyes and swinging canes). It is much more fun to help than to trash.