Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by golf cart??

[GreggC69]

Does anyone know if you can go to Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by cart in The Villages?

[Bill14564]

Does anyone know if you can go to Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by cart in The Villages?

Best way to find out is to ask the Villages app for directions. Mine doesn't find a Cracker Barrel so my guess is you cannot get there by golf cart.

EDIT: Apparently, since Cracker Barrel is outside the Villages the app will not provide directions. As mentioned below, it should be reachable through the Paradise gate in the historic side.

[shut the front door]

Yes. You have to go thru the gate on the historic side (you must have a card, no button).

[GreggC69]

Thanks. Just use the resident gate card we use in TV?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Thanks. Just use the resident gate card we use in TV?

Yes, but you have to actually use the card, the gate doesn't have a red button you can push to open it.

You go over the golf cart bridge to the historic side, through the park and onto Paradise. Follow Paradise past the postal station and softball field. You'll come to a stop sign at the Boone Gate. Continue I believe 5 houses past that intersection. You'll see a house with a rainbow flag on the left, and a narrow golf cart path immediately after that house.

The gate is just up that path. Go through that gate, follow that back road - it runs parallel to 441. You'll get to another stop sign just after Wawa on your left. Take a right there, and a quick left in front of BJ's. At the end of that little section of the drive, take a left (you'll see the Lowe's parking lot in front of you). Then a quick right, and the rear entry to the Cracker Barrel parking lot is just up ahead on your left.

[Burnie]

Why not just use a car?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Why not just use a car?

1. There are actually some villagers who don't have a car, and use a golf cart exclusively for daily transportation anywhere that a golf car can go (and Uber anything outside it).

2. Golf carts are infinitely more fun to drive around here.

3. Avoiding 6 traffic lights is a pretty big deal, especially when at least two of them involve left turns.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Why not just use a car?

Because they can and they want to use a cart. It's fun, it's adventurous, it's novel, and it's unique.
Why don't you get rid of your car and instead get a skateboard? I mean, that's the kind of sense the "why not just use a car" post made.

[GreggC69]

Exactly right ElDiablo - because we can and it's fun, adventurous, novel and unique. Same to you OrangeBlossom - your #2 says it all - It's fun!!

Had someone ask me the other day when I was playing golf at a course that was 40 minute cart right away; "Why would you drive all the way up here"? I said - because I can. I'm retired, I live in a resort and can get around wherever I want on a cart - fresh air and sunshine. The drive is 1/2 the fun!!

[Rzepecki]

I agree about the golf cart being lots more fun! But my question is, “Why go to Cracker Barrel?” We tried it again recently after many years and don’t understand the attraction.

[mkjelenbaas]

Does anyone know if you can go to Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by cart in The Villages?
No entry as indicated that I know of - I have tried with no success.

[hosegooseman]

Does anyone know if you can go to Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by cart in The Villages?

Yes you can.

Make sure to take your gate card since you will need to access the area and back. One of the few gates around here that has no red button. I live in Silver Lake, historic side.

You can use Lowe’s or BJ’s in the gps, if can’t find it.

[Girlcopper]

Exactly right ElDiablo - because we can and it's fun, adventurous, novel and unique. Same to you OrangeBlossom - your #2 says it all - It's fun!!

Had someone ask me the other day when I was playing golf at a course that was 40 minute cart right away; "Why would you drive all the way up here"? I said - because I can. I'm retired, I live in a resort and can get around wherever I want on a cart - fresh air and sunshine. The drive is 1/2 the fun!!
You live in a “resort”?

[rochellepfaff]

Does anyone know if you can go to Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by cart in The Villages?

It is not accessible by cart.

[NoMoSno]

It is not accessible by cart.
It is.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Not only is it accessible by golf cart, several of us have already explained how and I posted exact written directions to get you from Spanish Springs Town Square to Cracker Barrel via golf cart previously in the thread. The OP even acknowledged it and has already thanked everyone for the information.

[Rodneysblue]

Does anyone know if you can go to Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by cart in The Villages?

Yes, through the Paradise gate north of the main Boone Gate.

[SIRE1]

And not only can you get to Cracker Barrel by golf cart, Chase Bank, Lowes, BJ's, Bealls, and several other stores & restaurants are reachable by that route as well. I haven't tried it, but I understand you can get all the way up to Aldi's.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

And not only can you get to Cracker Barrel by golf cart, Chase Bank, Lowes, BJ's, Bealls, and several other stores & restaurants are reachable by that route as well. I haven't tried it, but I understand you can get all the way up to Aldi's.

I shop at Walmart and usually take the golf cart. That's past Aldi's along a semi-private path built by Stonegate so THEIR residents could get from Walmart to the rest of that retail and medical area.

[Rodneysblue]

It is not accessible by cart.

Yes it is.

[Rodneysblue]

No entry as indicated that I know of - I have tried with no success.

Paradise gate

[Bogie Shooter]

Not only is it accessible by golf cart, several of us have already explained how and I posted exact written directions to get you from Spanish Springs Town Square to Cracker Barrel via golf cart previously in the thread. The OP even acknowledged it and has already thanked everyone for the information.

Some never get beyond the OP……. and blaze away with redundant answers.🤓

[Rodneysblue]

And not only can you get to Cracker Barrel by golf cart, Chase Bank, Lowes, BJ's, Bealls, and several other stores & restaurants are reachable by that route as well. I haven't tried it, but I understand you can get all the way up to Aldi's.
Yes then to Walmart, you can even get all the way up to Floor and Decor.

[wolfie]

yes
take the bridge from Spanish springs into orange blossom , go straight, on the left hand side there is a gate, use you card and it will bring you behind Wawa then head straight
when you see Lowes you are there

[RickyLee]

Why not just use a car?


Because that takes all the fun out of the adventure!

[RickyLee]

And not only can you get to Cracker Barrel by golf cart, Chase Bank, Lowes, BJ's, Bealls, and several other stores & restaurants are reachable by that route as well. I haven't tried it, but I understand you can get all the way up to Aldi's.

And also to Walmart

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Some never get beyond the OP……. and blaze away with redundant answers.🤓

That would add repetitiveness to the department of redundancy department.

[GPGuar]

You live in a “resort”?

Exactly, I was about to post something but then figured why bother! This place is not a resort. It’s a retirement community For most everyone with a few exceptions.

[tophcfa]

Exactly, I was about to post something but then figured why bother! This place is not a resort. It’s a retirement community For most everyone with a few exceptions.

It’s like a retirement community for seniors who own homes here and want it to stay that way. It’s like a resort for some of the younger families that come here for short term rental vacations.

[Gigim]

Does anyone know if you can go to Cracker Barrel at Lady Lake by cart in The Villages?

Yes you can get to Cracker Barrel restaurant in your golf cart from Lady Lake, must go over the golf cart bridge over 441 if you live on that side of the highway, but if you live on the Historic side it's much easier, just need your gate pass to get thru the gate.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

It’s like a retirement community for seniors who own homes here and want it to stay that way. It’s like a resort for some of the younger families that come here for short term rental vacations.

I consider it very resort-like. Not an actual resort, but comparable to a resort in that there are several country clubs, tons of beautiful landscaping, an immense variety of amenities including multiple pools, walking areas, restaurants within the perimeter of the community and even homes close to the central gathering spots (the squares). Tons of event venues, theatre and arts options, shows and outdoor fairs - I mean, all this stuff is stuff you'd find in resorts.

So yeah - it's resort-like. "Disney for Adults" as it's been called by many over the years.

[Vernon Hud]

We have been going to the Sonic drive in for many years, then on to Walmart and Aldie's shopping. We also loved to go to the greek restaurant,Taki's. Always in a golf cart, fun rides.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

We have been going to the Sonic drive in for many years, then on to Walmart and Aldie's shopping. We also loved to go to the greek restaurant,Taki's. Always in a golf cart, fun rides.

Yeah that's kind of a novelty - driving up to a menu and speaker and parking your golf cart, and having someone come out on roller skates to hand you your chili cheese dog and slushie.

[Bill14564]

We have been going to the Sonic drive in for many years, then on to Walmart and Aldie's shopping. We also loved to go to the greek restaurant,Taki's. Always in a golf cart, fun rides.

I'd be interested in the route from the Villages to Sonic that doesn't cross a road with a speed limit higher than 30mph.

[NoMoSno]

I'd be interested in the route from the Villages to Sonic that doesn't cross a road with a speed limit higher than 30mph.
post #5

[Bill14564]

I'd be interested in the route from the Villages to Sonic that doesn't cross a road with a speed limit higher than 30mph.

post #5

Thanks. I had not seen the Sonic in/near Stonecrest. The one I was thinking about was several miles south.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

To get from Post #5 to Sonic:

Continue on that back road from Cracker Barrel, to a stop sign. Pass through that intersection - it'll take you to the back of Aldi's. Look toward your right and you'll see a golf cart path (not an MMP, the sign says golf carts only and it's owned by Stonegate). Go down that path, watch out for the speed bumps and tree roots pushing up on the pavement. This will take you to the Walmart parking lot.

Continue through the Walmart parking lot to the next stop sign. A dollar store and vape shop and a Sally Beauty will be in a tiny strip-mall to your right, and a gas station and Sonic will be on your left. Continue THROUGH that stop sign and take a left immediately after the gas station. That is the driveway to Sonic, which will get your golf cart where it needs to be if you want to get in the takeout line or find a "booth" to stop at.

[tedquick]

I agree about the golf cart being lots more fun! But my question is, “Why go to Cracker Barrel?” We tried it again recently after many years and don’t understand the attraction.

I eat out most of the time. I have found Cracker Barrel to be a fun place to go to and have actually never had a bad meal. It's not an "up-graded" place at all but I don't go there for that.

[tedquick]

It is not accessible by cart.

I actually go there regularly and always drive my cart.

[GreggC69]

Surprised by the posts about "its just a retirement community" and "just a place seniors want to buy homes and live and keep it that way". In my short experience, but perhaps more notable the experience of so many great fellow Villagers we have met here, I see something very different. It isn't a "resort" in the true definition of the term, but frankly is so much closer to that than simply a retirement community. It is a unique, lively, active, vibrant place. Seems like so much more than a "retirement community". But..that is just what attracted us and what made us move. If others want just a house in sunny Florida and not the "resort like appeal", that is great. Sounds like they can have that here too. To each his own.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Surprised by the posts about "its just a retirement community" and "just a place seniors want to buy homes and live and keep it that way". In my short experience, but perhaps more notable the experience of so many great fellow Villagers we have met here, I see something very different. It isn't a "resort" in the true definition of the term, but frankly is so much closer to that than simply a retirement community. It is a unique, lively, active, vibrant place. Seems like so much more than a "retirement community". But..that is just what attracted us and what made us move. If others want just a house in sunny Florida and not the "resort like appeal", that is great. Sounds like they can have that here too. To each his own.

Agree! I live in the Historic section which is more like a "neighborhood"-style suburb with a golf course and country club in the middle on the top of the hill. It's somewhat secluded (but not fully isolated) away from traffic and commerce. The only way in or out is via a couple of gates on the west edge, and a couple at the south edge, and one not-well-known far down on the southwest edge. Yes we have a couple of rec centers. But the whole area seems more like a "summer cottage at the lake" vibe than a luxury resort vibe.

[kkingston57]

It is not accessible by cart.

Several writers have already said that it can be done and how.

[blueash]

That would add repetitiveness to the department of redundancy department.

I don't see a lot of Firesign Theater reminders around here. Don't Crush that Dwarf.