JJ Fin's Dockside Closed [Archive] - Talk of The Villages Florida

KathieI

08-06-2011, 11:04 AM

I just read that JJ Fin's Dockside was sold to new owners. We enjoyed eating there. Too bad.

Skip

Skip, are they temporarily closed or permanently? Maybe the new owners want to refurbish the place and then reopen. I'm hopin'!!
Hey, I know you have the inside scoop on restaurants, do you know when the new owners of Hacienda will be taking over??
Thanks in advance, Kath

chuckinca

08-06-2011, 11:11 AM

Great location, not so great food.

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villagegolfer

08-06-2011, 11:49 AM

The food wasn't that bad for what it is. We took our company there for dinner and had no complaints. ( Back in April of this year)

Chopper

08-06-2011, 11:50 AM

JJ Fins is now Hurricane Dockside Grill.

zcaveman

08-06-2011, 11:52 AM

I just read that JJ Fin's Dockside was sold to new owners. We enjoyed eating there. Too bad.

Skip

Where was Fin's Dockside located? The name does not ring a bell.

villagegolfer

08-06-2011, 11:56 AM

JJ Fins is now Hurricane Dockside Grill.

Wife and I were busting our brains trying to remember. Not sure what town it is located but it is south on 441-27.

villagegolfer

08-06-2011, 11:57 AM

Where was Fin's Dockside located? The name does not ring a bell.

If you seen the brightly colored building, you would not forget it. :D

pooh

08-06-2011, 12:03 PM

It's in Tavares.

Bonny

08-06-2011, 12:05 PM

I think JJ Fins used to be Dead River Vics.

Shimpy

08-06-2011, 12:12 PM

Where was Fin's Dockside located? The name does not ring a bell.

I believe it was in Travaris. I went by last Monday and they had a new sign up but don't remember the name. There were several workers around there also.

villagegolfer

08-06-2011, 12:15 PM

I believe it was in Travaris. I went by last Monday and they had a new sign up but don't remember the name. There were several workers around there also.

said it was Hurricane Dockside Grill.

zcaveman

08-06-2011, 12:23 PM

I think JJ Fins used to be Dead River Vics.

I remember Dead River Vics. I passed the area the other day and saw that Dead River Vics wasn't there anymore.

I went there once. It was alway too far and too little for me to make a return visit.

Thanks.

Chopper

08-06-2011, 12:41 PM

It is located kind of between Tavares and Leesburg. It is probably actually in one or the other. I'm not sure where one town ends and the other one starts.

villagegolfer

08-06-2011, 12:51 PM

It is located kind of between Tavares and Leesburg. It is probably actually in one or the other. I'm not sure where one town ends and the other one starts.

Post #11 said Tavares. :doh:

spk7951

08-06-2011, 01:51 PM

Skip, are they temporarily closed or permanently? Maybe the new owners want to refurbish the place and then reopen. I'm hopin'!!
Hey, I know you have the inside scoop on restaurants, do you know when the new owners of Hacienda will be taking over??
Thanks in advance, Kath

They are still open, at least they were when we went by there about a week ago. Noticed the new sign and the parking lot was full.

EdV

08-06-2011, 02:32 PM

It�s on 441 about 3 miles east of the Leesburg airport. There is a channel that runs between Lake Eustis and Lake Harris and under 441 called the Dead River and it�s right there. It can be reached by land or by the river so it�s popular with boaters.

Bill-n-Brillo

08-06-2011, 02:35 PM

Here's the scoop:

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/first-hurricane-dockside-grill-to-open-in-tavares-226944.php

Bill :)

rosehillman

08-06-2011, 06:16 PM

I just read that JJ Fin's Dockside was sold to new owners. We enjoyed eating there. Too bad.

Skip

Are they keeping the same kind of menue and the name or a whole new thing moving into town.

mac9

08-06-2011, 11:05 PM

We were there today. They are still in the process of renovating. The menu is only slightly different. Many of the old favorites are still on it. Bar is being revamped. They had nothing on draught today, but will so in the near future.

chuckinca

08-06-2011, 11:22 PM

Could never figure how the word draught was pronounced draft.

Wikipedia:

Draught beer (Draft beer in U.S.) is beer served from a cask or a pressurised keg.

Until Joseph Bramah patented the beer engine in 1785, beer was served directly from the cask and carried to the customer. The Old English word for carry was dragen which developed into a series of related words, including drag, draw, and draught. By extension, the word for carrying or drawing a beer came to mean the serving of the beer and, in some senses, the act of drinking, or a drink of beer itself, regardless of serving method. By the time Bramah's beer pumps became popular, the use of the word draught to mean the act of serving beer was well established and transferred easily to beer served via the hand pumps.

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villagegolfer

08-06-2011, 11:35 PM

LOL Don't ya love useless information?:thumbup:

Skip

08-07-2011, 05:07 AM

Skip, I nosed around on the web for a bit, trying to find out more info. Couldn't find anything. Have you got a link?

Thanks -
Bill :)

Now called Hurricane Dockside Grill. A chain of restaurants from West Palm Beach, FL. As always, see The Villages Gourmet Club website (http://home.comcast.net/~thevillagesgourmetclub/) for more details.

Skip

villagegolfer

08-07-2011, 06:18 AM

Now called Hurricane Dockside Grill. A chain of restaurants from West Palm Beach, FL. As always, see The Villages Gourmet Club website (http://home.comcast.net/~thevillagesgourmetclub/) for more details.

Skip

See post # 20 on this thread for details.

chloe52

08-10-2011, 05:18 PM

I drove by it last night and the parking was empty and it looked like the where remodling

jblum315

08-10-2011, 09:24 PM

Hope the new owners improve the food. The one meal I had there was lousy.

Carla B

08-10-2011, 09:29 PM

The food wasn't the greatest but the little alligators were fun to watch.

mrfixit

08-10-2011, 09:43 PM

Here's the scoop:

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/first-hurricane-dockside-grill-to-open-in-tavares-226944.php

Bill :)

Bill-n-Brillo.......Thank You, AGAIN, for your efforts to make TOTV a reliable source of information.....OR...as we say where I come from......YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. Now please tell me ...Did Brillo teach you how to use Boolean Logic in your internet searches ??.....OR.....were you born a MAGICAN ???? You guys ALWAYS come through for us.....AND ...I appreciate your efforts.

Bill-n-Brillo

08-11-2011, 03:15 PM

Bill-n-Brillo.......Thank You, AGAIN, for your efforts to make TOTV a reliable source of information.....OR...as we say where I come from......YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. Now please tell me ...Did Brillo teach you how to use Boolean Logic in your internet searches ??.....OR.....were you born a MAGICAN ???? You guys ALWAYS come through for us.....AND ...I appreciate your efforts.

Thanks for the kind words, mrfixit. Now........if I could only have the perception become the reality - - - hmmmmmm - - - how to make that happen? :D

And I'll bet you thought I'd have to go look up "Boolean Logic" or ask Sandy or something. :) Nope, already got that in my repertoire........math major/computer science minor in school from way back in the old days. :shocked: I know - it IS scary!

My only 'trick': "I'm nothing if not persistent." (and I certainly wasn't an English major!! Hee-hee!)

Thanks again. Guess I just try to be a helpful kind of guy......

Bill :wave:

Pturner

08-11-2011, 03:25 PM

Thanks for the kind words, mrfixit. Now........if I could only have the perception become the reality - - - hmmmmmm - - - how to make that happen? :D

And I'll bet you thought I'd have to go look up "Boolean Logic" or ask Sandy or something. :) Nope, already got that in my repertoire........math major/computer science minor in school from way back in the old days. :shocked: I know - it IS scary!

My only 'trick': "I'm nothing if not persistent." (and I certainly wasn't an English major!! Hee-hee!)

Thanks again. Guess I just try to be a helpful kind of guy......

Bill :wave:

Ah,
GG's back and here's a new post declaring non English-major status. All's right with the TOTV world.

:highfive:

Skip

08-12-2011, 04:20 PM

See post # 20 on this thread for details.

Link didn't work. :(

Skip

Bill-n-Brillo

08-13-2011, 12:54 PM

Link didn't work. :(

Skip

Skip, it still works for me by simply clicking on it.

If your computer isn't giving you the ability to simply click on the link in the post, you can try one of the following:

- Highlight the link, right-click, then click "Open link in new window",

- Click "Quote" on post #20 which will show you the post in its entirety. You can't copy the link verbatim from the post as the forum software abbreviates it (the '...' part).

Hope those provide some help!

Bill :)

Skip

08-14-2011, 08:39 PM

Skip, it still works for me by simply clicking on it.

If your computer isn't giving you the ability to simply click on the link in the post, you can try one of the following:

- Highlight the link, right-click, then click "Open link in new window",

- Click "Quote" on post #20 which will show you the post in its entirety. You can't copy the link verbatim from the post as the forum software abbreviates it (the '...' part).

Hope those provide some help!

Bill :)

I know how. Their site was down for a while. No one could get in when I tried.

Skip

Bill-n-Brillo

08-14-2011, 08:44 PM

I know how. Their site was down for a while. No one could get in when I tried.

Skip

Cool - sorry! :thumbup:

Bill :)

Sherman931

08-23-2011, 07:30 AM

WOW! There's a mall in Leesburg? Lived here almost a year, been to Leesburg several times but apparently not far enough south into the city, and this is the first I have seen or heard anything, anywhere about the Leesburg Mall. Am I leading a sheltered life?

Bill-n-Brillo

08-23-2011, 08:28 AM

Larry Wilson

08-23-2011, 09:14 AM

Bill, You always give great info.
I never have but a minute to give answers.

The Leessburg mall is small but great to be so close. There is small one in Ocala too. The big ones are in the Orlando area.
Bill, you might want to stick this info in a new thread. " JJ Finn's Closed" thread will not be where people would expect to find local mall info.

Again thanks so much Bill for all the great info.

villagegolfer

08-23-2011, 09:18 AM

Bill, You always give great info.
I never have but a minute to give answers.

The Leessburg mall is small but great to be so close. There is small one in Ocala too. The big ones are in the Orlanda area.
Bill, you might want to stick this info in a new thread. " JJ Finn's Closed" thread will not be where people would expect to find local mall info.

Again thanks so much Bill for all the great info.

The Millenium Mall is worth a trip at Christmas time. It was awesome. Took many pictures.

Bill-n-Brillo

08-23-2011, 09:38 AM

Bill, You always give great info.
I never have but a minute to give answers.

The Leessburg mall is small but great to be so close. There is small one in Ocala too. The big ones are in the Orlanda area.
Bill, you might want to stick this info in a new thread. " JJ Finn's Closed" thread will not be where people would expect to find local mall info.

Again thanks so much Bill for all the great info.

Thanks for your thoughts, Larry.

Good idea re: a new thread. Will set that up shortly - thanks for the nudge! :thumbup:

Bill :)