[golferling]

HELLOOOO Doesn't anyone even know they are CLOSED???????? They were busy, too...maybe the Villages wanted the space todo whatever they are going to do with the Spanish Springs sales center?????

[ocalasmith]

My wife and I enjoyed Amigo's when it first opened but you loose patience when the staff is standing around talking to friends that drop by and you can not get service. Babies are nice but do not bring a new born in and pass it from waitress to waitrss and then have that waitress serve food

[musicman]

Restraunts are cut throat, low margin businesses. I have been told the reason they fail in TV is the excessive leases they pay. They also have to pay a percentage of gross revenue to The Villages. Rather than have Mr. Morse give them a test, perhaps he could make leases more realistic. I would think that The Villages powers that be would want to do everything they can to give businesses an incentive to be here. In my opinion, the turn over of restaurants has a diminishing effect on my opinion of my community. I am a creature of habit. It benefits The Villages (owners) to have new businesses come into the community and established business to stay.

[Mallory]

redsauce opens Monday at 4 PM in LSL. Give them a chance.

As for the leases, they are signed by the restaurant operators. I'm sure they think they can make it in this community. It's easy - good food, good price, good service.

[musicman]

Heard today that they got booted out so that the Wellness Center could move in.

[Skip]

Originally Posted by musicman

Heard today that they got booted out so that the Wellness Center could move in.

Not true. Wellness Center will be upstairs.

Skip

[Living the Life]

Originally Posted by musicman

Restraunts are cut throat, low margin businesses. I have been told the reason they fail in TV is the excessive leases they pay. They also have to pay a percentage of gross revenue to The Villages. Rather than have Mr. Morse give them a test, perhaps he could make leases more realistic. I would think that The Villages powers that be would want to do everything they can to give businesses an incentive to be here. In my opinion, the turn over of restaurants has a diminishing effect on my opinion of my community. I am a creature of habit. It benefits The Villages (owners) to have new businesses come into the community and established business to stay.

I am not sure why people try to blame business failures on The Villages or the developer. The lease rates in The Villages are very competitive with other well managed properties. Businesses know what their lease rate is when they make the commitment. Businesses usually fold due to poor management, poor service, poor quality or all of the above. If a business provides good service and provides a quality product, customers will support it. Its survival of the fittest and that is everywhere...not just The Villages!!

[Russ_Boston]

Great post LTL - I think people outside of TV know this but for some reason there are lots of folk in TV who think the developer should somehow take less money than the market will bear. If the lease rates are TOO high then eventually the owner will need to lower them to keep the space rented. Supply and Demand - Macro ECO101

[Puterguru]

They fail because they suck, simple as that. PLENTY of restaurants that have been here a long time and are successful. The ones that are leaving were no good. Whiskey Creek, Dairy Queen Grill and Chill, Dominique's, Bonos BBQ.

I don't konw why people here post with comments like "with Sooooooo many restarants closing", theres about 5 closed, and what 70 or more that are open?

[thegreenerside]

"I don't konw why people here post with comments like "with Sooooooo many restarants closing", theres about 5 closed, and what 70 or more that are open?"


Don't forget about
Spanish Springs; Cafe Ole, the Italian place before Bourbon Street, Firehouse, The Mexican place before firehouse, the pizza place in the starbucks


Domino Pizza, the sports bar and the other three restaurants in same location down by the Winn Dixie, I believe there have been two chinese buffets by the Winn Dixie as well, Snappy Tomato, planet smoothie, the list goes on and on

I would imagine that there have been as many as 40 restaurants come in and out of The Villages in the last 6 or 7 years.

The only restaurants that have managed to survive in TV have been corporate backed chains. The others have died, in the process, or will.

[BritParrothead]

Originally Posted by rshoffer

We went to Amigos months ago... I thought the food was ho-hum at best but the place looked filthy... glad a new mgr is there. Sounds like a place to be wastin my time and steppin on pop tops and blowin out flip-flops...

Ooh I feel a song coming on.....

[Living the Life]

Originally Posted by thegreenerside

"I don't konw why people here post with comments like "with Sooooooo many restarants closing", theres about 5 closed, and what 70 or more that are open?"


Don't forget about
Spanish Springs; Cafe Ole, the Italian place before Bourbon Street, Firehouse, The Mexican place before firehouse, the pizza place in the starbucks


Domino Pizza, the sports bar and the other three restaurants in same location down by the Winn Dixie, I believe there have been two chinese buffets by the Winn Dixie as well, Snappy Tomato, planet smoothie, the list goes on and on

I would imagine that there have been as many as 40 restaurants come in and out of The Villages in the last 6 or 7 years.

The only restaurants that have managed to survive in TV have been corporate backed chains. The others have died, in the process, or will.

Again, many businesses start up with a "build it and they will come" approach. For a business to succeed it needs to have a business plan, understand the market and its customers.

[kwachowski]

I thought Amigos was closed. I heard it closed right before the new year.
Is that true?