[Cuervo]

No, the dead giveaway is when you look at the menu and besides Greek food, they're serving pizza and hamburgers. You expect that from a Greek dinner not a restaurant.

[Emkay56]

We love Stavros, not really greek but the pizza is fantastic. Their side salad is awesome, and just about everything on their menu is delicious.

[Nancy Rodriguez]

We’ll written. I agree with everything you wrote.

[Tlemmondbland]

For the best in Greek restaurants, take a ride to Tarpon Springs! Also, here in Ocala we love Laki's on 200.

[coleprice]

STAVROS serves excellent Greek & Italian food and they are located in Fruitland Park, only minutes outside The Villages. Great Food, Xlint Service at reasonable prices.

[splashes]

Stavos in fruitland park is a greek/Italian and is good.
My favorite Italian is Piesanos in shopping center on Kristin way near Rohan rec

[Angelhug52]

Originally Posted by JudyLife

No. Try to do a day trip out to the west coast to Tarpon Springs, about 1.5-2 hours drive. Proper Greek food there, you can visit the sponge docks and there’s a great Greek bakery. Worth the trip.

Sometime ago we were told the Greek restaurants get their foods from Tarpon Springs. Apparently there is a factory in Tarpon that makes the foods and distribution is all over the state.Things like spinach pie or desserts. If that's the case Takis in Leesburg would be best in my opinion. Italian is matter of choice.

[Gulfhills]

Originally Posted by NYBob

We'll be out there next week, and are looking forward to hitting a Greek Restaurant. Not too many in our area. Also an Italian Restaurant would be nice.

We love to go to Deland...at Santorini Greek Cuisine. Look it up...so good.

For Italian we stay here and go to Rodello's Italian Restaurant south of Leesburg on 27.

[MauldinEdward]

I don't know how they get to Johns Pass in 20 to 30 minutes unless they time travel. Google Map says in about 2 hours from the Villages.

[DeLunatics]

Originally Posted by MauldinEdward

I don't know how they get to Johns Pass in 20 to 30 minutes unless they time travel. Google Map says in about 2 hours from the Villages.

I think the poster meant 20 or 30 minutes from Tarpon Springs, if you were making your adventure there into a few day trip.

Tarpon Springs to Clearwater is about half an hour. Same from Clearwater to Johns Pass/St. Pete Beach.

And absolutely, the Greek food in TS is the best.

[Lindawc]

Originally Posted by NYBob

We'll be out there next week, and are looking forward to hitting a Greek Restaurant. Not too many in our area. Also an Italian Restaurant would be nice.

Only decent Greek restaurant we have found is in Ocala. LAKIS on College Rd.
Prima Italian in Brownwood is awesome.

[ChicagoNative]

I’ll have to try this Stavros place! Amerikanos will do in a pinch if you want some decent saganaki or pitas. The rest is OK, but no leg o’lamb? No dolmades? Those are Greek staples where I’m from. A day trip to Tarpon Springs is worth it. If anything, just to get out of this area for awhile.

I swore I’d never be one of “those people” who constantly talked about how the (restaurants,customs, culture) was better back north, but truth is truth. The Villages restaurants are mostly mediocre, especially considering how demanding the market is here. I find that many conflate high-priced with high-quality.

[Skip]

Easy to find any nationality around here, even places few people know about.
Use The Villages Gourmet Club's SEARCH PAGE. Section 2 has all the food types you could ever want.
They list 19 Greek restaurants even, Hellas in Tarpon Springs, my favorite.
We use this resource all the time.

Good luck,
Skip

[H-ned]

Although nothing is as good as the near-authentic Greek restaurant food in Tarpon Springs, there are a couple “acceptable” options nearby TV. Takis (on US 441 in Lady Lake) offers both Greek and Italian foods. Stavros, a Greek-owned Italian restaurant on US 441 in Fruitland Park offers Greek salads and Italian foods. And Napolinos in Hwy 301 north of Wildwood offers good Italian foods. For best deep dish pizza, go to Legends on US 441 in Fruitland Park, but allow 45 minutes of sipping and grazing to allow for preparation. In the TV “bubble” we gravitate to Roberto’s in Pinellas Plaza for pizza.

[TeresaE]

Originally Posted by NYBob

We'll be out there next week, and are looking forward to hitting a Greek Restaurant. Not too many in our area. Also an Italian Restaurant would be nice.

Go to Hellas Restaurant and Bakery, in Tarpon Springs. I am of Greek heritage. I haven’t tasted such authentic food since my childhood.