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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1896070)

agree

Agree as well..

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Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1896018)

Francesco's on 441/27 in Summerfield has decent Italian....you might want to try that

And Little Joeys right next door is excellent

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1896102)

Very glad to hear this. We went to Ricciardi's within the first month or two of them opening and were very badly disappointed. We realized it might take more time since they were still new. But it was an unreasonable wait from the time we were seated til we got our water glasses and menus. One of the hot dishes was served cold. Not just "not hot" but actually cold, as if they'd cooked it and stuck it in the fridge for a little while. The sauce was watery and tasted like it came from a jar. The grated cheese was generic or Belgoiso/Stella which - at home or at a local pizza joint is fine, but not for what's supposed to be a mid-tier family restaurant.

My fish dinner smelled off, so I ended up not eating it. My mom didn't get her side dish and by the time they finally brought it out after she'd told them it was missing, we were all already finished with our meal. We had asked twice for lemon for our water (once when we sat down and once after they'd brought the water to us without lemon). We never got it. The wait staff apologized but it was obviously not very sincere, since they never corrected the errors. We left without even bothering to take home what we didn't eat, and never went back.

Now that I know it has a new ownership, I'm definitely willing to give it another try. The menu itself was great, had plenty to choose from, lots of different types of italian foods. I'm betting the Sulieman family will do a much better job of presentation, value, customer service, and quality of the finished product.

Wow. Guess we've just been lucky all the times we've been to Ricciardi's. Always had a pleasant experience. Hope the new owners keep up with their overall success they have had in TV. They run excellent restaurants.

You need to read up on this family.

The food at this restaurant was less than acceptable. I'm glad that this may be an improvement if they actually taste the food! I must say the previous manager did all he could to make customers happy if it was brought to his attention. I got a sizable gift card from him after 4 of us had dinners that were less than acceptable. Since then I used this gift card on salads. That was ok.

My wife and I ate there 3 days ago. Great experience. Filet was perfect. Service spot on.

We really like Mom & Pops in Lady Lake. Great lasagne most of the pasta homemade

We went to Glenview for dinner Sunday, January 31. My wife ordered the chateaubriand since we had the same at Lopez and were pleased. When it arrived it was bare, no sauce! We asked the waiter to bring the proper bernaise sauce. She came back empty-handed and said "Tonight is Southern Comfort night, so the chef does not make bernaise sauce." Figure that out!

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Originally Posted by Bridget Eichaker (Post 1896264)

We really like Mom & Pops in Lady Lake. Great lasagne most of the pasta homemade

Any relation to Mom and Dad's in Lady Lake???:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

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Originally Posted by bilcon (Post 1895933)

The Suleiman Family is the new owners of Riccardi's. It should be a big improvement. Good Luck to a wonderful Family. We can't wait to try it.

Went the other day for lunch, met the manager and found out the dinner menu is going to have high end steaks on it. About time we got a decent steak

As long as they keep their eggplant panini on the menu, I don’t care who owns the restaurant. Ricciardi’s was always a favorite of mine.

They own red sauce lopez Havana Glenview Great family. Hard workers. They really do a good job

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Originally Posted by champion6 (Post 1896139)

First, it's spelled Ricciardi's.

Second, the Suleimans also own:
The Legacy Restaurant
The Legacy Bar & Grill
Glenview Champions CC
Redsauce
Havana CC
Milano Ristorante Italiano, Ocala

The Villages Gourmet Club announced the sale of Ricciardi's last week. They are on top of things here.

Skip

i'll be glad to see the change. we've eaten there many times, & the food was on a constant decline. 2months ago was the last time we went-i ordered spag & meatballs, & they brought out what appeared to be a spaghetti/cheese soup. i just asked them to take it back & ordered a salad, vowing to never return,...but now that it's under new management, i WILL consider going back for a proper spag & meatballs.:coolsmiley:

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Originally Posted by Skip (Post 1896349)

The Villages Gourmet Club announced the sale of Ricciardi's last week. They are on top of things here.

Skip

dont they own cane gardens also??