Originally Posted by Holpat39 (Post 1845891)

What 3 restaurants failed in Spanish Springs? I could only remember one and that was Augustino's back in 2005.

Originally Posted by Dana1963 (Post 1845347)

I knew DEMSHAR’s wasn’t going to reopen.

Originally Posted by J1ceasar (Post 1845701)

Yeah , we are off put to terrible noise from mostly drunk patrons, lack of consistency and poor serve staff. Lighthouse r.I.p.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1845779)

I'd love to see real authentic Italian food. This means (among MANY other things):

preparing the sauce (aka gravy) from scratch, and never using jarred, canned, or restaurant-supply-store-packaged sauce.
using fresh herbs, or recently-dried herbs from a local garden or herb farm (dried oregano in a supply store plastic jar with a 2-year expiration date won't cut it).
using locally-produced mozzarella cheese, sliced rather than shredded.
preparing EVERYTHING right there in the kitchen, never using mixes or ready-to-cook pre-prepared meats and veggies from the restaurant supply house (or the chain-store's corporate warehouses)
Cutting veggies there, in the kitchen, never buying salads already made up and ready for dressing.

No foodie stuff. There would be no truffle oil anywhere in the building. Or Kombucha.

Parmesan cheese that doesn't come from a cardboard container. Same with romano.

Espresso made to order from an actual espresso machine, and the milk steamed and foamed with an actual milk steamer/foamer.

Whipped cream made at the store, not squirted from a can or dumped out of a cool-whip tub.

Cannoli shells made there, or brought in from a local italian pastry shop, and the cannoli cream made on site fresh every day.

Lots of stews, fish, eggplant.

FRESH-made pasta - made with an actual pasta machine on site.

Originally Posted by Skip (Post 1845902)

It was never called Augustino's.
The Villages Gourmet Club has the names of the 5 previous restaurants there.
LINK

Skip

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna (Post 1846084)

Boy are you right!

We received a gift of six frozen pizzas, direct from Naples, Italy. I didn’t think I’d like them because they didn’t have meat like American pizza. But both my wife and I have fallen in love with the “real thing”. The cheese is more flavorful, the tomatoes taste like fresh from the field, and the crusty crust better than any we’ve had here.

They’re not inexpensive but we liked them so much we ordered eight more (Talia di Napoli.com). They arrive in a week or so beautifully packaged with plenty of dry ice, ready to pop in the freezer.

Originally Posted by DonH57 (Post 1845316)

When we arrived it was Louiginos? Or something along that name. Did Augustine's have New Orleans style food or some cajun dishes? We arrived in TV too late for them.:)

Originally Posted by Skip (Post 1845902)

It was never called Augustino's.
The Villages Gourmet Club has the names of the 5 previous restaurants there.
LINK
Skip

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 1846075)

This is from a different corner in SS. Not the restaurant space being discussed

Originally Posted by champion6 (Post 1846268)

I believe the list is correct.

Originally Posted by Northwoods (Post 1845186)

This was just posted by The Daily Sun:
Residents will soon see a new dining option at Spanish Springs Town Square. Maureen and John McIntyre— owners of Lighthouse Point Bar & Grille in Lake Sumer Landing— have leased what was Demshar’s in Spanish Springs and will transform it into Augustine’s 1812 House, which will serve Italian food. They have a targeted opening time of mid-November. Read more in Saturday's Daily Sun.

Hmmmm...So what happened to Demshar's being made into apartments???

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1845990)

Cannoli should be filled when the order is made......freshly filled Cannoli so the shell does not get soft.

Originally Posted by Pairadocs (Post 1894697)

Bet in this kind of atmosphere that's not the only deal that has, or will, fall through !
Sadly it's probably happening everywhere. This planned opening my not materialize in the end, nothing would surprise me !