[J1ceasar]

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

[rmd2]

Originally Posted by Rollie

Apartments would be upstairs.

Rollie

If anyone has ever lived above a restaurant they would know the exchanges of roaches is inevitable.

[Funkman]

Originally Posted by swooner

They use Classico, not Ragu!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

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.

[BlackhawksFan]

Originally Posted by Rollie

Apartments would be upstairs.

Rollie

That'd be a cute trick seeing as the entire top floor is Villages Media and houses the newspaper, tv and radio.

[dadoiron]

I'm sure it will be good for a year and then go down hill and become something different. Also will be competing for parking with the new apartments 1-2 cars and carts (that usually take a whole car space) for those trying the restaurant.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Oh yes those apartments will be taking up so much of the square parking that people will not be able to get into the Sharon . My barber heard that not only will there be allocated 3 private parking space for each apartment but they’ll each have 3 visitors spaces and one for uncle Frank when he comes for winter

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by BlackhawksFan

That'd be a cute trick seeing as the entire top floor is Villages Media and houses the newspaper, tv and radio.

Upstairs apartments is exactly the plan submitted to the planning board by The Developer. 46 in Spanish Springs town square is the number I remember seeing disclosed. As a matter of fact that meeting was postponed last week due to one of the board members being ill. It has been rescheduled.

[mgsteve]

I hope the food is a lot better than at Lighthouse. The meals there are very inconsistant and poor service. Do they really think they can cook real Italian???

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Wish them luck

You are right, sir. The economy is not conducive to any new ventures or old ventures because of the harsh reality of the Pandemic.

Y'all. Please save your money. It is gonna get worse before it gets better.

[debron911]

Since moving near Spanish Springs in 2013, three Italian restaurants have failed. Why on earth is Lighthouse, who has a successful menu specializing in seafood, go to an Italian menu. SS could use a good seafood menu. Odds are another Italian restaurant will fail again. Disappointed in their menu choice.

[rugbyjohn]

Wish them luck. The last thing we need here is another Italian restaurant. For that reason alone I think they'll have a tough time making it. Hope they can keep the cooking smells out of the new apartments above.

[Holpat39]

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

[taruffi57]

More repetition. When will we get some new recipes, all fresh ingredients, lite fare, creative food in TV?

[Skip]

Originally Posted by Holpat39

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

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

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