I've had good experiences at Riccardi's, but I've learned to set my expectations. Riccardi's is in The Villages Town Square - they have to cater to the cost-conscious clientele. You have to compare them to the competition... golf cart accessible Italian food. If you prefer Lasagna at a Country Club - good for you. I personally believe that if you compare them to the other Italian restaurants within a 10-mile radius of The Villages.... they do pretty good.

Sorry for the typo.
January 22, 2014 is even more exact.

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Can't imagine going for oriental in Gettysburg, of all places. That's like going for a clam bake in Omaha.

Ricciardi's Italian in Brownwood.
 

Back to the future?

You'd be surprised. One of the best sushi establishments I ever ate at was in North Dallas!

We have eaten there several times, it is not a fast food restaurant so we expect the service to be slower. They did go through a period when the food wasn't great but it has improved.....maybe a new chef? It seems to be full so others seem to like it also. Now the fun begins, and the lines get longer.

Was there last night. Not good. Food arrived cold, bread was like a hot dog bun. Sauce was scarce. Server was nice and so was the house red vino.
Good bread and great sauce.....these are the essential ingredients to a good Italian restaurant. This place doesn't have either.
Oh , and the coffee was cold too . Cheesecake was good.
This from a 71 year old Italian.

Still there? What do you think of the Villages' sushi places?

Ate at the one in Colony twice, about a year apart. It was about average, but good enough that we went back. Ate once at the place at LSL 1 1/2 years ago and it was pretty good. But as you know, 6 months can be a lifetime in terms of how good a restaurant is, so we'll see when we move in next month. Have you had any good/bad sushi experience yourself recently?

One of the absolutely best Chinese restaurant was in Ottawa, Canada- we were tied up on the wall on our board our boat during Canada Day. Then went dow the flight of seven into the St Lawrence , to Chateau Montebello, Montreal Quebec and onto Nova Scotia.

Not recently. My older brother liked the sushi place in Colony but that was probably more than a year ago. I did not have the sushi but got something else.

What does sushi have to do with Riccardi's?

Given some of the negative experiences posted about Riccardi's, if you order a fish dish, you may get it raw:1rotfl:

Someone made a point earlier that since we are not in a section of the country with a large Italian population, it might be difficult to find an authentic Italian restaurant here.

someone else (moi) said... oh, never mind! Then the sushi post was brought up in response to not expecting authentic Italian in central Florida. As in there are authentic ethnic restaurants to be found in otherwise non-ethnic parts of the country.

Hope this helps (if I may borrow from village tinker:icon_wink:)

I have made up my mind that Italian's are the most picky about food and I am the most easily pleased by any kind of Italian food. I LOVE Italian food. I didn't grow up with Italian food. I grew up with a lot of German food and have never thought any served to me in a restaurant was as good as that I ate at home. I also believe that the best pizza is the kind that you ate in your home town. And


I am glad I can cook, because I almost always can get what I want to eat.

I don't like Sushi. It is because I used a microscope a couple of times.