[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by dougjb

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So, I will not be back. If they go out of business, so be it! Besides, the Sunny Pint has nicer, more attentive owners and staff.

Not quite fair to compare attentiveness between Sunny Pint and WoB. If you are sitting at a table you will wait far longer for a server at Sunny Pint than you will at WoB. On the other hand, once you are at the bar you have to share the bartender's attention at WoB rather than having their full attention at Sunny Pint. Different types of service so apples to oranges comparison.

I really like Sunny Pint and go there frequently. Wish it was legally accessible by golf cart and wish it wasn't so expensive. Prices seem to be $1 to $2 per pint higher even being outside the Villages and no servers.

[DrHitch]

Ok, understand WOB leaving Spanish Springs....but, we need a "go-to" lunch spot or less expensive dinner....

The FMK restaurants are very nice, but we really need a less expensive option...

[CybrSage]

Originally Posted by dougjb

Besides, the Sunny Pint has nicer, more attentive owners and staff.

Love them!

[mlmarr]

Originally Posted by margaretmattson

The cost to operate a restaurant has risen drastically. Sonny's BBQ pulled out of Lake Sumter, Now, World of Beer. I will not be surprised if a few more choose to close.

Finally a smart answer... look at the country..

[mlmarr]

Originally Posted by walterray1

Could be they are testing the water and can always add food down the road. From what I understand you can order from FMK restaurant to be delivered there.

FMK restaurant's/SS looking at food delivery .. there is a deal working..

[Snakster66]

Nobody ever went there because it was always too crowded.

-Yogi

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by DrHitch

Ok, understand WOB leaving Spanish Springs....but, we need a "go-to" lunch spot or less expensive dinner....

The FMK restaurants are very nice, but we really need a less expensive option...

There's Darrell's in the Publix plaza next to the square but it's usually crowded during lunch time and it closes at I think 2 or 3pm every day so not an option for supper at all.

I don't drink beer at all. But I liked WoB for those flatbreads with blackened steak, blue cheese, balsamic drizzle, and (I think it was basil) leaves. Really tasty and only $5 on Fridays. City Fire does a similar one but that's all the way in Sumter. Hubby liked the burgers, and we'd sometimes go on Monday so he could get the burger special.

The service wasn't always great. But we really did enjoy the food. It was also nice to be slightly back from the square, with a parking lot immediately behind the restaurant.

[CODYCAT]

Aren’t they supposed to have a “order limited items from Coastal and Bella” and they will be delivered. Smart move. A lot of people who stop at bars for a drink, and you know the Villages has plenty of those, like to have something to munch on. Places like the Villages who have a huge captive audience and you can’t make a restaurant successful you are not doing your job and providing the product.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by CODYCAT

Aren’t they supposed to have a “order limited items from Coastal and Bella” and they will be delivered. Smart move. A lot of people who stop at bars for a drink, and you know the Villages has plenty of those, like to have something to munch on. Places like the Villages who have a huge captive audience and you can’t make a restaurant successful you are not doing your job and providing the product.

You can order items using ubereats or grubhub to be delivered to your table.

[pcntech]

World of Beer and the Margarita Republic. I have been to the WOB in Brownwood and not impressed. Service was slow and food was mediocre. Sunny's in Lake Sumter recently closed. So now 3 empty in The Villages. I am excited that Harry & The Natives is moving along. The Toasted Yoke in Lake Deaton Plaza is in build out stage. Dunkin has broken ground in Lake Deaton also. Edna's on the Green has it's permanent kitchen now. (These are all south of 44). Burger Fi has been reported since 2022 to be coming into Wildwood on 466a in strip where Huey MaGoo's is located. WaWa on Powell and 466a has broken ground. Target on 466a has broken ground and there are reports of an Outback Steakhouse coming in there. Panda Express and Arby's have been open for a while on 466a. Home Depot opened Memorial Weekend on Powell and 466a. CVS opened a couple months ago at some corner. CVS in Magnolia Plaza has broken ground. The large design center in Brownwood is shuttered. There is a new "Street of Dreams" in the Moultrie Creek area of Eastport. Boosters Bar & Grill in Moultrie Creek area is slated to open late spring or summer 2024. Here is link to what is coming to Middleton: Downtown - Middleton

[Joe C.]

For a quick lunch, Darrell's is good, but don't forget Perkins in Spanish Springs ... and on if you have the Perkins app, you can get a BOGO on Wednesdays.

[Stu from NYC]

For lunch Billy's is a good choice

[roscoguy]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

...has closed.

The one in Brownwood will be the only one in The Villages.

Very disappointed. Although the service was sometimes sub-par - making us wait FOREVER to take our order, waiting a whole lot longer to serve our drinks even when it wasn't busy, never checking back to see how we're enjoying our meal... the food itself was good, consistently. And it was less than 5 minutes from home. Plus we had rewards, so we got freebies once in awhile.

Not gonna drive 45 minutes out of my way just for WoB.

It really is a shame. We were never regulars, but I enjoyed trying their different craft beers and imports every once in a while. Another genuine shame is that WoB management notified their employees on Saturday that they were out of work as of Sunday.

[LuvtheVillages]

Originally Posted by pcntech

Burger Fi has been reported since 2022 to be coming into Wildwood on 466a in strip where Huey MaGoo's is located.

Burger FI closed 14 locations in 2023 and 8 more in the first 3 months of 2024. They fired their CEO and the new one is from a private equity firm. They are considering Chap 11 bankruptcy. The stock was delisted earlier this year.

I'm not expecting it to open a new location in Wildwood.

[Joe Mack]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

...has closed.

The one in Brownwood will be the only one in The Villages.

Very disappointed. Although the service was sometimes sub-par - making us wait FOREVER to take our order, waiting a whole lot longer to serve our drinks even when it wasn't busy, never checking back to see how we're enjoying our meal... the food itself was good, consistently. And it was less than 5 minutes from home. Plus we had rewards, so we got freebies once in awhile.

Not gonna drive 45 minutes out of my way just for WoB.

Providing poor service and sub par food is a disaster for any restaurant. Good riddance.