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skyguy79 05-25-2013 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 681795)
i agree breakfast 24/7 would be great
There is a 24/7 breakfast place called Denny's just 5 miles (10 minutes) from Colony Plaza if you're willing to venture outside of the golf cart bubble. There are also at least 3 other breakfasts places within that 5 miles from Colony, but they're not 24/7. See the map link for Colony Plaza to Denny's below:

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=c...=13&iwloc=ddw1

rubicon 05-25-2013 07:16 PM
I suspect it is all relative. if you lived in a fairly big city with several suburbs surrounding its perimeter then you are use to widening your scope and their are just too many restaurants to chose from.

If your mind set is in need of golf cart assessable then you narrow your search and selections.

Add or subtract from that your tastes, etc and....well you get the picture.

batman911 05-25-2013 07:17 PM
Wildwood has restaurants and is just down the road.

Bucco 05-25-2013 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Skip (Post 681750)
Hmmm! Residents near Mulberry Grove have been complaining for years! "No restaurants!".

Skip
That area is scarce due ONLY to Marion County stopping development in that area.

asianthree 05-25-2013 07:27 PM
well when they build down to the turnpike maybe a CB will come

marianne237 05-25-2013 07:47 PM
Wildwood is growing due in part to Villagers. The olde coffee pot (or whatever it's name is) has okay food and does serve breakfast. Their chicken buffet at lunch is small but satisfying.

I'd love to see a Boston Market here and also a fish restaurant...Capt. D or something similar.

buggyone 05-25-2013 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 681876)
well when they build down to the turnpike maybe a CB will come
There IS a Cracker Barrel on Hwy 441/27 just a couple of blocks from Lowe's hardware store. They do serve breakfast all day. Not the healthiest food around with all the country fried stuff and sausage gravy but downright tasty once in a great while.

Sounds like the folks living south of 466A who are griping about a lack of restaurants down there did not do "drive around research" before buying their house.

Bogie Shooter 05-25-2013 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by marianne237 (Post 681885)
Wildwood is growing due in part to Villagers. The olde coffee pot (or whatever it's name is) has okay food and does serve breakfast. Their chicken buffet at lunch is small but satisfying.

I'd love to see a Boston Market here and also a fish restaurant...Capt. D or something similar.
More chains............that are really closing rather than opening new sites.

skip0358 05-25-2013 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Shimpy (Post 681843)
I sure hope it's not another jewelry store, dress shop, or tire store.
It's a full service Italian Rest.

skip0358 05-25-2013 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBopper (Post 681736)
Does anyone have a problem finding a restaurant,who lives below Lake Sumter Landing, and close to 466A, where I am? Colony has only a few,which are generally packed at dinner times. THere is plenty of open space for new places. We need new outlets for dining. I have suggested to the Villages Commercial Real Estate Office, that they should pursue looking into the Boston Market as a viable restaurant. Everyone on this Forum should write to them 'enmasse' to get something going. Please help.Thanks.
Have you written to any of those Resteraunts and asked them to come? Where is all this open space? I know of 3 plots by Colony the rest is claimed or not GC accesable.

logdog 05-26-2013 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by justjim (Post 681793)
:coolsmiley: You are pretty much correct Logdog. But if you want an old' fashion breakfast at 1:00pm, it's a much longer ride.
TooJay serves breakfast until 2pm on weekends. But you're right if you want breakfast later or on weekdays. It's 30 minutes by cart (Spanish Springs or Southern Trace) or 15 minutes by car to several 24/7 breakfast locations in and out of TV.

Bogie Shooter 05-26-2013 01:32 PM
go read some of the negative posts about the Irish Pub and then ask "Why would anyone want to start a restaurant"?
Wonder how many of those complainers are the same ones that are complaining about not enough restaurants?

zcaveman 05-26-2013 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 681870)
That area is scarce due ONLY to Marion County stopping development in that area.
So we can't complain also? At least Beef O'Brady's added breakfast. Now that they are building a Marcus Welby place and a Lake Imaging place we might get more attention. We already have the VA place.

I want a McDonald's and a Denny's and a Red Lobster or a Longhorns.

If you can dream why can't I?

Z

Villages PL 05-26-2013 03:27 PM
Why not hire a chef to come in a few times a week and fix something at your home? It's just a thought. :wave:

zcaveman 05-26-2013 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 682340)
Why not hire a chef to come in a few times a week and fix something at your home? It's just a thought. :wave:
Are you volunteering? I like steak and/or chicken. You can recommend the veggies. :wave: :wave: :wave:


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