[JSR22]

Originally Posted by mgkw1

Have you tried New York Pizza ? Up near Walmart

Unfortunately yes.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by rickaslin

I love The Viilages but I don't agree with this concept. Country Club pricing but mall food court quality. Small portions served on paper with plastic utensils.

Which CC??

[Graspher]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Probably because they have also been to Sawgrass and can’t find ample reason to disagree with the OP’s post?

[Graspher]

Originally Posted by vickersbond

Excellent review. Totally agree - just the facts!!

Thank you....thank you very much.

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by valuemkt

After all the hype it certainly appears the Villages missed the mark on Sawgrass. As reported, the Pizza, Burger, Seafood and Butcher shop are all owned by the same company. Not sure who owns the bar. Giving a monopoly to what sounded like an interesting concept certainly leads to either a win win or lose lose situation. If one fails, they will probably all fail. A pizza place in a food court that only serves whole pizzas vs by the slice is ridiculous. Just a brief mention of the steel chairs. Even though the average villager might carry some extra padding, those seats are horribly uncomfortable and certainly don;t give a welcome and stay with us a while feel. Sawgrass was a great concept with absolutely horrible implementation.

The Villages run McGrady’s, The Sawgrass Bar and the soon to come entertainment. The restaurants inside sawgrass are rented out. The villages also runs Fenney Grill, which I really like and a couple more places.

[Graspher]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

So, they owe you 64 cents change. Did they round down for their convenience of not having to handle coins, or did they just rob you of 64 cents and try to justify their thieving?

Excellent take-away. I bet the rounding down would neutralize the no coin change provided concept. This would slightly favor the customer and remove the heat from their policy. And I bet not really result in any real loss to the establishment.

The Frenchy's employee announced the amount due - I passed over $20 and was expecting a return of change.

Frenchy's employee placed my cash in the drawer and closed it without missing a beat. Never said anything about their NO coin change provided policy.

I didn't bother saying anything cause I wasn't going to sweat the .64. My initial thought was he forgot to provide the change...followed by he made a decision to auto-tip himself.

It wasn't until I returned to retrieve the pizza that I saw the no change sign on the counter way opposite of the register.

I'm going with robbery.

[Graspher]

Originally Posted by jaygardens

well thank you for teaching me about leoparding and for this review

My pleasure.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Graspher

Excellent take-away. I bet the rounding down would neutralize the no coin change provided concept. This would slightly favor the customer and remove the heat from their policy. And I bet not really result in any real loss to the establishment.

The Frenchy's employee announced the amount due - I passed over $20 and was expecting a return of change.

Frenchy's employee placed my cash in the drawer and closed it without missing a beat. Never said anything about their NO coin change provided policy.

I didn't bother saying anything cause I wasn't going to sweat the .64. My initial thought was he forgot to provide the change...followed by he made a decision to auto-tip himself.

It wasn't until I returned to retrieve the pizza that I saw the no change sign on the counter way opposite of the register.

I'm going with robbery.

Sorry you were so nice. Most folks would do as you did and not make a fuss over a measly 64 cents. I am not most people. I would have called them out and explained to the management in front of the waiting customers why what they are doing is theft. There is a principle here and is shining a spotlight on a lack of honesty and integrity.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Sorry you were so nice. Most folks would do as you did and not make a fuss over a measly 64 cents. I am not most people. I would have called them out and explained to the management in front of the waiting customers why what they are doing is theft. There is a principle here and is shining a spotlight on a lack of honesty and integrity.

I absolutely would not make a fuss over 64 cents. I never sweat the small stuff.

[Annie66]

Originally Posted by Graspher

Our first visit was Sunday 9/11 - arrived 12:05 p.m. About 50 people milling around - 20 surrounding the bar area - 4 tables were occupied.

Chose Frenchy's for a wood-fired pizza - 4 employees working the pizza production.

"I'd like a medium pepperoni and sausage pizza".

"We only make one size and it's 12 inches. You can't order a pepperoni and sausage pizza. You can only order a pizza as described on our menu - but we can add and subtract toppings."

Their menu details 5 or 6 pizza combinations (each selectable pizza has several toppings on it). One of their selections includes sausage plus other toppings and another of their selections features pepperoni plus other toppings.

We chose their "sausage" pizza - deleted the onions - deleted the roasted green peppers...and added pepperoni.

The sausage combo pizza is priced at $15.00. No monetary deduction for eliminating the onions or peppers. There was an upcharge of $3.00 for the pepperoni. Total including a tax of $1.36 was $19.36.

I handed over $20 in cash. The receipt showed Total Due 19.36 / pymt cash 20.00 / Change Due .64. The cash register knows change is due - but Frenchy's policy is - they don't give coin change. They have a sign that says no coin provided but it is not located near the register.

Our pizza order was placed at 12:13pm (per the receipt). Our boxed pizza was presented to us at 12:48pm. Paper plates were not offered - but were provided upon request. The paper plates were....more paper then anything else. Very flimsy and couldn't support the weight of a small slice of pizza with just two toppings on it.

Frenchy's uses a wood-fired oven. The bottom of the crust was not crispy and was absent any degree of visible leoparding.

Darlin's Sweet Shoppe will not accept cash - only cards.

At least one other establishment (possibly 2) have signs posted indicating they will not provide any coin type change.

The majority of seating in the market area consists of flat steel or solid wood seat bottoms.

Them the facts and nothing but the facts...

Thanks Joe Friday.

[Annie66]

Originally Posted by Laker14

Well, I learned something today. I had never heard of "cup and char" pepperoni. I've been eating pepperoni pizzas for 60+ years, and I'd noticed that sometimes the pepperoni "cups" up, and "chars" on the edges, but I didn't know that it was by design, or that it had a name.
More embarrassing for me is to have lived in Western NY for 40+ years, and that it's credited as a Buffalo NY creation.
Now I know.

It sure is ..... as a kid, I used to get C&C pepperoni at Bocce's Pizza.

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Sorry you were so nice. Most folks would do as you did and not make a fuss over a measly 64 cents. I am not most people. I would have called them out and explained to the management in front of the waiting customers why what they are doing is theft. There is a principle here and is shining a spotlight on a lack of honesty and integrity.

I agree a fool and his money is easily parted. It’s not just $.64 is possibly x’s 100 fools a day x’s 7 days a week maybe picking up an extra $450 a week. Could care less if the business fails they won't be seeing my money.

[jojo]

I agree that the cheese and sauce were good. I did not like the pepperoni which is exactly as you described.

[jojo]

I agree that the cheese and sauce were good. Did not like the pepperoni which was exactly as you described. Seats were uncomfortable. Guess that makes for quicker turnover.

[Annie66]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Which CC??

Suleimans own Havana, Legacy, Glenview and now the Angus Grill.