What does The Villages Need?

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #136  
Old 03-11-2010, 03:02 PM
shazam shazam is offline
Member
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 37
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default

Ray' Famous. I can visualize the oil dripping down my chin.
  #137  
Old 03-11-2010, 03:46 PM
cybermuda cybermuda is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 379
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default What we need

maybe a jitney service running up and down morse and buena vista, connecting us to lake sumter landing and spanish springs and some of the shopping center..maybe also along 466?


I'm all in favor of this - it would get some of the traffic off the roads and help those who now find it hard driving for themselves - plus help we residents get rid of our visitors for a few hours without having to chauffeur them :-)
  #138  
Old 11-14-2010, 09:00 AM
scrapple's Avatar
scrapple scrapple is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Country Club Hills
Posts: 449
Thanks: 3
Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts
Default Whole Foods

I need a place like "Whole Foods", organic, lots of bulk bins, reasonably priced, chair massages, weekend cooking demos, great bakery, great deli, tables to sit at after picking up a healthy yum yum to chat with friends about world issues while sipping away from a recycled coffee cup. You really feel good after leaving a place like that!
  #139  
Old 11-14-2010, 10:46 AM
2BNTV's Avatar
2BNTV 2BNTV is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 10,711
Thanks: 1
Thanked 134 Times in 61 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart Jim View Post
Planet fitness. 10$per month.

_____________________________
East Orange ,NJ, Bloomfield,NJ, Staten Isl,NY, Middletown,NY
I agree. Another vote for Planet Fitness!!!!!
  #140  
Old 11-14-2010, 11:02 AM
REDCART REDCART is offline
Platinum member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,890
Thanks: 124
Thanked 200 Times in 99 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by cybermuda View Post
maybe a jitney service running up and down morse and buena vista, connecting us to lake sumter landing and spanish springs and some of the shopping center..maybe also along 466?


I'm all in favor of this - it would get some of the traffic off the roads and help those who now find it hard driving for themselves - plus help we residents get rid of our visitors for a few hours without having to chauffeur them :-)
Sumter County recently started very basic service along the lines you suggested.
http://sumtercountyfl.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=36
It's not perfect but it's a start.
  #141  
Old 11-14-2010, 12:26 PM
EdV's Avatar
EdV EdV is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Village of Stonecrest
Posts: 1,122
Thanks: 0
Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts
Default

For those of you who posted in this thread wanting:

1. A family owned restaurant
2. A NY deli/diner style restaurant
3. A place to get Gyros
4. A restaurant that serves Greek food

The new Athens NY style Diner that just opened up next to Katie Belles might just be the answer.

If it’s as good as the majority of reviews here for their Mt. Dora location it should become quite popular with TV residents.

And here’s a link to their menu.
  #142  
Old 11-14-2010, 12:50 PM
pooh's Avatar
pooh pooh is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: MA, CA, TV
Posts: 6,101
Thanks: 2
Thanked 11 Times in 6 Posts
Default

Costco, just in case no one has mentioned this.
__________________
Namaste y'all
  #143  
Old 11-14-2010, 01:29 PM
jblum8156's Avatar
jblum8156 jblum8156 is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Village of Hemingway
Posts: 520
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Costco and Trader Joe's!
__________________
Tappahannock Va.; Richmond Va.; Durham N.C.; NYC; Mamaroneck, NY; Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Fl.; Mamaroneck again; Rye, Port Chester, White Plains NY;Hemingway Village
  #144  
Old 11-14-2010, 05:04 PM
Pturner's Avatar
Pturner Pturner is offline
Sage
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 7,064
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by jblum8156 View Post
Costco and Trader Joe's!
That would be great!
  #145  
Old 11-14-2010, 10:21 PM
chuckinca's Avatar
chuckinca chuckinca is offline
Sage
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 4,904
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

And as soon as the new Athens New York goes belly up - a proven winner for that location: White Castle.

A link to their menu: http://www.whitecastle.com/


.
__________________
Da Chicago So Side; The Village of Park Forest, IL; 3/7 Cav, 3rd Inf Div, Schweinfurt, Ger 65-66; MACV J12 Saigon 66-67; San Leandro, Hayward & Union City, CA (San Francisco East Bay Area) GO DUBS ! (aka W's)

Last edited by chuckinca; 11-14-2010 at 10:25 PM.
  #146  
Old 11-14-2010, 11:21 PM
DeafDeaf's Avatar
DeafDeaf DeafDeaf is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 122
Thanks: 0
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
Default

Can we all write to Traders Joe to consider establishing a new branch here?

If you absolutely must speak with someone at the Trader Joe's corporate office you can call them at 626-599-3700 (customer service is extension 3035).

Why? The nearest ones are all in Georgia - none in FLORIDA!!!
  #147  
Old 11-14-2010, 11:24 PM
SALYBOW's Avatar
SALYBOW SALYBOW is offline
Platinum member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: The Villages, fl
Posts: 1,518
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Send a message via Skype™ to SALYBOW
Default Skyline

We need a Skyline Chili parlor like they have in the Cincinnati Ohio area. Also a trader Joes
__________________
Sally Bowron
Cincinnati, Ohio; Osceola Hills at Soaring Eagle, TV

When God made me he said Ta Da!
  #148  
Old 11-14-2010, 11:26 PM
DeafDeaf's Avatar
DeafDeaf DeafDeaf is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 122
Thanks: 0
Thanked 13 Times in 11 Posts
Default

Also, I want either Dick's Sporting Goods or Sport Authority in The Villages, not in Ocala!
  #149  
Old 11-15-2010, 01:12 AM
thistrucksforyou thistrucksforyou is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Brownsburg, Indiana just west of Indianapolis
Posts: 231
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckinca View Post
Need a White Castle!
You probably already know but just incase you don't Crystals is a southern version of white castles....Owned by crystal gayle i am told....
  #150  
Old 11-15-2010, 07:02 AM
redwitch's Avatar
redwitch redwitch is offline
Sage
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 9,099
Thanks: 3
Thanked 80 Times in 37 Posts
Send a message via Yahoo to redwitch
Default

Several have contacted Trader Joe's in the past begging for a store here. No go. No plans to open one in Florida, either. Sure wish they would. I miss my weekly jaunt to that store. (Course, I'm saving a lot of money by not having one here.)
__________________
Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)

"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
Closed Thread


You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:25 AM.