[Sir LensAloft]

Good question. I would imagine not. But, it would be something interesting to pursue.....

[Sir LensAloft]

Villages Phone Book - Talk of The Villages

Just now ran across this thread.

[Figmo Bohica]

An Indoor 25 yard shooting range.

[buggyone]

A Villages-wide handgun ban.

[rosygail]

I agree that the Christmas Tree Shop would be great. We also need a quality craft, needlework store that carries needlepoint, cross stitch, scrapbooking etc. Not a Michaels or Joanns, but somewhere you could get Villages exclusive designs etc!

All these visiting ladies (and some men) would love a villages themed cross stitch.needlepoint kit to take home.

[Figmo Bohica]

Then we can ban the 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th ,7th 8th 9, and 10th Amendments. Would that make you happy?

[wendyquat]

Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica

Then we can ban the 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th ,7th 8th 9, and 10th Amendments. Would that make you happy?

May as well ban them! They are being pretty much trampled upon!

[Moderator]

OK, let's return to the topic of what The Villages needs and save the gun rights discussions for the political forum.

Thanks for your cooperation.

[Shirleevee]

Costco

Good pizza

Better food!
Trader Joe's
Whole Food
Wegman's.....all before I die please!

[Mark1130]

When I am rushing to the golf course trying to beat my tee time, I would love some type of drive through for coffee and breakfast sandwich that I can get fast and eat in my cart. at most places I always have to park, go in, and then wait to get what I want.

Make it a place for golf cart only drive thru and a walk up window for others. We have a place in Destin on the golf courses that work out perfectly for those in the resort. It is always busy.

Secondly, how about an online reservation system for all the Villages restaurants? You go to the pages, scroll to the place you want to eat and see if you can get a time you want. Ideally, the place would have an updated waiting time or open times showing online. You have to reserve it with a credit card. This would save the constant phone calls in during the snowbird months and I am sure it would help the restaurants too.

As much as we all love to eat out it would take some of the frustration out of the dining experience.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by caharrold

Need a Dairy Queen. The frozen yogurt places are fine and have their place but for us NE folks who miss DQ, the closest is about 15 miles away - in a truck stop. Also need a discount place like Ocean State Job Lots or Building 19 - salvage stores, basically- for some real bargains. Xmas Tree Shoppe would be wonderful, too - great bargains and something for everyone. For Fitness Centers, Planet Fitness is a great fit for T.V. - inexpensive, state of the art equipment and all for less than $20/month.

There used to be two DQ here, one on 441 and one on 466, but both went under. Lack of customers, I guess. I think the one on 466 still lies vacant.

[GreggB]

Originally Posted by Shirleevee

Costco

Good pizza

Better food!
Trader Joe's
Whole Food
Wegman's.....all before I die please!

[dominojc]

One stop shopping for radios, glove compart, heaters, mirrors, compasses, speedometers, fancy seat covers and floor mats, baskets for back, flags, license plates, decals....all the things we like to jazz up our carts with!

[rubicon]

What does The Villages need? More people

[VillagesFlorida]

Originally Posted by mikeod

There used to be two DQ here, one on 441 and one on 466, but both went under. Lack of customers, I guess. I think the one on 466 still lies vacant.

Yeah, a lack of customers, all right. Portion sizes were not consistent. There was a big turnover of help. It seemed that they (mostly kids) were poorly trained as to how to make a decent blizzard. One thing I know after living here for so long is that you can not mess with Villagers when it comes to food. Many a restaurant has gone out of business because management thought they could fool us by cutting back on quality and serving sizes. The fact that TWO Dairy Queens both bit the dust is still hard for me to fathom. I love DQ and I wish we had one here. But, I will tell anyone who is thinking of trying it again, "If I order a blizzard I would like the danged cup full, not 2/3 or 3/4 full. Raising your prices and then cutting back on portions just doesn't work for me."