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Restaurant Impossible and Kitchen Nightmares - How Many Survive?
- chicgail Nov 25, 2011 12:19 PM
I saw an old rerun of Kitchen Nightmares at a place called Sebastians that I know closed some time after the show and I found myself wondering how some of those restaurants ultimately do after Ramsay or Irvine leave.
The two-day (or even week-long) fix hardly seems to address some of the problems of cash flow, kitchen hygiene, service issues and familiar cooking short-cuts like pre-prepared and frozen foods. Does anyone know what the track record is of either RI or KN?
Do you personally know of any of those featured restaurants and what happened after the camera crews left?
In Philadelphia, RI did an episode earlier this year at a restaurant called La Stanza, and I know they are still open, however, I was not impressed when I visited there (post RI visit). KN did an episode at a place called Hot Potato Cafe last year and I know that it has since closed. But that might also be a function of their concept...baked potatoes.
KN has also just finished two new eps here that will air next year. We'll see what happens with those.
re: Philly Ray
I just read that Zocalo, a Philadelphia restaurant that Gordon Ramsay visited for Kitchen Nightmares about a year and a half ago, has closed.
re: Philly Ray
Chiarella's (from Kitchen Nightmares) is still open and doing well. I've eaten there a few times (both before and after KN) and the food was always delicious. They have added some of their old dishes to the menu.
The one restaurant in DE that RI did - Rascal's was doomed even before the show. I don't know of a single person that ever went there. It's my understanding that it's since closed & reopened under a new name with many of the similar problems.
I will sometimes Google the restaurant to see if they are still open & read reviews. I know Ramsay has done "after" shows that go back to the place afterwards.
re: jenscats5
In the recap show I saw, Ramsay only revisited restaurants that survived.
re: chicgail
One of the recap shows I saw Ramsay did go back to a restaurant that had been sold. He ended up calling a waiter who used to work there to talk about what happened.
Here's a non-complete listing of restaurants that didn't survive after KN.
re: Firegoat
Downcity in Providence has also closed, and I'm pretty sure Fleming's in Miami as well.
re: chicgail
GR revisited a restaurant in Boca Raton Fl - Anna Vincenzis - in a recap show and the owner had sold it, got divorced and lost about 100lbs (not necessarily in that order). We went for dinner there a week after GR had done the initial makeover but before the show had aired and it was pretty unexciting so it was no surprise it closed down.
re: smartie
The one I saw was a seafood restaurant where Gordon bought them a big fancy lobster vending machine (like one of those toy claw things you see for toys in a supermarket). He went on and on how it was the only one like it in the area. When he went back it was closed. Sold. Reopened and redecorated with new owners, new theme. So he called in a waiter who told him one of the first things the owner did was sell the fancy lobster machine tank thing.
Here's a link to that episode. The restaurant that closed was The Black Pearl and the last clip on the episode.
re: chicgail
it's a little hard to visit a closed restaurant, isn't it? :)
The episodes themselves occassionaly DO mentioned during, or just before, the credits that the restaurant has unfortuently had to close since ramsey's been.
re: Midknight
That does sound silly, but while the restaurants may have closed, presumably the owners are still alive and can talk. I would find it interesting to find out what they think was ultimately was the cause of the closure.
re: jenscats5
Rascals replayed yesterday and was super disturbing on so many levels.
I have to think that broadcasting the restaurants behind the scenes story ensured its doom.
re: C. Hamster
haha, they supported my baseball team when I was there for law school....how random is that!?!
re: Firegoat
Interesting how they didn't include that little tidbit of info in the postscript when it aired.
I watched a few episodes of KN today and it's enough to keep me off of restaurants forever. How can no one take responsibility for a clean food storage area, and how can food stay in a walk in so long it disintegrates? I mean, can they not smell? Are they blind to the rat poop and cock roaches? Do they not care if they kill someone?
Sorry for the rant, but right now I'm afraid, very afraid ;-)
re: monavano
That one scared me.
Green chicken, moldy burgers, flies everywhere. Then you see the rat poop and the cockroaches.
re: chileheadmike
Yes! Dillion's and the Handlebar (not as gross). I just can not get the apathy and how an owner can idly stand by and watch the people they pay NOT do their jobs, all the while losing their own shirts.
If my chef said she's not a chef and it's not her passion, she's be gone. The thing is (at Handlebar), she looked to be competent in the kitchen with just a little motivation.
re: chileheadmike
Things didn't really get that much better after he left, later health dept inspections were just as worrying.
re: Scrapironchef
Note to self: Do *NOT* eat at restaurants that do not let me inspect the kitchen.
re: shezmu
I find the most worrying kitchens are usually found in Indan restos, they're either great or horrible.
The two he did in the Detroit area did not survive.
The resto on the lake went through a couple of incarnations and is now open under a different name as a part of a successful restaurant group. It was an amusing episode--GR going out on the lake in a snowmobile to talk to the ice fishermen (and WTF? Lake perch in a CHOWDER? a crime against lake perch, IMO)
Based on followups from the UK version I'd be surprised if more than half stayed open and did well:
Besides, restaurants that open have an 80 percent failure rate, and these are restaurants without the problems requiring high profile intervention.
I see GRs involvement as a last ditch effort to stay open and I suspect the majority will either fail or be sold
OH and I found this:
good reading!.
re: smartie
Enough of this "four weeks" or "two more months" stuff. I'd love to see one of the owners say to RI, "Thank god you're here, we were going to close TOMORROW!"
I've seen about half a dozen Kitchen Nightmare episodes and it seems to me that, in most cases, the underlying problem is bad management or bad cooking or both. Even after Ramsay comes and gives the kitchen a makeover, the underlying problem, which was bad management and/or bad cooking is still there. If it's bad management, hire better management. If it's bad cooking, hire a good chef. If you keep the same lousy chef or manager around, basically they're going to revert to their old ways. What makes this a difficult issue is that, in many cases, the bad manager/chef is also the owner.
For most of these restaurants, it was probably not a good idea to televise the kinds of problems going on in the kitchen. If you have dirty water leaking onto clean dishes in your kitchen, that would be a strong reason for me *never* to visit that restaurant, even after the makeover. Reason being that if the personnel were lax enough to allow that level of unsanitary hygiene, that suggests to me that they have no standards of cleanliness. So as long as the same personnel continue to run the restaurant, you can't trust that they've improved.
I remember watching part of one Kitchen Nightmares episode where one of two twin brothers remarked flippantly to a customer who complained about an undercooked chicken dish, "You don't like raw chicken?" and making a note *never* to visit that establishment.
re: ginobean
I remember that episode too - lol!!! Little Italian place with two extremely heavy twin brothers running the place who'd never even worked in a restaurant before. Unbelievably lazy, & would cry at the drop of a hat when criticized. About 15 minutes into the episode, I wanted to bitch-slap the two of them - lol!!
As far as the survival rate, I'm sure it's pretty darn dismal. Not only because of the common possibility of everyone going back to their ways right after Gordon leaves, but also because 99% of these places are so severely in debt & have been for so long at makeover time, that no matter what they do, it's too late. Business is business, & in this day & age, very few creditors/vendors are going to extend a long overdue grace period simply because Gordon Ramsay stopped by.
re: Bacardi1
That was Capri in Eagle Rock and they did a complete turnaround and are still open and doing well. He actually did a follow up with them.
I researched Restaurant Impossible and compiled this list:
Restaurant Impossible
(episode list from Wikipedia) (Status from Yelp, Facebook, CHOW, etc)
Villari's, Palmyra, New Jersey - OPEN (Yelp review 3/12) website active
Mainelli's Restaurant, Providence, Rhode Island - CLOSED (according to Yelp)
Rascal's BBQ and Crab House, New Castle, Delaware - CLOSED (according to CHOW)
Salt Works II, Wilmington, North Carolina- OPEN (4/12 reivew on FaceBook page, 12/11 on Yelp)
Meglio's, Bridgeton, Missouri - OPEN (Yelp review 4/12)
Secret Garden Cafe, Jacksonville, Florida - OPEN (Yelp review 5/12)
Flood Tide, Mystic, Connecticut - OPEN (Yelp review 3/12)
Dodge City, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - OPEN (reviews - Yelp 12/11 - Facebook 5/12) website active
La Stanza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - OPEN (Yelp review 4/12)
Sweet Tea, Chapin, South Carolina - OPEN - New Owner 4/12 (Urban Spoon review 4/12)
County Fare, Stafford, Virginia - CLOSED (according to Yelp)
Snooty Fox, Indianapolis, Indiana - CLOSED (according to Yelp)
Pastori's, Ellington, Connecticut - OPEN (Yelp review 11/11) website active
Scrimmages, Wilmington, Delaware - OPEN (Yelp review 9/11) website active
Mamma D's, Pipersville, Pennsylvania - OPEN (Yelp review 10/11) website active
The Trails, San Diego, California - OPEN (Yelp review 4/12)
Cap'n and the Cowboy, Port Charlotte, Florida - OPEN (Yelp review 3/12) website active
Mad Cactus, Strongsville, Ohio - OPEN (Yelp review 2/12) website active
McShane's, East Syracuse, New York - OPEN (Yelp review 5/12)
Coffee's Boilin' Pot, Madisonville, Louisiana - OPEN (Yelp review 5/12) - Website being updated page
St. James Soup Kitchen, Newark, New Jersey - OPEN (Yelp review 5/12) website active
Wildcat Café, Canton, Ohio - OPEN (Yelp entry 5/12) website active
Sullivan's, Fruita, Colorado - OPEN (Yelp review 2/12) website active
Hoffman's, Santa Cruz, California - OPEN (Yelp entry 5/12) website active
Moss', Elyria, Ohio - OPEN (Yelp review 4/12) website active
Chatterbox, Windham, New Hampshire - OPEN (Yelp review 5/12) website active
Anna Maria's, Dunmore, Pennsylvania - OPEN (Yelp review 3/12) website active
Del's, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - OPEN (Yelp review 2/12) website active
Woody's Tupelo Steakhouse,Tupelo, Mississippi - OPEN (Yelp review 4/12) website active
Valley View, Quarryville, Pennsylvania - CLOSED (according to Yelp)
Pelican Grill, Seabrook, Texas - OPEN (Yelp review 1/12) website active
Mama Lee's Soul Food Restaurant, San Antonio, Texas - OPEN (Yelp review 5/12) website active
Pappas Restaurant, Benicia, California - OPEN (Yelp review 2/12) website active
Ristorante Barolo, Aptos, California - OPEN (Yelp review 5/12) website active
University Grill, Burlington, North Carolina - OPEN website active
Pollard's Bar-B-Q, Memphis, Tennessee - OPEN website active
re: Antilope
That actually looks like a pretty good track record, considering that the restaurants would supposedly have closed without intervention. Given the average failure rate for restaurants and the tough economy, I would have expected about half of them to have closed.
I've only seen one episode of KN, and between five and ten of RI, but my sense is that Irving may be better at working out the management/personality problems, defining roles, etc. There's a difference between tough love and bullying that he seems to understand.
re: Ruth Lafler
re: Ruth Lafler
Captain and the Cowboy( Port Charlotte). ( from Season Two) closed in May of last year.( they told their staff it was for the summer but never came back).
re: Ruth Lafler
Robert's approach seems almost ministerial, sometimes -- he actually seems to want the people to get along.
re: Antilope
Thanks for the info. I have always wanted to know, but never took the time to look them all up.
One of the restaurants featured on KN Season 3 was Lido di Manhattan Beach, which is located in Manhattan Beach, CA. It's still open and pretty popular. But I have gone there a few times and the food is not that impressive and overpriced, and the owner, Lisa, is pretty arrogant and cold. Not worth it. They did keep a couple of Ramsay's items on the menu, and did take his recommendations about incorporating a wine bar theme so they do wine pairing dinners and winetasting events that are very popular. But overall it's a pass.
re: eatzlady
But "Lido" isn't owned by the same woman who owned it back when Ramsay did his show there. If you watched the episode, you'd see that at the end, they say that regardless of Ramsay's assistance, the owner was way too far in debt already to make a go of it, & sold the place even before the show aired. So while I definitely agree that Gordon isn't the be all & end all savior of restaurants, who knows what suggestions of his the new owners changed or kept.
re: Bacardi1
You might be thinking of the wrong episode. The owner, Lisa, is still the same. I've met and spoken to her. At the end of this episode Ramsay goes back to Lido and finds business way up. Here's a link talking about that ep: http://kitchennightmares-kitchennight...
I do give her kudos for being one of the few still open and perhaps even thriving after a KN makeover, but I personally think it has more to do with the location of her restaurant (it's on Restaurant row near all the major aerospace companies in El Segundo) than her food or concept. The place is the quintessential "meh" experience.
re: eatzlady
You're right. I'm thinking of another restaurant owned by a single older woman. Ramsay made "her" over & the restaurant over, but she was too deep in debt to make a go of it after he left.
re: Bacardi1
I was thinking of "Lela's", also in California.
it's kind of like that hair salon show with what's her name from Shear Genius, Tabatha.
I've seen 3 of the salons she made over and all 3 are boarded up.
an Italian place is gone here in California where GR found the unthinkable in the restrooms.
other than that, I'll bet it's a crapshoot.
re: iL Divo
Those restaurant improvement shows are extremely bad PR for the restaurateurs. Would anybody on this board go to the restaurants managed by these people? I dont know if I would
re: ZakiKabobhouse
You wouldn't go, and I wouldn't go either, but news that Ramsey or Irvine are in town gets these places packed, even before the new reveal, with predictable results of bad food and service. After the review, the food usually has trouble coming out of the kitchen, with the chefs sometimes serving the old junk that got them in trouble. My favorite parts of these shows is when Ramsay and Irvine sample the crummy food that got these places in trouble. Most of the time the cooks can't believe the food is bad at all.
re: James Cristinian
'How would you rate your food out of 10?'
'9 or 10'
This part always kills me....
re: dbrodbeck
its also funny that when the shows leave after the crowds die down.. They are giving the restaurant back to the same exact management...it would probably best to sell afterwards or get a better management and the owners just be the owners
re: ZakiKabobhouse
So true! I never watch these shows. But one was on the other day and I just left it. The kitchen was so disgusting and I was shocked that no one go fired! The same filthy "cooks" are in the kitchen. I don't care how much paint you put on the wall or what the menu changes to, if you keep the same disgusting dirty untrained staff, how do you expect to fix the problem? Blech.
re: ZakiKabobhouse
Amen to that. Most RI episodes I've seen, the Health Department should have shut them down years ago. No way I would give them a first chance, let alone a second having seen them on an episode.
re: mike0989
That really freaky thing that we may well be visiting restaurants like this without knowing it! I really really have to never ever watch this show again!
But you bring up a good issue about the Health Department.
I just don't know how the keep the same staff. If you run a business I can sort of understand you don't do or know everything but you should be hiring people who DO! If you get sued it's your butt on the line not the staff.
re: LaPerlaMia
These problems start at the top in my opinion. It's not just the Staff, it's the Owner that either allows the problem to occure, is an active participant in the problem, or BOTH.
What really blows me away is how many time has Robert used the phrase "You don't deserve to be in the restaurant business", yet he actively working to keep him in it.
re: LaPerlaMia
Where the hell are the Health inspectors before the show even aired? I can't believe that all of these shows were in business to begin with. I mean do we need more health inspectors?
Several years ago I got Hep B (the gift that keeps on giving) from a nasty cafe in Sooner OK.....NOW when I drive to my brothers house in TX (I live in MN), I drive through that entire state without stopping unless I need gas and the only food I do eat is what I bring with me.
When I watch KN...it only reinforces if it looks nasty, smells nasty and the staff don't give a shit, then leave.
re: minpinmom
I love the LA letter grading system not only for it's "rating at a glance" but they also are dated so you know when the last time the place was inspected.
re: minpinmom
@minpinmom I am.sorry to be the bearer of bad news for you but you canNOT get Hep B from food. Rather, transmission of the virus results from exposure to infected blood or body fluids. There has yet to be a documented case if this coming directly from food.
Hep A however is remotely possible as it is --forgive the grotesque nature -- a fecal-borne virus and can happen from dirty poopy hands on your food.
re: ZakiKabobhouse
I lived very close to a restaurant that RI made over in season 2. The food was not bad at all, in fact, RI even commented on camera that the place was clean, the food was good so why was he there. There was frequently a line out the door for breakfast and lunch. The owner had actual, viable restaurant experience on top of that. So just exactly *why* was this place failing?
Turns out that the owner drastically over paid for the restaurant when she bought it, then compounded things by doing a much needed expansion and freshening up of the decor. A few other things were revealed along the way...
1) Prices were too low, and I would agree with that
2) Because prices were so low, and the owner so engaging, the retirees in the neighborhood would come in, order coffee and *maybe* a muffin or English Muffin and then proceed to sit there all morning reading the newspaper and drinking the free refills.
3) Little to now outside signage so unless you lived in the area there was nothing to indicate to people driving by there was a restaurant set back from the street (and tons of free parking)
4) The owner had tried dinner service and failed miserably. Plus she had 2 young kids at home and wasn't getting to see much of them so she discontinued dinner service.
The makeover team took a place in fairly good shape and made it better. RI reinstituted dinner service starting with only 2 days a week (it's now open 4-nights a week) and revamped the dinner menu. He also helped the owner understand how to figure out food cost more efficiently and prices were raised on many items.
It's still primarily a B/L spot but they're still open for dinner, doing far better than before RI and will probably be a fixture in the neighborhood for some time. This was probably one of the least dysfunctional restaurants ever featured on Restaruant Impossible and also one of it's most successful rehabs. What the makeover did was show the owner how to have a life in addition to the business, and both improved.
3 or 4 of the original RI menu items are still on the menu and they're good, not knock your socks off delicious, but very good and appropriate for a neighborhood with a large number of young families and retirees and not much else in between. I eat there every 6-8 weeks and it's fine. I do, however, think it's time for them to switch up the menu somewhat (it's getting tired) and I also think some of the portion sizes on some items is too big.
In watching RI there are some restaurants you know just aren't salvagable. This wasn't one of them. The rehab worked and eating there is not like taking your life in your own hands. The food is good and the owner engaged in running her business.
re: DiningDiva
That's a good demonstration about what I like about RI: his holistic approach and his insistence that people should be able to have both a life and a successful restaurant.
re: DiningDiva
They have also positioned themselves well by having many gluten-free options. Oddly enough that strip mall seems to be rich in gluten free choices.
re: iL Divo
That's actually Salon Takeover. Shear Genius was the show with Jonathan Antin, brother of Robin Antin, originator of the Pussycat Dolls. I need to get a life.
re: Just Visiting
Right. But Tabatha made her name on the first season of Shear Genius -- IIRC she was one of the finalists. I guess the producers liked her so much they gave her her own show.
Interesting article online from New York Times today (in print on Wednesday): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/din...
Relevant quote:
"But most owners, even the ones who have undone Chef Irvine's dictates, have no regrets. They got to watch a pro up close, they got a motivating kick in the pants and, through the magic of television, the show bestowed on their restaurant a kind of celebrity."
re: drongo
Interesting, thank you. I'd always wanted to know how they got those renovations done in two days, so found this interesting: "Like a lot of reality TV, the show relies on a bit of sleight of hand. It appears as if the renovation is dreamed up on the fly, but the decorator actually shows up a month or two ahead to take measurements and start planning. Containers filled with raw materials arrive before Mr. Irvine, but restaurant owners are forbidden from opening the boxes. "
Finn McCool's of Westhampton Beach, NY (featured in Season One of KN) is now permanently closed. There was some confusion for a while - the pub half stayed open while the restaurant closed seasonally - but as of two weeks ago when I drove past, I noticed it was boarded up, and the website is gone.
re: tinica
In the second revisit episode, it was noted that Buddy, the owner, sold the place over a year after with "an offer he couldn't refuse."
Well, the Hotel Hell episode with Gordon - the Cambridge Hotel - that's closed and already sold. They couldn't make a go of it after he left. (It's not that far from where I live.)
As stated in the episode-by-episode list below, most of these restaurants do stay open or get sold to another willing entrepreneur. I have wondered about this too, though. Since I own my own business, I watch these shows with interest. I think most of the issues boil down to owners not understanding their own limitations, or owners creating the kind of restaurant they want instead of what the majority of their customers want.
I assume a lot of what happens during Ramsay or Irvine's visits happens off-camera. I'd no more think of hiring a consultant for two days than I would for two hours - it's clearly not enough time. And I know - I'm a consultant myself! No matter how well versed we are in our fields, we need sufficient time to accurately observe without jumping to premature conclusions about what's going on.
Restaurant owners, or those who think they want to open restaurants, would do well to watch these shows and take a good look at how bad it can be! And hey, if you're local to one of these restaurants, give them a try post-makeover ... it can't be easy to go on TV and show everyone how you got your ass handed to you by a feisty, foulmouthed Brit!
Each show is different so it is hard to compare and depends on whatbwhat you consider "failing." I don't count an owner selling their business as a failure; they avoided completely losing it to their debt and at least hopefully made something. Having it taken is a different story. Losing it because of the amassed debt as well is different.
Neither Ramsay nor Irvine get them out of debt during the show; that is the owner's responsibility using the tools the chefs give the owner. So to place fault on GR or RI is like blaming your boss for you being late for work because you are due to start work at 8 a.m.
If they use the tools and fail, that is one thing....and indeed failure. But many times the debt is too large to overcome without it bring paid by someone else.
I was pondering this one myself recently. I have recorded a few Ramsey's and seen 2 of the others. So far -0- are still around. This is 0 for 6.
This could have something to do with hurricanes in south Louisiana however most yelp posts state that every one of the restaurants I have checked out were closed before storms moved in.
I cannot speak for many but I agree with you. It seems quite impossible to change a culture of malfeasance with a single kitchen clean, two new dishes (one ubiquitously a crab cake), and a 1995 interior make over.
Mike and Nelly's restaurant in Ocean Township NJ closed within a year of Ramsay doing an episode from their location. You could tell throughout the show the owner was just spent...didn't have the desire anymore he was drinking to excess while cooking and just didn't care about any quality. A week with Ramsay isn't going to cure an alcoholic.
re: jrvedivici
>>A week with Ramsay isn't going to cure an alcoholic.
But it might create one. ;-)
re: Antilope
Yes, it certainly could drive one to drink!
re: iL Divo
What were the places? I've seen pretty much all of them but the names blur. I remember the urine on the ceiling show, just call me urine curious.
I happened to catch an episode of kitchen nightmares over the weekend (the old hitching post, outside boston). I looked it up and it seems to be up and running, with gordon's decor and menu apparently.
We've been catching up with KN on DVR with lots of reruns, and googled a Parisian restaurant out of curiosity to see what happened to the space (it closed before the episode even finished) and were flabbergasted to find this story:
So...you know...Restauranteurs go on to do other stuff I guess...
re: thursday
I think her restaurant was the sort most of us nonchefs would love to run, so it's ironic she couldn't do it.
re: thursday
Well, for starters, I'm not sure how much integrity/credibility I'd put in anything printed in "The Sun". It's more tabloid than newspaper.
Second, if you watched the "Piccolo" episode, the "owner" (who only owned the place thanks to wealthy daddy buying it for her), was a right spoiled, lazy, "entitled" little brat in every way, shape, & form. It doesn't surprise me at all that she'd try to do a smear piece against Ramsay after seeing herself on camera. Not a flattering portrait in the least, but a factual one. Even her own father agreed with Gordon re: his daughter's strong shortcomings.
I also thought it was extremely nice of Gordon to give the restaurant's very talented young chef an immediate job at one of his own restaurants after her short stint at Piccolo thanks to the slovenly daughter.
And only 200 pounds a shot? Lord - she's not even a profitable hooker - lol!!!
re: Bacardi1
Oh, I agree - a shame, a travesty she couldn't run it, and not at all surprising and yet appalling she'd try to pin any of that life choice on Ramsay, who I am more and more impressed with as I watch the show. I didn't think she'd make it...I just didn't think she'd make THAT next career step...
re: Bacardi1
I'm sure she counters her low price by doing high volume.
My cousin has owned several successful Italian restaurants in the Bergen County area of NJ. One of the restaurants he sold was bought by a person that was later featured on season 1 of Kitchen Nightmares--Campania in Fairlawn, NJ. The owner was a nice guy, but a bit scatter brained and disorganized. He also had a drug problem. I believe the restaurant lasted 3 years after Ramsay's visit. A few days after it was sold, the owner committed suicide.
The owner claimed that Ramsay was actually a really nice guy and very supportive of his business and endeavors. He claimed that they really hype up the pissed-off Ramsay persona for the cameras.
re: kdlalib
I think a number of the owners on Kitchen Nightmares have drug & alcohol problems: refusal to accept feedback, ultra-controlling, blaming others, self-pity, explosive temper, resistance to change, lying, dismissing how bad the problems really are, refusal to trust others and delegate. That combination is a hallmark of one who is active in one's addiction and/or has narcissistic personality disorder. Case in point Joe of the current season (Ohio?) about whom there was a two-parter. Classic alcoholic.
I worked in a pizza joint about 25 years ago in California. This was my experience: cockroach ran across the ordering counter, customer slammed his hand on it, wiped off hand, continued to order. Two rats died in the pizza dough bowl (very large industrial) because one of the cooks sprayed water into it till they drowned. Wiped it out with a towel, threw away rats, and then used it. Other cook took a rat out of a trap, threw it away, continued cooking (nope, didn't even wipe hand). I saw the dish boy using cold water and asked if he shouldn't be using hot water. His reply- "what difference does it make, we haven't had soap for a week".
We got free food. I was in college and needed it. Ate there every day that I worked. When it comes to restaurants, I have long ago decided that if I don't see it, I ain't worrying about it (at the time, I saw it, and still ate it). No matter how fancy or clean it might seem in front, you really do not know what is going on in back. If you think about it, then really, there is absolutely no restaurant that you could ever go to and eat. I enjoy watching Ramsey because despite the yelling and cursing, he does really seem to care. After I read about Irvine and his investors going after him, I have had a hard time watching him as he seems like he is only successful because of his show. I don't think he was successful in restaurant business before then and so now he just comes off as pompous. Which is strange that I have leaned towards Ramsey, as I couldn't stand to watch him till the last couple months.
re: catroast
Fully agree, but her real name is Tanyer, at least according to Robert Irvine. Tanyer, last name Nayak I believe, is a must DVR, the wife is also a big fan.
Just looking at her website and there's an I in the middle of her name.
re: James Cristinian
ah yes that's her
she brings such positivity to the show and i love her can-do attitude
re: catroast
.....can-do attitude, and a winning smile.
re: James Cristinian
ya she's a major crush of mine
re: catroast
She used to be a regular on HGTV. Haven't seen her for a while but I really like her too (but not for the same reasons you guys do <gg>)
She did the re-do on a restaurant up the street from me that was featured on Restaurant Impossible a couple years ago. The place wasnt' in bad shape to begin with, but she did take it up a couple of notches. I like her design style.
In the same vein, does anyone watch Bar Rescue? Tapper was trolling the poor morons running that Piratz place, wasn't he? He knew the rescue wasn't going to work and decided to mess with the owners and staff with that whole "Corporate" name and theming? I can't think of any other explanation.
re: nokitchen
love love love bar rescue, best show on tv
re: nokitchen
Bar rescue is a great show. I actually enjoy all three of them, but find myself analyzing places when we go out to eat.......
re: nokitchen
Jon Taffer is a god. His advice doesn't always work, but then the people asking for his help don't always listen. I'm fascinated by his ability to pull a place apart and put it back together again saving the best and changing the rest. That is what great managers do. LOVE Bar Rescue.
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Agreed, though I find it's a very two-way street. In other words, if I'm more likely to enjoy parting with my money then more power to ya. A little charm, a good drink, a solid meal in a relaxed, clean, and social environment. What more can a person ask for in a bar?
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Never heard of the place but I hear this a lot on this show. Owner, "Everyone loves dishes x,y and z." Gordon, "There's nobody here!" Sounds like the friends of friends were some of the few that went. Something is wrong with that place, as it's on television for a reason.


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I'm really excited about watching 2005. Got all the Raw episodes (I hope so anyways), Smackdown is almost finished as are PPVs. Should be a great year.
And SC, you forgot Orton/Christian. They had an awesome series of matches last year and I heard their mini-feud on Raw 05 was also good.
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vs HHH vs Shawn Michaels (Wrestlemania 20) ~ *****
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An excellent title reign without a single dull match. Unfortunately, Benoit was never given a fair chance on a whole, though. He cut 1 or 2 promos throughout this entire reign and the only thing he got to do was wrestle which I understand was his strong point. But he was also never given much in way of opponents to work with either. Outside of the short feud with Kane, it was all HHH, HHH, HHH and more HHH. Then he got to play second-fiddle to Eugene's bullshit and the title became an afterthought. But he still managed to put on great matches every chance he got. Why couldn't have
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Praying for healing and restoration in Jesus name. Both physically and emotionally both Austin and his family.
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They are also laughing it up at the number of stupid posts in this thread claiming Michigan didn't want him. Several people on this board are giving the majority of us a bad name. Is it not possible that Pittman just flat out chose MSU? Last I checked then had a pretty good season last year. Congradulate the kid on the opportunity to get a free education via sports, don't chastise him on the school he selected. I never heard him bad mouthing UofM.
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Perhaps I am off base but a couple thoughts come to mind.
1. Summer job when they are not busy with football per say. Heck during the season it sounds like they shouldn't even have time to spend money so perhaps summer earning would hold them over for the most part.
2. I would be in favor of some sort of special loan program with say a $3600/year cap. These loans would be just like a student loan in that interest and payments would be deferred until after graduation. Either they would go pro and have no issues paying it off or they would get a degree and a job and then work on paying their off 15K to 20K in student loan debt upon graduation. This is assuming they borrowed the max for 5 years. I would love to only owe 15K to 20K for my degree.
3. In Stonum's case, the above would not be available. He lost that right with the second strike. Perhaps a little more incentive to keep clean.
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Great idea. After all, a free ride to one of the most prestigious university's in the country is clearly not enough. .
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From previous update.....
I wasn't offered on this trip, but we sat down with the coaches and they told me what they want out of me to get that offer. They said they want to see me at their camp and based off of that we'll talk about an offer. They told me that they've seen my film and that they really like me but they want me to camp before they offer.
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Twitter is saying Gruden was spotted in Ann Arbor......I can't handle the rumors any more. Perhaps I should turn off computer until Monday.
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What is it about the secret life of American teens that intrigues producer-writer-director Josh Schwartz? "Everything at that age feels like life and death," he says. "And you never get your heart broken like you do as a teenager."
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5 Will we also see Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte?
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Mayor Fred Eisenberger emphatically denies the province offered to help the city move forward with a stadium at the east Mountain, develop west harbour in exchange for foregoing a stadium there, or speed up major city projects.
"Any suggestion to the contrary is inaccurate, false and misleading," the mayor said in a statement issued over the weekend.
But councillors are still wondering what exactly was said during the Aug. 6 phone call between the mayor and the province — and why they weren't told about it. Some are calling for an emergency meeting, an investigation by the integrity commissioner, and a judicial inquiry for breach of trust.
Others say the mayor is getting trapped in a political game that has made him a target for those frustrated by the Pan Am stadium impasse. There are also concerns about whether councillors unhappy with the west harbour will use this issue to try to reopen the location debate — a potentially dangerous proposition in light of the Pan Am Host Corporation's deadline of Aug. 31.
Spectator columnist Andrew Dreschel reported Saturday that earlier this month, during a phone call with Premier Dalton McGuinty's office, the province informed Eisenberger it was ready to help the city with a stadium on the east Mountain. Eisenberger says the premier's office implied the mayor should start thinking about other projects — like LRT — that could be prioritized to help sweeten the deal.
Spectator sources have said the province also mentioned assisting with city-building incentives at west harbour in place of a stadium there.
Eisenberger says he didn't share that information with council because no specific details were put forward.
Several councillors reacted angrily to the news over the weekend. In a thread of e-mails sent Saturday afternoon, before the mayor issued his statement, Bob Bratina called the situation "an outrage," and called for the matter to come before council in emergency session as soon as possible. Bratina also said council has the authority to ask a superior court judge to investigate "any supposed breach of trust."
"This is not about where the stadium should go," wrote Bratina. "This is about the possible manipulation of council by the withholding of information vital to making an informed decision, which might not support the outcome openly and publicly supported and promoted by the mayor."
Councillor Dave Mitchell, who voted against the west harbour, called for Earl Basse, the city's integrity commissioner, to look into the mayor's conduct. However, an immediate investigation by the integrity commissioner's office won't be possible, as city bylaws don't allow complaints to be filed in the 90 days before a municipal election.
Councillor Terry Whitehead said he believes the Aug. 12 vote to choose a stadium site should have been postponed in light of the mayor's conversation with the premier's office. He argues the province may not have made any specific offers, but at the very least, it made an overture suggesting west harbour would be "problematic."
"I guess the mayor made a judgment call that it wasn't a meaningful offer. The question is, did he make the right judgment," said Whitehead, who initially voted in favour of west harbour, but switched his vote two days later. "Until you pursue it, it leaves a big question mark. I'm not judging Fred, but he should be explaining himself in an open forum, not by sending out press releases."
The mayor did not respond to calls for further comment yesterday.
Local Liberal MPPs Sophia Aggelonitis and Ted McMeekin also could not be reached for comment.
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"Mayor Fred just clarified that there are no offers of this type made by the province. That's good enough for me, as I take him at his word," wrote McHattie. "If this is driven by a dislike of the west harbour location, I can only say that council has taken a position on this and council should now adhere to this.
"If others want to run for mayor and wish to discredit mayor Fred as a tactic, then please declare for mayor and let this be out in the open. It's only fair."
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The bride to be, in this instance, is a HUGE Harry Potter fan. So the question for me became: How do I properly throw a party inspired by the books and movies, without making it look like a children's birthday party? So we settled on a "Madam Puddifoot's Tea House" theme — a tea party, complete with crumpets, and scones, and tea and lemonade…
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Casey & Chad's family-friendly magical Harry Potter wedding
We love us some Harry Potter weddings for all the the fun details: owl save the date card, Marauders' Map-inspired directions card, Daily Prophet program, Chocolate Frog favors, homemade ribbon wands, and of course, a huge, Harry Potter-themed sweets table! Just keep the underage wizards from the booze table!
You must behold this Harry Potter wedding, complete with exploding Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter fans, sit up and take notice! Joshua and Meredith had THE most themed-out wedding paying homage to the Boy Who Lived. The colors were Hogwarts houses (that would be red for Gryffindor, yellow for Hufflepuff, blue for Ravenclaw, and green for Slytherin, of course), the cake pops were Golden Snitches, Meredith wore a time turner, and the guestbook was nothing less than The Monster Book of Monsters. Guests got wands as favors, Hedwig stood guard over the programs, and Joshua and Meredith said their vows over an exploding Goblet of Fire while a Snape-look-alike presided over all. No, really, their officiant wore a wig and everything. That's dedication to a theme, yo.
Juliet & Tom's pop-cultured bookish wedding… for science!
Attention fans of Harry Potter, Princess Bride, Discworld, RPGs, shoe games, chemistry, adorableness, and all things sugar and spice: there is something in this wedding for you. Homages to books and pop culture abound in this Aussie wedding with two super cuties who are totally pro at combining their interests into a kick-ass theme.
Elyse & Steve's wands-vs-sledgehammers literary wedding
What do sledgehammers, croquet, and Harry Potter have in common? This wedding! A gorgeous outdoor wedding with Jewish traditions is capped off by an epic battle of wand versus sledgehammer. So pick a handmade wand, get sorted into a house, and join us in checking out this Midwest wedding with tons of charm (and magical charms!).
A geeky garden wedding with enough Doctor Who, Stargate, and space references to make you giddy
If you could dream up a geeky celebration of love and life set in a garden, you'd probably come close to the wedding that Olivia and James had at The Old Rectory Bed and Breakfast in Great Malvern (United Kingdom). These guys had two cakes, one with a Lego Stargate scenario on top and the other was a TARDIS), Olivia wore white Batman-adorned Converse, guests were assigned to a spaceship-labeled table for dinner, and Olivia also carried a TARDIS and a Golden Snitch as her good luck charms. AND our very own Catherine designed Olivia's dragon engagement ring!
Carmen & Grant's weekend getaway "crocodiles on safari" wedding
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Holly & Fernando's teeny tiny Harry Potter renaissance festival wedding
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Apologies for not posting sooner. We have been on the road since September 1st. The first couple of days were long and nothing much happened. Then we spent two days at Colorado Springs with my grandson, Brad, and his family. While there we visited a Pueblo and the Air Force Chapel. We left there with them on Friday for Moab, Utah.
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Elizabeth Kirkland Johns, 87, of Spotsylvania County passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Hughes Home in Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Johns was a member of Kappa Delta at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and also P.E.O. in Clemson, S.C. During their 60 years of marriage, she and her husband lived in Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, California, Connecticut, New Jersey and later retired to South Carolina. They moved to Fredericksburg eight years ago to be with family.
Survivors include her daughters, Cheryl Sweazey (Stephen) of Spotsylvania and Donna DeWitte (David) of Michigan; sister Louise Scheer, of Illinois; grandchildren David Sweazey (Moira), Michael Sweazey (Jennifer) and Robert DeWitte (Kelsey), Lindsay DeWitte and Lauren DeWitte; and great-grandchildren Jack, Miller, Ian and Miles Sweazey.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Don Herbert Johns; and brothers Charles and Jack Jallings.
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Wow! You're the person you drew that amazing Polar Bear! Wow!! I am amazed! So I presume you like nature?
"If Life Was Easy Where Would All The Adventures Be?'' ~ Unknown
i feel kinda silly but how do you right that thing in grey that is always under your comment?
and by the by your animal pictures are awesome!
Your gallery is amazing! Keep up the good work!
your gallery is amazing
your gallery is amazing ! you are a great artist!!!!
Congratulations, you and your
Congratulations, you and your art deserve this 100%! I am glad for you!
on being the featured artist here at Queeky. You have come a long way since joining and your artwork is so enjoyable to view. Keep on drawing and I will keep admiring your talents and ability!
Ur welcome
Number what is not important, important is enjoy the time here, my friend.
You did lots of good works! For sure, you must have the same passion on drawing like I do.
So, let enjoy our time here in Queeky, and be a happy Queekian.
Drawing is about studying yourself and your target.
Lovely gallery
Look forward to see more from you, my friend.
Drawing is about studying yourself and your target.
Congratulations on being the featured artist!
your work is fantastic... though i dont get the time to comment on your draws ... but they are wonders, indeed ...
keep drawing
Every artist was first an amateur.
Hi sonia!
Congratulations on being the featured artist!\0/ You certainly deserve it! A beautiful gallery!
Do everything with LOVE...


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"Glee" recap (4.06): Leave it to Glee-ver
Marley drops by the cafeteria to ask her mom when she started getting fat. Mrs. Marley explains that her weight was always a struggle, especially after she gave birth to Marley, but that Marley shouldn't worry about it right now, because: a) She is not gaining weight, as evidenced by the fact that her clothes still fit and if she's so worried about it, how about hop on a scale, and b) Marley has so much going for her besides the fact that she is skinny, like for example her sweetness and her empathy and her vocal skills and her hats. Actually, no. Mrs. Marley explains that the only thing worse than being fat is nothing, so they'll both start a diet immediately.
Finn wanders into the teachers' lounge probably because he is looking for the loo and even though he went to this school for four years sometimes he still gets lost. Sue marches across the room in three giant steps and tells Finn to get his no-good, ugly keister off her property before she pumps his guts full of lead. Finn's sorry about the baby thing, but Sue's not hearing it. She tells him he has hate in his heart while calling him all sorts of names to prove what it sounds like when a person has hate in her heart, I guess. Oh, and also, she's taken the liberty of reserving the auditorium for Cheerios practice, so good luck finding a place to stage the musical, Hudson.
Luckily Finn has at his disposal an entire garage where the mechanics are familiar with young men breaking into song and dance at the drop of a hat, thanks to watching Kurt Hummel grow up here. Finn invites the dudes over to practice "Grease Lightning." After explaining that Grease is all about literal grease, he asks them to perform. The lyrics have been sterilized, the pelvic thrusting has not. In order of thrusting technique: 1) Mike, of course 2) Sam 3) Ryder 4) Jake 5) Jesus 6) Finn. After the performance, Finn tells them to give it another go with twice the energy, which, honestly, sounds a little bit like Eeyore ordering a Red Bull.
At NYADA, Kurt finally admits to being so broken up over Blaine that he's existing solely on a diet of Ambien and The Notebook. (There's a cocktail that'll get you into that costume, Marley!) He wants to go back to McKinley to see Grease. And by "Grease," he means "the hair gel attached to the hair attached to the head attached to Blaine perfect face." Rachel thinks it's one of the worst ideas she's ever heard, which, coming from Rachel, is saying something. She wants to go for moral support, but also she is broke. Luckily, Cassie is still eavesdropping on every one of Rachel's conversations, so she be-bops in and says Rachel can have her JetBlue frequent flier miles to book a trip home. Cassandra July is a bitch, but I'm not going to pretend to be mad about watching her stretch like that.
Any other person would be like, "It seems suspicious that you are offering me, your stated archnemesis, a favor as big as a plane. Your motives, are they ulterior?" But Rachel is like, "Of course everyone wants to give me everything I want, and so thank you for those tickets, ma'am."