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for today's video we're going to discuss some more businesses featured on Restaurant
Impossible and reveal if they're still open so sit back relax and without further ado
let's get right into the content guys poco's on the boulevard for a season 5 episode Robert Irvine
pays a visit to the failing pocos on the boulevard in kansas city missouri being an authentic latin
restaurant pocos is owned by two sisters named claudia and dana who have been running it for
three months seven years before this their mom purchased a restaurant and has been working as a
chef ever since calling it poco since her nickname was poco though after their mother sadly passed
from cancer claudia was forced to take control of the restaurant struggling to transition into
a position of power claudia heavily relied on the help of other family members like how her
father helps with delivering fresh produce to the restaurant and her sister works as a server
naturally her and her sister get into a lot of arguments often in front of customers which drives
them away on top of all this their mother took out a collection of loans before her tragic passing
so her children inherited her debts desperately needing the guidance of a professional they call
out to robert irvine for some much needed help upon his arrival he isn't very impressed with
the bland and unattractive decor especially the restaurant's color palette meeting with
the owners Irvine learns that while claudia has been working at the restaurant for 15 years she
has no managerial experience while observing the service not only does the famous chef notice that
no one in the kitchen respects claudia but the food is terrible confronting the incompetent
staff one cook seems to laugh at the state of the food which really angers irvine he tells them that
if they aren't ready to step up their game then they should leave the restaurant hoping to bring
the family together chef irvine gets them to reminisce on their precious memories together
after clearing the tension in the air it was finally time for the restaurant impossible
team to turn things around changing the menu to include things like pulled pork burritos
and pork chops with apple bacon salad as well as revamping the interior things were looking great
fast forward to a few months later poco sales were up by a whopping 20 000 a month which is
fantastic reportedly claudia expressed that the customers are happy with the changes made
and like the new staff adding back some old menu items alongside irvines their reviews seem to be
generally positive many complementing the food though after moving locations in march of 2015
due to increased rents things only went downhill from there with a huge lack of funds they were
forced to close down in august of 2015 only a few months after reopening how disappointing
growers tavern robert irvine heads over to roars tavern in another season 5 episode to attempt
to save it from closure owned by lisa kendall she bought the restaurant 5 years before the taping of
this episode but it's been open since the late 40s it became clear very quickly that she didn't have
any experience in the field thinking she could just turn the restaurant into a popular local
hangout in actuality it's just a ghost town losing close to two thousand dollars a week kendall
spends all of her savings trying to keep growers open which has robbed her of any chance of funding
her son's college education considering the fact that she's a single mom with a 15 year old son
and wants to one day pass the restaurant onto him kendall calls out to robert irvine for some aid
when he finally arrives irvine feels that the restaurant is very dated and also notices that
it has an awful smell meeting with kendall she reveals that she took over the restaurant in 2009
after her career in real estate declined due to the economy even though the restaurant is almost
always empty she spends close to three point six thousand dollars a week on food costs employing
nine staff members she neglects paying herself because she needs to put it back into the business
revealing that she's currently forty thousand dollars in debt she expresses that if nothing
changes they'll close down at the end of the month irvine believes that the biggest reason
why the restaurant is failing is due to kendall's lack of experience surprisingly the famous chef
is impressed with the head cook stacy who has a good handle in the kitchen but unfortunately all
their food is frozen and microwaved predictably so when chef irvine asked to sample some of the best
selling items he thinks they're utterly horrible irvine points out that they're going to need to
update not only the decor but the menu as well this seems to scare the owner who is concerned
that making too many changes will drive even more customers away after observing a piss-poor dinner
service the restaurant impossible host meets with the staff and tells them to step up or
just leave following some organization of the business's finances updating the menu and not only
giving the restaurant a new bar but a brighter dining room things were looking hopeful for roars
customer and staff alike were incredibly satisfied with the revamp look as well as the improved food
chef irvine revisited months later and the restaurant sales went up to 20 000
a month much like pocos keeping the majority of the restaurant impossible teams changes roars had
mostly positive reviews on yelp and tripadvisor although in the end the business ended up closing
down in april of 2014 but not without a goodbye message on facebook in essence it read this year
has not been great for me so far with the passing of my father a horrible winter dismal sales and
many circumstances beyond my control it is with great sorrow that i'm announcing the closing of
the tavern april 25th will be our last day rising sun be strong three owners purchased the rising
sun bistro seven years prior to the taping of this episode for two hundred fifty thousand dollars
peggy the kitchen manager takes care of all the ordering sally does the cooking and prep
and jenny helps out with the bookkeeping as well as anything besides cooking while the business
did do great for a while with time their quality seemed to decline resulting in a loss of customers
the biggest problem seemed to be the food which was not only coming out very slow but wasn't even
that tasty financially speaking the restaurant is barely getting by since they have many bills
to clear and are five hundred thousand dollars in debt the three feuding owners called out to
someone qualified like robert irvine when arriving at the restaurant the famous chef
is surprisingly impressed with the decor loving the beans flooring and brickwork meeting with
the owners everyone comes to see them as pathetic since they aren't open-minded and bold enough to
address the issues at hand moving on to watching the dinner service is extremely sluggish and
irvine notices that there's barely any leadership aside from the menu being extremely crowded with
tons of items when the restaurant impossible host picks some items to sample they're poor in quality
later on one of the owners jenny asked irvine to meet her daughter ella who swiftly notices is the
link between all of them using this link to his advantage he helps the owners realize that they
should get their act together for the sake of ella after a lot of important discussion irvine managed
to bring the owners together which allowed him to finally make some changes to the rising sun
since the place was supposed to be a french restaurant jeff irvine revamped the menu to
include things like spinach quiche and cluck monsieur additionally the famous chef expanded
upon the nice decor by brightening up the dining room and switching out the tables
after a few months the sales did go up by 30 percent and the owners got much closer than before
however they decided to put up the restaurant for sale closing down officially in april of 2014.
whiskey creek steakhouse as our last entry we're going to discuss a restaurant robert
irvine attempted to rescue called whiskey creek steakhouse in keyport washington owned by pat
zirnick and his wife karen they purchased whiskey over three decades ago because they wanted to
fulfill their dream of owning a restaurant the sole fact that they had experience success and
dedication with other companies motivated them to start one of their own while the first 20 years
were very successful their profits have plummeted in recent times and they don't have much time left
calling out to robert irvine for some help when he arrives he points out that whiskey creek looks
dated and the wood is too dark and that the place just smells in general talking with
the owners they reveal that the restaurant was making 1.5 million dollars a year at its peak
wanting to see what changed irvine watches the service and notices that the staff does what
they want due to the lack of leadership asking to sample some dishes what comes back is a bunch
of bland undercooked and disappointing food after taking a look at the finances both owners should
have made four hundred thousand dollars that year selling steak at twenty four dollars a piece but
they only made three hundred thousand which was suspicious following a staff meeting it comes to
light that some of the staff takes drinks and food without paying for them next after finding out
what the issue was irvine moves on to fixing the food quality issues by introducing his new menu
this would include dishes like coconut walnut halibuts and peppercorn demi new york
strip steak with olive oil and poached mushrooms finally chef irvine converts the restaurant into
a casual steakhouse since they sell a high volume mistake revamping the interior adding
in a bar area and the menu pat and karen are absolutely ecstatic with the changes made
having a good few months after the taping of the episode they were actually able to pay
off their debts however the owners decided to retire in november of 2013 passing the
business on to their employees and it closed down a few years later in august of 2016.
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