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for today's video we're going to cover some restaurants featured on
Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back and reveal if they're still open today so
sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the content guys
bears then pizza for this 24 hours to hell and back episode Chef Ramsay makes his way to conway
arkansas to help out bears then pizza opened by two best friends brad and steven back in 2008
they also opened a bar at around the same time called brewski's brad had control over brewski's
and steven took over bear's den although both had 50 ownership of each business according to one of
the bartender stacey the bar used to be jam-packed but since it built a horrible reputation sales
began to plummet steven would drink and get hammered all the time the staff lacked passion so
most of the food was microwaved and customers were not impressed with the service quality as a result
of this failure a big stream was put on brad and steven's relationship making business even harder
since they were desperate they reached out to the famous chef to guide them in the right direction
arriving in a hippy disguise with two university professors at his side his first impressions were
not good the restaurant smells and is falling apart the food they order was clearly either
frozen and heated or microwaved which disgusts ramsay taking off his disguise he pulls the staff
out of the kitchen and shows them some footage he captured of them through the secret cameras
viewers can see how there's black molds rat droppings a broken freezer rotting produce
dirty appliances frozen food and an unprofessional owner as a result of this appalling footage ramsay
says that no one cares and that stephen is a drunk which makes him break into a fit of rage
things began to calm down after some discussion and the famous chef was finally able to make some
valuable changes not only changing the menu to include easy but delicious meals he gave the
interior a decor change which brad loved fast forward to today and the restaurant is still
open thanks to the improved kitchen staff better pizza skills and steven being out of the picture
they have pretty mixed reviews on yelp but still rock an average 3
star rating many praising the pizza but complaining about the service quality
seafarer is family restaurant located in mankind virginia ramsay visits a business called seafarers
family restaurant owned by the halterman family which consists of amber autumn and their parents
while amber worked previously in insurance she didn't intend on working in the restaurant but
after a car accident left her unable to walk she felt the desire to give back to seafarers
the fact that amber is essentially the manager causes conflict with her older sister autumn
who hasn't contributed to the finances of the restaurant but is resentful that her
younger sister tells her what to do losing forty thousand dollars over the summer as
a result of business declining the staff began to pour their life savings in to keep it alive
with a lot of tension in the restaurant on the verge of closing they needed the valuable help
of chef ramsay he arrives with a disguise again of course alongside a group of revolutionary war
reenactors and a decoy team of experts including the winner of health kitchen season 3 rock harper
again his first impressions were not solid with the restaurant wreaking of seafood and
the staff acting in an unprofessional manner ordering oysters crabs tuna and deviled eggs
they reached his table relatively quickly but not without tasting horrible gordon spit out
most of the food that he tried to eat disgusted by the stench he takes off his disguise and goes
into the kitchen to find a pot covered in rotten seafood which makes the head chef logan speechless
then to take things a step further he shows the staff some hidden footage he took which showed
more rotting seafood flies on the ingredients improper storage of food and amber telling
autumn not to serve spoiled deviled eggs ramsay soon finds out that amber is the biggest problem
who is not only careless and always picking a fight but she's crazy for tips and will even chase
down people if they didn't give her enough once autumn left her job things were finally getting
better especially since ramsay gave the restaurant a fresh new start it was renamed to halterman's
eatery given a new look with nice furniture and an updated pos system better equipment and an
improved menu today the restaurant is doing amazing with a 4 star review on yelp across
47 unique reviews many praising the amazing food but others complaining about the service received
blend on maine owned by chef lew smith and opened in 2014 blend on maine was popular
with the locals and tourists but that began to decline with time even if they are in a prime
location being on main street the locals are no longer coming so they mostly rely on tourists
working with his wife tara since they met in 1998 she took over as the general manager of
blend taking on most of the restaurant jobs except for cooking being 500 000 in debt lou spent many
hours trying to keep his business alive and as a result neglected his family third line cook
lisa has admitted that since working with lou for 10 years she's walked off the line twice
because of her boss's anger issues since the staff was expecting the famous chef ramsay sent
in his friend james avery with a hidden camera and a terrible pilot suit to disguise himself
this camera catches lou shouting at the staff and wiping his face before touching plates
which discuss ramsay after ordering the food that comes is predictably bad with the kyle
of mary being soggy and rubbery as usual ramsay reveals himself and exposes some hidden footage
to the staff showing lou putting his fingers in the food to taste them moldy fruits and a toxic
kitchen environment every staff member after viewing the footage admitted that they have
all considered quitting and felt more or less like they've been emotionally abused by loot
in order to get lou's act together chef ramsay reminds the man that he should spend more time
with his family since they're unhappy and to be more forgiving to his staff this seemingly
changed his attitude things began to change with gordon improving the decor drastically
and gave the dining room new acoustics rather than cooking lube began expediting instead
today though since their line chef lisa left lou took over as head chef and renamed the place to
blend by chef liu it surprisingly has an amazing 4 star review on yelp across 196 unique reviews many
praising the delicious food and drinks but there are some reviews about staff sometimes being rude
stone's throw in this hilarious episode ramsay pays a visit to stone's throw in
seymour connecticut owned by peter and his wife tara buying the restaurant three years before
the episode aired the couple was hoping to get the family working together for once having 30
years of kitchen experience already peter was more than qualified as were his sons who had
been servers before covered in his best disguise yet ramsay dresses as an old woman named grandma
jean and brings some elderly women to have lunch with him it's pretty hilarious immediately the
group is greeted with an intensely putrid smell the dining room is dingy and the floor is dirty
ordering some classic fine dining dishes like duck lobster and salmon it all comes back tasting awful
and cold ramsay wouldn't even touch the lobster that he was given since it smelt like it was
rancid as if it were extremely old funnily enough the women expressed that they were disappointed
since they could cook better at home fed up with this awful experience the famous chef
takes off his disguise and embarrasses the staff with the hidden footage he captured
their kitchen was a complete fire hazard they had mold all over the place they stored chicken poorly
and had uncovered food in the fridge realizing the staff is too scared to stand up to their negligent
bots ramsay gives peter a good verbal lashing through some more investigation in the kitchen
a ton of rotting meat and seafood was found that could potentially kill someone if served
understanding and accepting that things needed to change ramsay makes peter the head chef and
advises him to step up and take control many changes were made to the menu and decor which
a majority of the customers reported to love even if the reviews were quite mixed with them
receiving three stars across 150 unique reviews ramsay did improve things drastically however
it seemingly closed down in 2019 according to a yelp reviewer though the reason is not quite clear
maybe standards just went downhill again bassey's restaurant and bar
paying a visit to vassi's restaurant and bar in waterbury connecticut chef ramsay was ready
to help out upon his arrival just in a beard in a wig ramsay is not impressed by not only the decor
but the menu which includes french onion soup when it's supposed to be an italian greek restaurant
ordering the restaurant staple dishes everything is sour rancid and overall just unpleasant to
eat after removing his disguise and confronting the staff he almost scares off one of the chefs
named val who wasn't trying to get put down but ramsay assures her that he was only there to help
agreeing to stay the famous chef then shows them the hidden footage where valve dips her fingers
and food to taste it and another where the chef drops food and serves it anyway with a new menu
the restaurant being renamed to vasey's taverna and much more fitting decor customers were finally
happy getting 4 stars on yelp across 61 different reviews things were going well until vastly
accepted a deal which he thought would make him more money however this was going to be vastly's
biggest mistake since something went wrong leaving him with no deal in the end sadly as a result the
restaurant officially closed down in january of 2020 and it seems like it'll be that way for good
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