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in today's video we're going to cover some more restaurant impossible rescues and determine
if they're still open so without further ado let's get right into the content guys
the trails eatery in the second season of the show the famous chef Robert Irvine pays a visit
to the trails eatery in san diego california the building itself is owned by a father and
daughter team but run by a woman named stacy punkini purchasing the business for over 200
thousand dollars they're in a 600 000 pool of debt and are close to shutting down desperately
needing some aid before they run completely dry funds the eatery calls out to irvine for some
aid upon arriving Irvine notices that while the restaurant may be small yet delightful it's very
close to closing down especially since it's losing 5 000 a month hoping to make more money the owners
tried to expand the building to see more people which was useless since they aren't getting many
customers in the first place surprisingly so when testing the quality of the food everyone actually
enjoyed his meal and recognized the restaurant's cleanliness although the main issue was that the
restaurant's prices were far too low making it hard to turn a profit since there wasn't too much
to change the famous jeff decided to coach them on ways to make more money for one he suggests
that they start opening for dinner service since he's confident that their chef lisa can do it
polishing up the restaurant with a fresh coat of paint and coming up with some new menu items with
the help of lisa things were seeming very hopeful to ensure that the eatery got the maximum amount
of exposure they promoted themselves on a local radio station a little while after the show aired
business was reported to have gone up by 80 which is fantastic it's gotten so busy nowadays that
during the breakfast service there's often long lines simply just to eat over the course of the
last several years the trails eatery sales have more than tripled and they continue to
get customers who've seen reruns of the show from time to time back in 2017 they were sadly forced
to stop serving during the dinner time since they would only break even this was mostly due to the
fact that their state increased minimum wage which inevitably increased the staffing cost
additionally they were forced into making some decor changes after a flood happened in
the restaurant thanks to the restaurant and possible team's help the eatery rocked some
pretty good reviews on yelp and trip advisor this was a very simple yet satisfying rescue
off street cafe ex-mother-in-law rose and daughter-in-law robin both struggled to run
the off-street cafe in cerritos california being approached by the previous owner to buy it rose
decided that she wanted to become the owner but this may have been a bad choice especially since
she asked hairdresser robin who was married to her son at the time to become her partner
while they were met with booming success in the beginning being able to pay back their 400 000
loan things would quickly go downhill rose would tragically get into an accident which left robin
to run the restaurant alongside raising two young children not knowing what else to do they reached
out to the legendary Robert Irvine for some much needed help arriving feeling unimpressed with
the outdated decor he's perplexed at the site of their use of christmas lights asking the business
partners to sit down with him Irvine tries to get a scope of the restaurant's issues both discuss
how they go about running the restaurant and how they're behind with the payroll because of rose's
boating accident she requires regular surgery that takes her out of action for six months at a time
as mentioned earlier this pushed robin's take over the restaurant on her own which hasn't
been helpful since she doesn't know how to run one wanting to sample the food Irvine asks for a menu
and orders a shrimp dish which comes back tasting horrible after witnessing the horrible service
quality highlighted by the many unhappy customers who were rudely ignored Irvine can tell that
robin's heart isn't in being a manager through some discussion with her he comes to realize that
robin is fed up with the repetitive nature her job entails going into the kitchen to talk with a
staff member named alex he reveals that they don't sell much off of their humongous menu but still
buy all the ingredients anyway wasting thousands of dollars on produce they often need to throw out
the ingredients since the dishes don't sell having his work cut off ram Irvine was going to need to
fix the leadership issues and change everything about the restaurant's aesthetic motivating the
team to step up and completely revamping the offstreet cafe's decor furniture and menu it
was looking very good for the business upon their eventual relaunch the customers seemed to love
the new look and were ecstatic with the delicious new dishes it appears that the restaurant has kept
most of the changes chef Irvine made to the menu but they did redecorate probably being one of the
most successful turnarounds this restaurant rocks an amazing 4 star review on yelp across a whopping
2 574 reviews revisiting off street cafe in june of 2019 Irvine was quite impressed
with their progress but helped robin refine her managerial skills such an amazing rescue mama deez
two decades ago luigi decido decided he would follow his dream of owning a restaurant by
purchasing mamadise initially being a sports bar eight years after being in business the
seattle changed it into an italian restaurant since that's what he's always wanted to do
losing several thousand a week the owner wrongfully decided to turn the restaurant into
an attraction he did so by adding in a vineyard beer store and a little farm investing one million
dollars into the property his farm housed two donkeys some pigs several sheep and a lot of
chickens which he hoped to use to turn a profit however business was very inconsistent since he
made the renovations and the changes weren't as popular as he'd hoped most were actually turned
off from visiting since they didn't like the idea of seeing farm animals where they were eating
considering the massive 10 000 a month lost and the likelihood of closure the seattle called
out to robert irvine for some help upon irvine's arrival he's immediately met with the awful smell
of the farm animals which he describes given the worst first impression of the restaurant
meeting with the owner he expresses that he chose to add a farm to his restaurant because
while on his travels he came across a farm that also fed people and he loved the atmosphere
while the restaurant impossible host doesn't see how anyone could like that kind of atmosphere
he still wants to put the food to the test so he ordered some dishes overall everything that came
back was either just average or way too greasy which disappointed the famous chef following his
horrible meal irvine forces the seattle to choose between the restaurant or having the animals
because he can't do anything if he prioritizes both finally deciding on moving the animals off
site the host and his team began to make one of their biggest renovations yet to the restaurant
after removing the god awful farm and the smells that came with it from the restaurant irvine gave
it a modern italian look with bright colors added a little wine shop and revamped the menu when mama
dies eventually relaunched customers were drawn in by the newly updated decor and praised the food in
the end though while the reviews were pretty good after the episode aired the seattle decided to
change irvine's menu to include fresh ingredients from their farm even if this might sound like the
wrong decision they were doing better than ever but sadly closed down in october of 2013 due to
the poor economy of the area scrimmages for our last entry we're gonna get into a sports
bar slash restaurant called scrimmages which is run by four friends leon brian mike and jerry
forming a partnership they purchased the business and we're running it for five years prior to the
taping of this episode due to constant friction between the four scrimmages has always been a
toxic environment which has resulted in them losing close to ten thousand dollars a month
needing some guidance they call out to chef robert irvine who is not impressed from the get-go
asking the owners to describe the place and why they think they're failing all three owners go
straight into putting the blame on leon there are quite some serious issues between leon and
the rest of the owners which has certainly not helped with the business's decline it becomes
obvious what the issue is after observing the dinner service when the dishes come out of the
kitchen way too slow the owners are not there most of the time and the kitchen is just a disaster
oddly enough rather than work on multiple orders at once the cooks prepare the dish one at a time
what's more the quality and taste of the food is nowhere close to good and most customers admit
they'll never return confronting all four owners he asked them if they're willing to cooperate
since it's necessary to scrimmage's success thankfully agreeing to work together irvine
begins with introducing some dishes that are not only cheap but simple to make so the chefs can
take on more than one order next with the help of a talented designer the restaurant impossible
host changes the decor and interior to give it a vintage sports bar look this required them to
replace the floor repaint the walls change the bar area and add tons of new furniture
when it finally came time to relaunch the owners were collectively very happy and excited with the
changes made reviews were only negative after irvine left and they inevitably closed down
though it can be blamed on the fact that they went back to their old ways how disappointing
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