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more businesses featured on Restaurant Impossible and reveal how they are now
so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the content guys Mainelli's
for a season one episode chef Robert Irvine heads over to Mainelli's in providence rhode island to
save it from closure purchased four years prior to the taping of this episode by jerry pacaro
maneli's used to be a popular italian restaurant using the business as a way to support his family
picaro was making close to 2500 to 3000 a night but is now losing 11 thousand dollars a month
unable to pay himself and on the verge of losing his restaurant picaro calls out to the legendary
irvine for some help upon his arrival the famous chef pointed out that the signage is confusing
especially since someone painted clothes in big letters on it meeting with the owner irvine is
told that the restaurant's biggest problem is the fact that they temporarily closed down nine
months ago shutting down before they could even relaunch there was an article in the local paper
about Mainelli's closure which led many to believe it was closed permanently failing to get
the message out that this wasn't the case due to lack of funds pacaro had no way of bouncing back
later on Irvine also meets with the staff and surprises them with a bus full of customers to
try and expose more of the issues at hand what he finds is that the service is slow
when they're almost out of everything on the large menu including basic things like spaghetti chicken
and pork chops after this piss-poor service irvine heads into the kitchen and is shocked by
how filthy it is spotting nine day old eggplant and fresh pasta stored at room temperature
concerned with the food safety issues the restaurant impossible host believes that
they have a lot to fix and shuts down the kitchen talking with the staff they come to the conclusion
that the restaurant needs a smaller menu more kitchen staff better decor and increased exposure
following a lot of training deep cleaning the kitchen completely remaking the menu and
securing a relaunch article on the local paper things were looking much better for me nellie's
when the business finally relaunched it seemed like the service exponentially improved and the
customers actually praised the changes made fast forward to a few months after irvine's visit the
reviews on yelp and tripadvisor were pretty solid though it suddenly closed down in january of 2012
for a reason that's probably going to shock you soon after the episode aired a car drove through
the side of the building which forced me nellie to close in order to make repairs promising the
customers that they might reopen in another location later on down the line this seemingly
never happened in the end the restaurant was sold at an auction on september 10th 2013 which is such
an unfortunate reason to close down valaries owned by paul volary iii volares is a failing business
that robert irvine vowed to save from closure in a season 1 episode over the course of 15
years the regular customers seem to appear less and less and they weren't getting any new ones
one serving close to a thousand customers a week it's considered lucky if they even get
100 nowadays not having made a profit in over two years paul is unable to pay himself and worries
that the restaurant will close down if he doesn't do something which prompts him to call for chef
irvine for some help when the famous chef arrives he has a terrible first impression since the walls
and carpets are filthy there's a putrid smell in the air and nothing appealing about the decor
gathering the staff together irvine seems to dislike their uniforms specifically their t-shirts
and reprimands them for letting the restaurant get so dirty what's worse the kitchen staff admits
that they don't have an executive chef despite the fact that they have such a humongous menu
due to this fact a lot of the food that comes out of the kitchen is inconsistent in quality which
is certainly not how things should be meeting with designers fatty and michelle they discuss how they
plan to revamp the restaurant while keeping its historic value intact asking the cooks to
make all the dishes on the menu irvine forces the staff to try and identify the meals they
were eating which was clearly very difficult since there's a large collection of items available for
order at valerie's the restaurant impossible host proved that it's impossible to remember them all
later on chef irvine returns to the restaurant to see the designer's progress and is generally
happy with the changes made he especially praised them for the mural of the valari family that only
costs 200 to make and the light color palette of the repaints auditioning for local chefs irvine
gives them an hour to cook a menu of three dishes giving the executive chef position to the winner
after a very close battle irvine and paul choose michael who ugly turns down the offer despite
auditioning for the parts anyway this led to a dash after christina who had already left
the restaurant but she eventually accepted the offer next irvine cuts down on the old crowded
menu creating a new one with 15 items including new and old dishes some notable dishes that he
added were things like clam's casino sheet crab soup and eggplant cannelloni finally the famous
chef and his team redesigned the restaurant which both the customers and staff loved months after
the restaurant impossible team left the reviews on yelp and trip advisor seemed to be very poor the
owners only kept irvine's menu for 60 days before they ended up reverting back to the huge menu
also attempting to change the name to jersey's pub 73 this didn't do the place any good and
it closed down in may of 2015. they probably shouldn't have made those changes snooty fox
in one season 2 episode robert irvine pays a visit to a restaurant called snooty fox in indianapolis
indiana to rescue it from closure owned by tim and kathy quaser the restaurant has been operating for
close to three decades for the first two business was booming and they were extremely successful but
somehow their profits have declined in the last three years supposedly the reduced income was the
inevitable result of the declining local economy but really there was something much deeper going
on losing close to forty five thousand dollars a month the couple was forced to invest thirty
to forty thousand of their own savings to keep the restaurant afloat with one child in college
and twins that are heading to college next year they really needed the restaurant to work out
not knowing what else to do the quasars call out to the restaurant and possible team for some help
upon irvine's arrival he's unimpressed with the dark and dirty decor and learns that the owners
invested a hundred thousand pounds over the last three years having spent all of their retirement
funds and their children's college funds there should have closed down in three months maximum
wanting to get a scope of the service quality irvine invites some guests but shockingly learns
that the restaurant no longer has a head chef since he walked out the other night
going to view the kitchen it's in a disgusting state which forces the famous chef to shut
things down not only is there a number of safety hazards but irvine finds roaches
all over the place and is revealed that the kitchen hasn't been cleaned in over a year
considering the fact that they urgently needed a head chef irvine gets into
contact with two candidates inviting them over to the restaurant for an interview
before any of that he discusses with designer cheryl who expresses that they're going to need
to deduct a thousand dollars from the budget since they used it to deep clean the kitchen meeting
with potential head chefs later on they battled it out cooking an english dish of their choice
after seeing what the chefs brandon and chris had to offer irvine hands the position over to brandon
now that they had a new head chef in place the restaurant impossible host was ready to finalize
the changes transforming the menu into something more english-style irvine later reveals the new
decor to the owners who were astonished with how different everything was looking following
a rather successful relaunch sadly several months later the restaurant seemed to have closed down
apparently they did get a bit of a boost after the show aired but they were incapable of maintaining
the traction they got ristorante as a last ng we're going to get into a failing restaurant that
robert irvine visited called estorante barolo in aptos california upon his arrival he brands it as
one of the most unique buildings that he's ever been asked to help thinking it's beautiful but
too cluttered meeting with the owners giovanni and christina they reveal that they made over three
million dollars their first five years and put all the money into costly repairs for the building
wanting to gauge the service quality irvine observes the dinner service and notices that
christina is very nervous over the fact that there are so many items out of stock waiting 20 minutes
there still isn't any food on the table and some customers were even told the items they waited for
were not available which makes a lot of people leave heading into the kitchen he notices that
giovanni is really angry and shouts at everyone when food is brought back irvine tells him that
if he keeps being so irate that he's going to inevitably give himself a heart attack later
on the restaurant impossible host meets with a designer cheryl who compares the decor to a
thrift shop so they clear out the restaurant soon after irvine sits with the owners who vent about
their faults and issues then he sends them off to relax while he makes a ton of changes a while
after the owners returned and i revealed the new spacious restaurant with a fantastic looking decor
before finally relaunching irvine shows them the new menu which includes freshly made bolognese
fast forward to after the show aired irvine revisited the restaurant which was up by 30
in sales in the end ristorante barrow ended up closing down in may of 2013.
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