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for today's video we're going to discuss some of the worst restaurants featured on kitchen
nightmares yet again and review how they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado
let's get right to the content guys finn mccools for a season one episode Gordon
Ramsay pays a visit to finn mccool's in west hampton beach new york to rescue it from closure
being a family-run irish themed restaurant it's owned by a retired policeman named buddy mazzio
while his son brian took on the position of head chef his other son jason works as the manager and
his wife melissa is a waiter despite being in a hot spot area finn mcqueal's just barely getting
by so they call out to ramsay for some guidance upon his eventual rival he's surprised to see
how quiet the town is and likens the restaurant to a funeral parlor sitting down to taste test
the food he ordered some spring rolls salmon and a shepherd's pie which were all horrible
disgusted with his meals ramsay was pushed beyond his limits and ended up throwing up in
the bathroom wanting to see what went wrong ramsay heads into the kitchen to snoop around and finds
moldy and incorrectly stored food forcing the family to deep clean the kitchen he gets some
rubber gloves and gets to work alongside them observing the dinner service later on there
aren't any customers other than some local firemen who wait an hour to get their food when it does
come back it's cold clearly not made from scratch and dry beyond belief but the chef brian chooses
to ignore this criticism to make matters worse ramsay catches through chef francis dropping a
chicken wing onto the floor and throwing it back into the fryer claiming it would sterilize it
how nasty the following day the owner reveals to the kitchen nightmare's hoax that he can't keep
the restaurant going for much longer and that he hasn't paid himself in months after another
disastrous dinner service ramsay talks things out with the family and manages to get them on track
feeling confident with how things were going the famous chef was finally able to start working
his magic following hours of work overnight finn mccools was given a beautiful makeover to have a
family-like atmosphere topped with a new sign out front managing to persuade the firemen to
give the restaurant another chance they came back for the relaunch alongside some food critics who
seemingly enjoyed the food post kitchen nightmares the restaurant did very well with a 37 increase in
sales but after the owner suffered a heart attack he distanced himself from the business for a while
back in 2009 buddy ultimately decided to sell the restaurant to a new owner but him and his family
continued to work at the restaurant officially closing his doors due to issues with elise in
march of 2012 the business was later boarded up in june of the same year brian now works as a chef at
sundays on the bay and expanded into the catering business which he's found great success with buddy
on the other hand moved into a different field working as a private investigator at his own firm
called amazio professional investigations as an interesting little closing fact the restaurant was
actually found by the show's recruiters because brian decided to apply to beyond hell's kitchen
at least he got on tv anyway mike and nellie's in the fifth season of the show gordon ramsay
heads over to mike and nelly's in oakhurst new jersey to bring it back on its feet
opened in 1996 by nelly farber and his son mike they reminded as a team with nellie being in the
front of house and mike being in the kitchen after his father tragically passed mike was
forced to run the restaurant practically on his own but did get some help from his daughters
although they were only able to do so much and the restaurant standards and customer base
dropped significantly not knowing what else to do the owner called out to ramsay and his team for
some professional guidance speaking with mike's daughter samantha beforehand they go on a car ride
and discuss the details about their situation finally arriving later on ramsay is greeted by
his second daughter lexi and he immediately points out that the restaurant is dated and smells awful
sitting down to taste test the food ramsay meets with the server janine who informs him that the
awful smell he noticed is coming from the moldy carpet nasty ordering a collection of dishes they
were either very bland poorly plated overcooked or even soggy leaving the famous chef feeling very
disappointed calling in the staff to give them some feedback on his meals he highlights that the
menu urgently needs an update to which they all agree sitting down with mike later on he tells
him that the restaurant's food is not only dated but practically inedible and the menu is way too
large while observing one of the dinner services ramsay notices that mike tries to cook everything
on his own which explains why everything tastes bad to make matters worse mike also drinks on the
job which prompts the kitchen nightmare's host to tell him that he doesn't care about his career or
the restaurant coming clean mike and misty can't handle the mounting pressure and he's struggled
to enjoy cooking since his father passed meeting with the daughters at their home they reveal that
their father has been working since the funeral and is still in pain so they want him to let go
mike hops into the conversation and expresses that he can't leave because he can't trust that anyone
will get the job done but eventually opens up to the idea of slowing things down before getting
into any of the renovations the famous chef and the owner inspect the freezers and storage only to
find raw and cooked meat stored together as well as old food on top of this there are dirty pans
everywhere and produce with no dates on them so ramsay forces the staff to deep clean the kitchen
as a final touch ramsay helps mike refine his cooking skills and gets him to throw away all of
his alcohol finally ready to renovate the kitchen nightmare's host and his team start by replacing
the smelly carpets next they changed the name to mike and nelly's steakhouse and redecorated the
interior to give it a modern rustic feel upon the restaurant's eventual relaunch patrons seem to be
satisfied with the improved decor and were excited to try the new food at first mike was finally
delegating certain tasks to his staff but he ended up reverting back to his old self an hour in
thankfully he snapped out of this and got back on track there wasn't one complaint throughout
the whole service and thanks to the fact that mike wasn't trying to do everything he had the time to
talk to his happy customers following the episode the business's sales skyrocketed and the new menu
was a big hit amongst the locals despite receiving only a couple reviews on yelp most of them were
positive though sim complained about poor service quality and menu changes ultimately the restaurant
closed down in january of 2012 after close to 20 years of being in business today mike works
at blue basil catering who offer catering services throughout new jersey it has pretty great reviews
and it's awesome to see him thriving barefoot bugs gordon ramsay decided to help a failing restaurant
called barefoot bobs get back on track in a season 6 episode owned by a married couple named mark
and lisa they purchased the restaurant back in 2007 after working in the industry for a while
initially met with great success during the summer time things went completely downhill when winter
came around and they lost tons of money due to the lack of funds mark decided to fire his chef and
take over the position to save money and got lisa to manage the front of house most of the staff
believe that lisa is the biggest problem since she barely does any work compared to her husband who
does 12 hours a day seven days a week mark feels extremely stressed as a result which affects not
only his work but his marriage as well so he calls out to ramsay for his help meeting with the couple
separately ramsay learns that lisa only comes in two days a week leaving mark with an overwhelming
amount of work sitting down to order some food the famous chef meets jessica one of the servers
who reveals that lisa is driving the restaurant down since she's barely there looking through
the humongous menu which was dirty ramsay caught some typos which was incredibly unprofessional
ordering bob's big boy platter the new england chowder and bob's lobster roll everything comes
back tasting dreadful when jessica got mike to taste test his own food he was shocked at how
bad it was and really didn't expect it to be so poor in quality coming back later on to observe
the dinner service ramsay is dumbfounded that the evening entertainment is a psychic reader named
alicia getting a reading for himself it truly wasn't anything special but the idea of getting
a psychic rating at a restaurant of all places was pretty entertaining and of itself that aside
the service was quite busy since it was summertime although lisa was kicking back amongst the chaos
which really angered ramsay as things pushed on the famous chef investigated the walk-in fridge
and found tons of raw meat in bags a dirty chili bucket filthy trays and several pizzas that went
bad just from the kitchen alone ramsay expresses that they're losing thousands on wasted produce
the following day the kitchen nightmare's host meets with the owners to hopefully get
them to agree to balance out the workload and successfully does so to ensure that the winter
season was planned out the famous chef brings the owners to visit several local towns promote
their restaurant and plans a winter marketing campaign for them now that everything was set
in place ramsay was finally able to start making the necessary renovations post kitchen nightmares
the restaurant did well for a brief amount of time but they ended up reverting back to the old menu
only getting negative reviews then on the restaurant ultimately closed down in december
of 2016. purchased by new owners it was renamed to hk2 which has extremely mixed reviews on yelp
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