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channel for today's video we're going to discuss some more restaurants to be featured on kitchen
nightmares and reveal how they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right
into the content guys sante la brea in a season 2 episode Gordon Ramsay heads over to the failing
sante la brea to rescue it from closure owned by dean hamui he runs the business alongside his sons
arthur and sami in a prime location in hollywood while one would think that they'd be drowning in
money they're unfortunately two hundred thousand dollars in debt and struggling to stay open
considering that the businesses days were numbered dean decided to reach out to Ramsay for
some guidance upon his eventual arrival the famous chef meets with the owner who gives them a tour of
the building oddly they grow wheatgrass from the ceiling which dean decides to pluck and eat right
in front of Ramsay which makes him laugh soon after the owner expresses that the restaurant's
chef didn't come in that day meaning that he would have to cook for the kitchen nightmares
post himself hungary Ramsay sits down to scan the menu and is perplexed by what a mug of dufu
is which the owner's son explains is a stir fry with black bean sauce interested the famous chef
orders the mogadoofu which he thought was inedible the turkey patty melt which tasted dreadful and
a blackened salmon which was way too dry leaving him feeling colossally disappointed following his
awful meal ramsay gives his feedback to dean and highlights that the food was beyond bad
heading into the kitchen to inspect around ramsay finds fresh and cooked salmon sword next to one
another and sees turkey and salmon defrosting together after two long hours of being late
the restaurant chef aurelia finally arrives and dishes out the worst excuse ever which sparks
a heated argument despite his abysmal levels of punctuality the owner decides to be lenient
and lets the chef get away with being late which makes sami and arthur even more angry leaving and
returning later on ramsay attempts to observe the dinner service which was a complete joke
unsurprisingly most of the food is sent back since the dishes are utterly blinds and ramsay
even finds out that they use frozen processed meat holding a staff meeting soon after the disastrous
service ramsay points out that the main problem is the food but also that the place is filthy forcing
the staff to clean for the rest of the night the famous chef returns the following day and
pulls the owner aside to help him find his voice bringing him up to a hill ramsay gets him to shout
any frustrations he has about his staff into the sky and reminds him that he needs to step up fast
forward to near the end of the episode the famous chef gave both the inside and outside a beautiful
makeover and improved upon the menu post kitchen nightmares the owner decided to retire and pass
the business on to arthur and sammy a while after ramsay had left they decided to bring back some
customer favorites to the menu and fire irelia so they had a more competent chef aside from having
good reviews on both yelp and trip advisor the restaurant couldn't support itself any longer and
closed down in june of 2011. currently speaking a german restaurant called words house opened up in
its place which has great reviews classic american for a season 4 episode gordon ramsay pays a visit
to classic american to bring it back on his feet owned by two best friends named colleen and naomi
they decided to purchase the business back in 2000 after working there as waitresses unfortunately
since they have little experience in the industry the business hasn't been very profitable which is
why they reached out to Ramsay for some help when he finally arrives the famous chef is greeted
by colleen's boyfriend dom who reveals that he previously worked in the building industry but
currently works at the restaurant sitting down with the owner soon after they expressed that
they've paid close to 700 thousand dollars for the business and property collectively getting
some fried calamari that was extremely chewy a bomb burger that was tasteless and mac and cheese
that was clearly store bought Ramsay was left with the worst first impression as usual the kitchen
nightmare's host was ruthless with his criticism saying that the food was horrid clearly bothered
by the fact that Ramsay didn't like her food colleen breaks down and admits that she hasn't
paid herself and naomi in over a year coming back later on the famous chef attempts to observe the
dinner service which was very chaotic since the restaurant's computer broke the waitresses were
forced to hand write orders which slowed down the service drastically and caused a lot of confusion
what's more they somehow ran out of ingredients to make burgers and didn't have any more plates
cutlery or clean drinking glasses to use due to the immense amount of pressure colleen decided
to walk out mid-service and broke down but Ramsay followed along and managed to calm her down the
following morning the famous chef decided to hold a staff meeting and got everyone to anonymously
write down their criticisms about the restaurant while one person pointed out that colleen gets way
too frustrated with the waitresses another said that naomi is a complete pushover additionally
one expressed that the business runs out of necessities frequently and that dom needs to take
responsibility for it since he is the one that orders things ramsay understandably calls him out
for this but dom doesn't take the confrontation very well and starts throwing things around after
putting together some specials for the upcoming dinner service ramsay asks colin to expedite in
the kitchen while naomi works at the front of house predictably the patrons love the specials
the famous chef added to the menu but hated everything from the old one holding yet another
meeting after the second service ramsay says that he's going to make a ton of changes he first
starts by giving the restaurant an incredible makeover making the interior seem more modern
then revamps the menu printing enough for each diner and replaces the computers finally after
all these fantastic changes were made classic american was ready to get back into business
upon their eventual relaunch things started off poorly since the customers were left to wait due
to the fact that the waitresses were out smoking thankfully the staff recovered from this error
and while there were a few more hiccups throughout the service it was a success overall weeks after
the taping of this episode the owners reported that the business's sales went up by 35 percent
a while later when ramsay revisited the place he was impressed with their food and presented them
with long island's best burger award from good times magazine reviews after the renovations
were made were mostly positive with most of the preys going towards the food ultimately though
the place closed down in august of 2013 and was put up for sale for half a million dollars
33 as our final entry we're going to cover a restaurant that gordon ramsay attempted to save
called la galeria 33 owned by two sisters named rita and lisa they opened the place back in 2006
less than a hundred feet from their father's restaurant called lasteria hoping that the
business would be an instant success since it was located on the north end of boston it turned out
to be quite the opposite there's only so much that being in a prime location can do since the
owners have a reputation for being unprofessional what's more most of the staff hate rita and lisa
since they're disrespectful to everyone including patrons to make matters even worse rita smokes a
ton on the job and lisa carelessly drinks in front of customers claiming to have tried everything
from renovating to changing the menu nothing has worked which is why they called out the ramsay for
some aid upon his eventual rival the famous chef mistakes the owners for customers since they're
sitting outside of the restaurant through some discussion ramsay learns that the business is
losing money on a daily basis and that the servers are supposedly temperamental taking a look around
the kitchen nightmare's host is unimpressed with the ugly decor but eventually sits down to order
some food getting some gnocchi's that were clearly frozen meatballs that were rubbery veal that
tasted bland and chicken marsala that was overly sweet ramsay seemed appalled with his experience
hoping that the dessert would at least be good he ordered some tiramisu for dessert which they were
completely out of fed up with the poor service quality ramsay asked one of the servers to pick
up some dessert at the father's restaurant nearby and what he receives is absolutely delicious
heading into the kitchen soon after to meet with the restaurant chef doug he points out that he's
been in the industry since 1994. regardless of his undeniable experience he expresses that
his job is hindered thanks to the owners which they flat out deny being straight up with the
famous chef doug reveals that he doesn't even like italian food and gets no pleasure from cooking it
shocked by this revelation ramsay takes some time away to think and returns later on to observe
the evening service immediately the kitchen nightmare's host is taken aback to see how
packed the restaurant is but it's because it's a saturday which is the busiest day in the north end
despite the fact that the kitchen doesn't have any stations the food is somehow still being
sent out to patrons unsurprisingly though most of them aren't impressed with what they receive
with many branding their meals as tasteless terrible and nasty following the laughable
service the famous chef has a heart to heart with the sisters and gets them to step things up
fast forward to the end of the episode ramsay gave the restaurant a wonderful makeover giving
it a romantic feel and added tons of new dishes to the menu post kitchen nightmares the restaurant
received pretty mixed reviews with some praising and complaining about the food and service
it's pretty surprising but the restaurant was able to stay open for another 6 years
after Ramsay left ultimately closing down in november of 2018. well that'll be all for
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