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for today's video we're going to cover some more restaurants featured on Restaurant Impossible and
determine if they're still open so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the
content guys dodge city after three decades of being in business Robert Irvine pays a visit to
dodge city in harrisburg pennsylvania to prevent it from closing down both owners doug and debbie
crick are 600 thousand dollars in debt and are failing to compete with the number of restaurants
open in the area having a wild west theme for the longest time the owners are way too stubborn and
weary of change initially the couple completely rejected making any of the necessary changes that
chef Irvine suggested to make the restaurant more modern what was even more frustrating is
that when Irvine attempted to order he was given five different menus with an overwhelming amount
of selection additionally the customers seemed to be very perplexed with the decor and the number of
items on the menu as well upon receiving his meal Irvine despises the plates the food is
served on and thinks it's bland greasy and canned frozen or from a packet following this terrible
dining experience the restaurant impossible host demands that the owners cut down the menu however
being stubborn and indecisive as always doug and debbie struggle to decide on which items to remove
slimming down the menu picking key meals from all five lists they were able to put together one
solid menu in order to modernize the restaurant and make it more competitive chef Irvine and his
team completely revamped the restaurant starting up with lightening up the walls he replaced the
floors added a new divider and took down most of the tacky decor wanting to give the business
a fresh new start they also changed the name slightly to dodge city steakhouse later revealing
the makeover to the frustrating owners they were pleasantly surprised and came to love the changes
so much so that doug falls to the ground in shock which was certainly not the reaction everyone
expected finally relaunching the patrons seemed to be ecstatic with the new bright and appealing
decor as well as the new theme while the kitchen felt a lot of pressure with a full restaurant they
were generally able to manage and the customers were satisfied fast forward to a few months later
the restaurant is thriving with mostly positive reviews on yelp and tripadvisor admittedly it
wasn't all good with some complaining about how the restaurant was only partially renovated
thankfully the owners seemed to listen to the constructive criticism they received and completed
the makeover which is very admirable keeping robert's shortened menu with some slight tweaks
things have been very good for dodge city rocking a solid 4 star review on yelp across 216 unique
reviews irvine was nothing but impressed when he revisited 5 years later la stanza visiting
a restaurant called la stanza in philadelphia pennsylvania robert irvine attempts to save
the business from failure owned by john chapati he decided to purchase the restaurant since he
believed it would be easier than the construction trade however this italian restaurant is stuck far
in the past making it very unappealing to new customers two years before the episode air jon
passed lestanza off to his 24 year old daughter lucia who pushed her college career out the
window in order to run the restaurant the father and daughter duo have absolutely no restaurant
experience and what's worse they had a recent scandal with the underage sale of alcohol when
irvine finally arrives he notices that there's a huge problem with the food since everything except
for their sauce was poor in quality what's more the decor is extremely unappealing and they barely
promote the restaurant resulting in it being practically invisible discovering that their chef
is cutting corners when it comes to ingredients irvine is not surprised that the food tastes bad
meaning with a professional designer they decide to split the large overwhelming dining room into
two separate areas removing all the clutter and ripping down the curtains irvine and his team are
ready to start renovating but before this irvine quizzes lucia about the reasoning for her menu's
pricing and she displays a lack of knowledge for the cost of ingredients necessary and what the
prices should really be at terribly disappointed irvine decides on creating a new menu with
well-thought-out dishes and teaches the kitchen how to prepare an italian tapas menu come time to
the businesses repaint the restaurant impossible host runs into a very problematic predicament
their porous ceiling is not allowing the paint to set well leaving behind a dark color underneath
forced to call in reinforcements due to the project taking way longer than expected
irvine and his team put their all into this rescue later irvine reveals that with the
help of a local television station he was going to get a feature on the restaurant
before officially relaunching the famous chef teaches lucia how to run a restaurant properly
price your menu items and better manage your stuff upon los stanza's relaunch the beautifully updated
dining room filled up with customers who fell in love with the new menu thanks to irvine's efforts
the restaurant's chefs seemingly regained their passion for cooking and the kitchen was finally
running smoothly in the following months after chef irvine left the reviews on yelp and trip
advisor were mostly good for some odd reason the owner decided that it would be a good idea to
revert the changes made lucia decided to keep only one of the many dishes irvine added to their menu
re-adding most of the items they originally had if it isn't obvious already this was an extremely
poor decision to make which turned irvine's work into a waste of time closing in november of 2014
lostanza was taken over by new owners who renamed it to asian palace restaurants while the outcome
of this rescue was disappointing what could you expect out of a 24 year old with no experience
sweet tea nine month old southern style restaurant sweet tea was visited by robert irvine in a season
2 episode owned by christine and jeffrey spencer they have no experience and are only getting by
with christine's father's savings through some discussion it's revealed that the restaurant
has only been declining and that they're losing 10 thousand dollars a month firstly chef irvine
expresses that it would be best to change the restaurant's theme to that of a sports bar
next to gauge the food quality the famous chef orders a collection of dishes from the menu and
some sweet tea and spirit of the restaurant's name speaking with some regulars in the meantime they
explain that the table and cutlery are normally dirty that the service quality is poor and that
the food is definitely frozen irvine believes that the clam chowder they serve has frozen clams
the sandwich tastes good but has too much costly prawns the chicken is old and the campero
is too salty going to inspect the kitchen he finds canned soup green beans and pre-prepared mashed
potatoes additionally irvine puts a thermometer in the macaroni and cheese and discovers that it
isn't stored at the correct temperature and is not okay to serve meeting with a designer they
decide on hiding the kitchen from the view of customers removing the sports memorabilia and
brightening up the interior to prepare the staff for his new menu irvine teaches them how to make
easy southern dishes like a tasty burger pork chops and delicious waffles challenging the staff
to a friendly sweet tea making competition none of what is made is deemed worthy of being served
heading to a local clubhouse they try to get some buzz around the restaurant by promoting
their new meatloaf and sweet tea finally when the restaurant re-launched sweet tea was packed with
people some even lining up to get in loving the new decor and impressed with the improved menu
the customers vowed to make their return following the rescue the reviews were quite mixed with most
of the negative comments being about the food and service quality even though they slightly
improved on their sweet tea the business ended up closing down in the fall of 2011. county fair
former us marine and owner chef eric green sunk his life savings into purchasing the county fair
while he was met with some success in the beginning he now faces a 520 000 debt has never
taken a paycheck and is surviving on his pension and his wife loses wages close to having the power
being shut off on them eric calls out to chef irvine for some much needed help upon his arrival
he's met with a horrible smell food stored next to cleaning products and bacon sitting on a hot sink
unit noticing that the decor is bland and that the customers are unsatisfied with the food he's
already unimpressed wanting to sample the food for himself he finds their biscuits to be rock hard
the bologna to be uncooked and their breakfast in a cup to be too salty admittedly eric feels like
he lost his sense of taste and smell during his service in kuwait which explains the terrible food
further inspecting the kitchen irvine finds grease caked on the equipment enough to violate the
fire code and thinks that the kitchen's layout was poorly thought out meeting with a designer
they discussed giving the restaurant a possible american diner theme to bring in more customers
teaching the staff how to make simple dishes like apple pie that would fit with the restaurant's new
theme cynthia comes out and says that she's lost all motivation to put some spark back into county
fair chef irvine tries to introduce a pie eating competition that would also promote the restaurant
working until the last minute on redecorating the owners are shocked and pleased with the new decor
upon the restaurant's relaunch everything went generally smoothly and the customers were in
love with the changes made however despite the fact that their sales slightly increased
they were completely unable to deal with their crippling debts and closed down for good in 2012.
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