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welcome to the Film Insight channel in today's video we're going to discuss some restaurants
featured on restaurant impossible and reveal if they're still open so sit back relax and without
further ado let's get right to the content guys flood tide in a season 1 episode the legendary
Robert Irvine pays a visit to a restaurant called flood tide hoping to save it from closing down
once booming with business the 50 year old restaurant now has a horrible reputation
and it's mostly because of the owner jody dyer having the same chef robert chip for over two
decades she considers him a world-class chef but that's up for debate when Chef Irvine arrives he
points out that the decor is extremely dull and is unimpressed with the filthy exhibition kitchen
inviting some guests over for the dinner service they also criticize the decor
and are unsure of what to get on the menu what's more the food takes extremely long to arrive and
when it does it's either bland or overly seasoned the lobster bisque and calamari disappoint the
owner jody and it's soon revealed that the staff have never really tried the food themselves
taking a closer look at the kitchen irvine finds grime kicked on equipment which angers him
deeply but the staff takes responsibility and begins to clean things up hoping to be able to
change the restaurant's reputation chef Irvine heads to a coffee shop to meet with some locals
it becomes clear that most feel like the food needs an update is way too overpriced
and that the service is horrible due to these very poor testimonials the restaurant impossible host
begins to think that he won't be able to shift flood tide's reputation around still willing to
try though irvine coaches the kitchen staff on ways to improve their menu with the equipment
and ingredients they already have showing the owner the local's opinions he suggests that
she renamed the restaurant and she reluctantly changes it to the wood grill at flood tide asking
the staff to sample the new foodie suggested irvine is pleased to know that they enjoyed it
upon the restaurant's eventual relaunch the food is a humongous hit with the customers and the
staff seem to be in order post the restaurant's appearance on the show jody expressed that she
wasn't entirely happy with the outcome while they did receive a minuscule boost in profits
it was not nearly enough to keep the restaurant afloat since she was still facing financial issues
reviews were generally positive on tripadvisor while the ones on yelp were oddly mostly poor who
knows why in november of 2013 the restaurant ended up predictably closing down and the building was
purchased for 5.35 million dollars a bit more than a year later being completely reopened in june of
2014 the building was redecorated and renamed to harbor house salt works too traveling all
the way to wilmington north carolina robert irvine attempts to save a restaurant called saltworks 2.
being a well-established restaurant it was eventually purchased by best friends michael
and john 18 months before the episode was recorded however they have no experience
with running a restaurant which has led to their expected downfall not only did they keep the old
menu in staff but when their kitchen equipment broke they sunk all their money into fixing it
upon irvine's arrival to this failing business he samples a collection of dishes while speaking to
the customers and looking at their meals when he's finally served the food he ordered it's absolutely
revolting how old and salty the chicken is and how generally bland the food tasted admittedly
the kitchen staff isn't happy with the food either not being able to name a single item on the menu
that isn't canned or frozen unimpressed with their laziness chef irvine expresses that he
can make fresh gravy for cheaper than the 10 canned gravy they own speaking with a designer
irvine plans to introduce bar and wine sales into the restaurant to boost its profitability
interestingly enough though rather than shift the blame onto the staff the owners were completely
fine with accepting that their failure lies in their poor leadership giving the staff a challenge
chef irvine asked them to build furniture that will later be used in the restaurant to test
their teamwork as they worked on that the dining room was repainted and the counter replaced while
irvine and those in the kitchen learned how to make the new menu items in order to choose who the
next executive chef will be a cook-off challenge is held and chef frank admits that his co-worker
jimmy's food is delicious and out of his league so he's offered the position testing the staff
on if they know the new menu items irvine gives them a new t-shirt if they could recite them all
eventually michael and john get to see their new restaurant and fall in love with the updated decor
throughout the relaunch even if things didn't go perfectly the customers were very pleased with
their meals and promised to return after irvine left the restaurant received pretty decent reviews
which was immensely improved in late 2014 to 2015. what the owners expressed changed the most since
appearing on the show was they were always busy and even had younger customers coming to test the
food although in the end the restaurant closed down in november of 2015 not before posting a
statement on their facebook page it read well today's a sad day for most of the salt works
2 family today was our last day to be open for business it's been one heck of a run but sadly
it must come to an end due to the loss of some key employees midday today we cannot staff accordingly
two years later the restaurant was sold for 660 thousand dollars
secret garden cafe located in jacksonville florida the secret garden cafe is a restaurant that chef
robert irvine decided to try and rescue owned by zach nettles and michael williams for over six
years they're in deep debt and are only able to stay open for another three months this is simply
due to the fact that their food costs are out of control and they're embarrassing lack of clientele
on top of this both of the owners have trouble agreeing with each other and haven't
paid themselves since opening the restaurant when the restaurant impossible host arrives
he hates how the building is sectioned off and he attempts to remove the clutter from the wall
wanting to sample the food irvine orders a couple of dishes from the menu which makes the owners
begin to shout and argue with the staff how odd some of the customers begin to complain
about how the restaurant is cold and the owner rudely tells them to put on a coat after a while
irvine has served his order and it's poorly cooked with packet sauce covered in greens and horribly
presented the restaurant's chef ingo doesn't take criticism very well so he makes fresh sauce and
compares it to the pre-made one it's obviously better reorganizing the kitchen jeff irvine moves
the equipment as well as the fridge around and cuts out some windows to ensure that implementing
his new menu would go smoothly the famous chef teaches them how to improve their skills
later on the owners head to a local radio station to get the word out about their newly reborn
restaurant thankfully the owners are pleased with the new color scheme and the cutout windows upon
relaunch everything was a hit with the customers who were eager to come back ever since chef irvine
gave the restaurant a second chance reviews on yelp and trip advisor have been amazing the owners
have expressed a 50 increase in sales since their appearance on the show and they've seen a huge
increase of traffic on their website supposedly the restaurant doesn't open for dinner but they
were met with enough success to open a second location today they're still open but briefly shut
down in 2017 after failing a health inspection due to a roach infestation from a faulty door
meglios owned by a man named john meglio meglios is an italian restaurant that opened
five years prior to the taping of this season one episode being 250 thousand dollars in debt
meglio has taken out a second mortgage and is very close to losing his business desperately needing
some guidance before everything crashes down meglio calls out to robert irvine for some aid
when he arrives despite struggling to get there irvine finds a wall that is filled with luigi's
nostalgia unimpressed with the drab decor and filthy ceiling chef irvine reluctantly invites
some guests to test the food also feeling disappointed with the restaurant the guests
also seem to hate the decor and how confused the servers are while the pizza they ordered
was actually surprisingly delicious the rest of the meals are served are disgusting the staff
don't even eat the food because they know that the kitchen has a lot of cross-contamination issues
heading into the kitchen to investigate irvine finds tons of frozen food in the walk-in and urges
the staff to remove it to replace the disgusting food chef irvine teaches the staff how to make his
new dishes and they admit that this is the first time they've used fresh ingredients with a plan
to give the restaurant an aesthetic overhaul the staff helps remove the clutter and half
of the dividing wall upon the official relaunch customers are impressed with the updated decor
and food and the returning guests are completely surprised since the restaurant impossible team
left reviews on yelp and trip advisor have been very polarizing as a result of the owner reverting
back to a lot of his old ways the restaurant inevitably closed down in january of 2015.
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