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for today's video we're going to get into more restaurants 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 long branch steak and seafood
heading over to a long branch steak and seafood in fayetteville georgia Robert Irvine attempts
to save it from closure the owner lisa howard received the restaurant as a wedding gift from
the previous owner and her husband lindsay howard working at the restaurant for the longest time as
a waitress and bartender lindsay entrusted long branch to lisa since he had to return to another
business despite not having any restaurant experience lisa's been running things ever
since but predictably so things haven't been going very well struggling financially she desperately
sought out loans investing a hundred thousand more into the business but this only made things worse
her daughter lucy also helps out around the restaurant and feels very concerned about her
mother's well-being since the pressure of running a restaurant is really getting to her urgently
needing the guidance of a professional they reach out to the legendary chef or vine for some aid
upon his arrival irvine seems to be unimpressed with the warehouse decor with confusing license
plates being plastered on the walls through some discussion with lucy the restaurant impossible
hoax is revealed that the biggest problem is the lack of communication and the staff's
unwillingness to listen wanting to observe the dinner service irvine notices that the customers
are perplexed by the old smell since the building is new additionally the patrons are disgusted by
the food especially the steak which is cooked incorrectly and the cheesecake which tasted sour
heading into the kitchen to investigate the issue he's appalled to find how filthy the
workspace is finding cockroaches and reprimands the staff after deep cleaning the kitchen chef
irvine meets with designer tanya who is disappointed with the 1300 budget cut due to
the cockroach extermination regardless her and her team revamped the overall look of the restaurant
to make it more appealing to new customers before fully reopening irvine teaches the kitchen staff
how to make new dishes on his menu which includes a scallop dish and a properly cooked tenderloin
during the relaunch not only is the staff happy with the changes made the customers seem to love
the updated decor and improved menu several months after irvine left the restaurant decided to bring
back some old menu items for the regulars since the changes were too different for them thankfully
irvine seemed to have boosted lisa's confidence since she was able to finally lead her staff
however soon after the episode aired in august of 2012 long branch steak and seafood close down
supposedly one reviewer pointed out that their biggest mistake was focusing more on regulars
than new customers you guys think you would have done the same thing in her situation the main dish
robert irvine tries to save yet another restaurant called the main dish in meridianville alabama
owned by ken and lin tiverberg they both dreamed of running their own restaurant since they're
very passionate about cooking before taking on the business however ken worked in a recycling
facility but jumped on the opportunity to purchase the main dish when it went up for sale
it should go without saying but it's one thing to dream about owning a restaurant versus actually
running one which is what the couple would quickly learn working every day with absolutely no days
off the pair practically live in the restaurant which has taken a toll on their happiness
what's more their efforts haven't been rewarded since they're 250 000 in debt and haven't taken
a salary in six years knowing that the restaurant could last only six more months before needing to
close down the couple reach out to robert irvine for some help later arriving at the restaurant
irvine meets with lynn who's oddly dressed as a hot dog to attract in customers welcoming the
famous chef to their restaurant irvine promises to pinpoint the main issues at hand and attempt to
fix them first he asked them about their finances which they barely know but they reveal that their
revenue might be close to 18 000 a month which can barely cover the rent food and labor costs
next irvine learns that the restaurant heavily relies on frozen food since they need to save as
much as possible to get a better scope on the issues at hand irvine watches the service and
notices that there's a lot of poor communication going into the kitchen to taste test some food
none of the meals served satisfied him but he was still hopeful he could turn things around
ready to move into the renovation stage the restaurant impossible host meets with designer
tanya who has some ideas on how to modernize the place following this irvine attempts to resolve
the issues with the restaurant but notices that despite the fact that the building is on a busy
road they still fail to get customers through the door advising that the family hosts events
at least once a month to create buzz about the main dish irvine creates one for them
with monster trucks bouncy castles and free food samples this was a great choice since
after the event ended a collection of people promised to return to the restaurant for a meal
once the renovations were complete and chef irvine taught the staff his new menu things seemed to
be going in the right direction months after the show aired sales for the restaurants shot up and
most customers seemed to be happy with the changes made however after receiving an offer to purchase
the restaurant that was too good to refuse it became jojo's restaurant in february of 2013.
italian village for yet another season 4 episode robert irvine pays a visit to italian village in
philadelphia pennsylvania owned by rob and rob jr they purchased the restaurant over
three decades ago when they were much younger investing a total of 1 million dollars into
the business while it may have been a money machine in the past that is no longer true
in the last decade their profitability really went downhill so much so that they were going
to be forced to close down in eight months which called for the help of robert irvine
later meeting with the owners irvine notices that there's a lot of conflict between rob jr and his
father like how rob jr was under the impression that he was going to become a general manager
but his dad always prevented him from making any changes to the menu or taking control of staffing
this very confusing job description not only made running the business impossible but deteriorated
the father and son's relationship vowing to try and untangle this toxic family dynamic and revive
the restaurant to a sustainable level irvine gets to work starting by asking the owners about their
finances rob's father reveals that they are half a million dollars in debts and losing close to
five thousand dollars a week despite the fact that rob jr is the head of the operations he
doesn't know any of the revenue figures since his father keeps them from him rob senior admits that
while he does listen to his son's suggestions he ultimately isn't ready to make any decisions
why he gave him the position of general manager but not let him do anything baffles me but
anyway irvine decides to invite some guests over to eat at the restaurant to not only observe the
service quality but get some feedback it becomes very clear why the restaurant is failing since
the meals served are absolutely horrible wanting to clear the restaurant to hold a staff meeting
irvine unexpectedly finds some evidence that the building might be infested by mice like
urine fecal matter and corpses getting the staff to put their complaints about the restaurant in
boxes most say that the biggest problem is the weak leadership following this survey it became
clear that rob senior needed to start putting his faith in his son's managerial skills if he
wanted the restaurant to succeed agreeing to put aside their differences the father and son duo
seemed to finally be getting along which meant that chef irvine could start working his magic
after slamming down the 180 item menu down to just 30 replacing them with better choices and giving
the restaurant an aesthetic overhaul things were looking good for italian village thanks to the
restaurant impossible team's help the businesses sales went up by 18 which is certainly great
although despite the fact that they kept all the changes irvine made the restaurant still ended
up closing down in july of 2014. apparently rob senior blames the closure on the local
economy and the fact that a casino opened nearby which stole their customers hey at least they
tried stella's italian restaurant heading over to stratford connecticut irvine attempts to save the
failing stella's italian restaurant purchasing the restaurant over 15 years ago despite not
having any experience owner michael has sunk seven hundred thousand dollars into the business as a
result of the local economy suffering they began to lose their customer base which forced the owner
to start working 90 hours a week desperate to get some help before he needs to shut things down
michael reaches out to robert irvine for some aid arriving at the restaurant feeling disappointed
irvine doesn't seem to like the decor especially the booth which makes the restaurant feel smaller
testing the food it's expectedly poor in quality since they cut corners on everything due to lack
of funds holding a meeting with the staff it becomes clear that they are the biggest
problem since they're unruly and there's a lack of leadership in order for things to run smoother
around the restaurant irvine makes michael's mother camille take charge of the front of
house while michael himself takes control of the kitchen months after irvine left the restaurant
seemed to be up by 20 in sales and michael began to really develop his managerial skills although
in the end even with mostly positive reviews the restaurant closed down in august of 2014.
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