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Which closing mad you most sad?

posted 10 years ago by I_hatenazis
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At the end of each episode you get the impression that most succeed but actually well over 60% fail (it's actually worse explained later). In any case, for me Cafe 36 was a sad story because the elderly couple were so nice and they invested everything and the husband looked like he was developing expediter skills. Here is a website that gives a more meaty version of the follow up other than open/closed http://theashleysrealityroundup.com/2012/03/19/kitchen-nightmares-seas on-2-restaurants-where-are-they-now/ After learning they closed just a few months after filming the scene were they offer Gordon an expensive bottle of wine and he insists the they keep it so they can drink it together later in their restaurant was very morose.

Also, I was sad to see that Zocalo's was on the list. This was the Mexican restaurant where the husband worked so hard in the kitchen to make it work and had such a good attitude.

[–] I_hatenazis 10 years ago

The current failure rate is that 65% of the restaurant's close but that understates the story. In the first two seasons, only two restaurants are still open, most of the currently still opened restaurants are from the last two seasons. In other words, more are likely to close in the near to intermediate future.

Another pathetic closing was 'Mike & Nellies' steakhouse that closed somewhere between 6 to 11 mo's after filming. The reason it's so pathetic is that at the end of the episode it looked like such a success story.

BTW I am not blaming Chef Ramsey, he is dealing with very bad businesses that are most likely very high in debt and have lots of pending bills including property taxes that are very hard to get over.

[–] falconefans 10 years ago

I just watched the rerun of Mike and Nelly's. Why did they close?

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No she doesnt.

[–] neglndr 10 years ago

I just watched a rerun of Mike and Nellie's and I was really hoping that restaurant would stay open. I am not sure why it closed but I wonder if Mike's drinking got the best of him and he couldn't continue.

Samantha and Lexi had to be the most adorable daughters of any restaurant owner featured on Kitchen Nightmares. It was part of the reason I wanted Mike and Nellie's to succeed.

[–] dmrmlr-1 10 years ago

I agree with all of the mentioned restaurants. Another I would like to add is The Mixing Bowl. The owners were so likeable, in this case the manager was the jerk. They should have taken Ramsay's advice and fired him. As for the closings, the restaurant business is so tricky and no matter how successful one is, back taxes are usually a death sentence. Where I live, we have top rated, raved about local restaurants closing all of the time. Heck, we even have long established chain restaurants closing!