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Restaurant Impossible
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01/26/11 11:16 AM
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Did anyone watch the new show on the food network called RESTAURANT IMPOSSIBLE?
I caught the first episode last week. Pretty good show!
Each week Chef Robert Irvine will try and turn a failing restaurant into a successful one. He has a $10,000 budget to work with and just two days to try and put the featured restaurant of that week back on it's feet.
"Day one of the extreme mission begins with a thorough business assessment as Robert launches the restaurant into full service, closely observes the staff and kitchen, and determines their weakest spots. Then, he springs into action by updating the menu, retraining the staff and implementing aesthetic changes with the help of his design team. To ensure a packed house for the grand re-opening at the end of day two, Robert hits the streets to tell the community about the improved restaurant. Will the ruthless schedule, tight budget and ambitious task overcome Robert’s lofty goals, or will this tall order result in restaurant triumph?"
Last week he was in a restaurant in in Palmyra, NJ called Villari's. This week he will be in Providence, R.I. trying to save a failing restaurant named Mainelli's.
The show airs every Wednesday Night at 10:00 PM.
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Restaurant Impossible
[Re: Don Cardi]
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01/26/11 02:19 PM
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J Geoff
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Man, this'll be the 3rd series (that I know of) doing the same thing. Besides Kitchen Nightmares I've also been watching reruns of Restaurant Makeover (from Canada, 2005-2008) on Wealth TV. I'll have to check this one out, too -- my DVR's gonna kill me! lol
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Restaurant Impossible
[Re: Don Cardi]
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06/17/12 02:03 AM
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J Geoff
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I've been watching this ever since DC mentioned it -- I love this show! Tho, of course, they add some drama during final editing, but I don't care...
I just wanna know how Robert Irvine has time to work out, with 3 TV shows and how many restaurants...?
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Restaurant Impossible
[Re: J Geoff]
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06/17/12 10:41 AM
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I've been watching this ever since DC mentioned it -- I love this show! Tho, of course, they add some drama during final editing, but I don't care...
Yes, I USED to love this show.....that is until they decided that viewers should log onto the food network website in order to find out what happens to the restaurants after they are given new life by Irvine. At one time at the end of the show they would tell you if the restaurant went on to continued success, went back to being a failure, etc. Now after watching the whole show if you want to know what happened you have to log onto food network to find out. That's just bullshit!
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: Restaurant Impossible
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06/17/12 01:28 PM
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J Geoff
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I hear ya... but I've never checked "what happened" as the show is entertaining enough...  I do prefer Kitchen Nightmares, though, and at least they air "what happened" to some in future episodes; but I watch all these types of shows. Did you ever see Restaurant Makeover? The series from Food Network Canada is over, but repeats air on Wealth TV here. I like that one, too. Gotta love Igor with his sledge hammer on "demo[lition] day"! 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Restaurant Impossible
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06/21/12 12:55 AM
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I wonder if that's characteristic of the other restaurants RI tries to shape up. I'm sure that's up to the restaurant owners themselves, whether they shaped-up or gonna get shipped-out of business....
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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