Episode
Restaurant: Impossible: The Trails
Overview
Robert hits the trail to San Diego, CA where he finds The Trails Eatery. An adorable little café owned and run by a young, energetic woman named Stacey. While, the surface here looks great, underneath the nicely painted exterior, is a business spiraling into bankruptcy. Will Stacey take Robert's advice or will it be the end of the line for The Trails?
Details
- Series
- Restaurant: Impossible
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2011-09-21
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Trails is Episode 10 in Season 2 of Restaurant: Impossible. It aired on 2011-09-21. The runtime is 43 min.
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