Episode
Restaurant: Impossible: Nanny Goats Cafe and Feed Bin
Overview
Chef Robert's newest mission is to save the failing restaurant, Nanny Goats Cafe and Feed Bin, in Kilgore, Texas. Owner Nancy was once a successful restaurateur, but Nanny Goats has depleted her savings, and led to the volatile relationship with her daughter that's driving customers away. With the restaurant in a financial mess, food being cooked unsafely, and a restaurant that resembles a flea market, Robert and his team will need every minute and dollar of the two day limit and $10,000 budget if they're going to save Nanny Goats.
Details
- Series
- Restaurant: Impossible
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2013-02-20
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Nanny Goats Cafe and Feed Bin is Episode 8 in Season 5 of Restaurant: Impossible. It aired on 2013-02-20. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 7: Sapori D'Italia
Chef Robert Irvine is called to Fountain Hills, Ariz., where the family behind Sapori D'Italia desperately needs his help: The Italian restaurant's customers have been replaced with the sounds of fighting. Robert must fix a broken family in order to fix their restaurant.
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