Episode
Restaurant: Impossible: Drowning In Debt
Overview
Chef Robert Irvine has faced many stubborn owners in the past, but he may have met his match in Carolyn, the owner of Mom & Dad's Italian Restaurant in DeFuniak Springs, Fla. Carolyn and her husband George bought the restaurant 24 years ago, but now, six years after George's death, Carolyn refuses to make any changes, despite the ill-prepared food and mounting debt.
Details
- Series
- Restaurant: Impossible
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2013-05-12
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Drowning In Debt is Episode 4 in Season 6 of Restaurant: Impossible. It aired on 2013-05-12. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 3: Creepy In Clearwater
Gus and Evi, the owners of Smitty's Restaurant in Clearwater, Fla., don't just have one problem, they have hundreds — problems that only an exterminator can fix. The exterminator costs Chef Robert and his design team precious money and time, and pulling all the pieces together will truly be a race to the finish.
Episode 5: Muskrat Mayhem
Chef Robert Irvine travels to Smyrna, Del., to meet three generations of women fighting to keep the Wagon Wheel Family Restaurant open for business. While restaurant is in mayhem over the frozen food, outdated decor, dysfunctional family and disrespectful staff, the only thing keeping the restaurant alive right now is muskrat. Robert has just two days to repair a broken family, or even the popularity of the muskrat won't be enough to keep the wheels on this restaurant any longer.
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Episode 2: Father Knows Worst
Chef Robert Irvine heads to Murrells Inlet, S.C., to help George and Theresa save their 16-year old family-run Old World Italian Restaurant. Despite growing health and financial problems, George and Theresa can't seem to hand over control to their culinary-trained son, George, Jr. Will Robert's tough love approach be able to fix 16 years of old habits in two days? Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurant-impossible/old-world-italian-restaurant/index.
Episode 6: In the Pits
Lynn has owned Bryan's Smokehouse in Lufkin, Texas for 15 years: Business was great at first, but now an oversaturated market and a staff of misfits have put Lynn further and further into debt.
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Chef Robert ravels to Fishkill, N.Y., to help Joe and Dena save their floundering restaurant, Joe Willy's Seafood House. While experienced in purchasing seafood, Joe's skills as a head cook leave a lot to be desired, and the stress of the failing business is taking its toll on Dena and their three kids. Robert must force Joe to get past his pride in order to save his restaurant — and his family.
Episode 7: Lost in the Woods
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Episode 8: Sink or Swim
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Episode 9: It's All Greek to Me
Episode 10: Kalico Kraziness
Chef Robert travels to Douglas, Mich., to save the Kalico Kitchen and longtime owner Catherine, whose vocabulary is so colorful that it's turning the staff and her son against her.
Episode 11: Barely Edible
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Episode 12: Benner Street in Bethlehem
Owners Dorothy and Thom should be close to retirement but they are so far in debt, they may never be able to stop working. Chef Robert has to tackle an outdated decor, a lack of alcohol at the bar and a husband/chef who fights constantly with his wife.
Episode 13: Pie in the Sky