Episode
Restaurant: Impossible: Face the Music
Overview
Robert tries to help "Urban Roots", a restaurant and entertainment venue in Oklahoma City, become a success, but first he has to reignite the owner/chef's passion for cooking and light a fire under the lackadaisical staff.
Details
- Series
- Restaurant: Impossible
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2014-04-09
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Face the Music is Episode 6 in Season 8 of Restaurant: Impossible. It aired on 2014-04-09. The runtime is 43 min.
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