Monday
Mar282011
A "Kitchen Nightmare" @ Cafe Tavolini in Bridgeport
Stephanie Webster
Gordon Ramsay was spotted (how could you miss him?) this past December filming another soul crushing "Kitchen Nightmare" at Cafe Tavolini, in the Blackrock section of Bridgeport. On Friday March 25th the conclusive drama unfolded at this local Italian eatery. It aint pretty, but what did you all expect? Here's how it went down when Gordon Ramsay came to town. Watch the full video episode here.
Did you watch the episode? Tell us what you thought!
Reader Comments (7)
Great moment when the often-off-duty owners couldn't handle disaster in the dining room and went out to sit in their car and have the waiter deliver the dinner they'd ordered from the over-burdened kitchen. I was sorry Tavolini closed because the post-Ramsey menu was pretty good. But the show make the restaurant's closing seem inevitable.
I watched this episode. I cannot imagine what these people were thinking when they went into the restaurant business with no prior experience! I felt bad for them, am sure they lost heaps of money, but they only have themselves to blame.
Good thing they are closed......I had been there a number of times in the past. After watching the show, I would never have returned. The couple had no idea how to run a restaurant and the husband could not have come across in a worse light.
I watched the episode these people never should have been in the restaurant business from the start. Whatever occured they brought on themselves. No interest at all in the business. They hoped the place would catch fire & burn down. I think having Ramsey come into your restaurant is a death knell.
I went there pre Ramsay......they wouldnt seat us cos we were wearing shorts...or something....it was July! Dining room was half empty and they said "bar only".......fxxx them. I.m a 60 yr. Old lawyer....maybe that was the problem!!! There will be more lawyers in their future for sure!!
Gordon cd. Change the menu but he cdnt. increase their intelligence or their lack of manners. I ve never been treated worse and still I feel sorry for them. Maybe they were just a front for money laundering??!! Time to retire or find a new career......not in food or hospitality!
That couple should have never bought a restaurant, they knew nothing about the business, and when things got
tough they would run away. They should have given the restaurant to the son and daughter they seem to give a damn about what was happening. No wonder the place closed, after all the hard work Gordon Ramsey put into it, what a let down those owners lost a goldmine and its their own fault.
I feel for the owners here. Watching the show they clearly felt overwhelmed running the restaurant and working through the relationship struggles. I love the show. I think Gordon Ramsey is a fine man with a good heart, and he does an amazing job trying to turn these places around in a few days. Great show