Kitchen Nightmares Trivia

1. In what Arizona city was this restaurant located?

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares": Amy's Baking Company

Answer: Scottsdale

In 2006, Amy Bouzaglo's husband and partner, Samy, invested in over $1 000 000 to have her dream restaurant take shape. About two years before the episode aired, Amy was getting negative reviews about her restaurant which she called "lies" and that it was hurting her business.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" Season 6

Answer: Boston

The season opened with the two-part episode about Galleria 33 in the North End, Boston's oldest community and known for its large Italian population. Gordon Ramsay tried to help two feuding sisters who dealt with bad food and a head chef with bad habits.

From Quiz Kitchen Nightmares (USA) Season 5

Answer: New Jersey

The first three episodes of the season were soul food restaurant Blackberry's, Italian restaurant Leone's, and family restaurant Mike & Nellie's. Of the three mentioned, Leone's and Blackberry's were still open in October 2012, while Mike & Nellie's closed their doors in January 2012.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (U.S.) Season 4

Answer: Spanish

The Spanish Pavillion of Harrison, New Jersey, opened as the only Spanish restaurant in the area, but at the time of filming, there were forty other Spanish restaurants. Gordon Ramsay saw the bickering family members, a head chef that quit, a dead lobster in the tank, a refrigerator with food gone bad, and the staff dressed up like they were at a funeral parlor. Ramsay had bad lobster bisque, dry chicken swimming in oil, and burnt paella.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (US) Season 3

Answer: Philadelphia

The Hot Potato Cafe was run by three sisters and the head chief was their uninterested 21-year-old niece. The restaurant took a hit after a bad review with the headline "Spuddy Hell". Despite a new favorable review by the same critic, the Hot Potato Cafe closed in August 2010.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (USA) Season 2

Answer: Six

In a two-hour special, Gordon revisited Peter's, Dillon's (later renamed Purnima), The Mixing Bowl, The Olde Stone Mill, Campania, and Finn McCool's. By 2011, only the Olde Stone Mill and Finn McCool's were still around and they were sold. The owner of Campania committed suicide in September 2010.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" USA

Answer: Babylon

Peter's was an Italian restaurant where Gordon thought the owner was trying to be a Godfather-wannabe. Before the transformation, Ramsay sat through a constantly-bickering kitchen, the owner picking fights with everyone including creditors, and a too-warm fridge.

From Quiz "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares"

Answer: West Yorkshire

The first episode occurred at Bonapartes in Silsden, which became infamous after Gordon Ramsay got sick over a rancid scallop. The restaurant was revisited the next year, but not before the owner filed a lawsuit claiming that scenes were staged. Ramsay was awarded 75,000 pounds in a libel case against the London Evening Standard.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares": Amy's Baking Company

Answer: A customer waited too long for a pizza

A customer and his friends waited for over an hour for a pizza that Amy didn't feel took priority. When they tried to leave, Samy stopped them and insisted they pay for their drinks. Scared that the argument would turn into a fist fight, Amy threatened to call the police. Thankfully, a cameraman stepped in and escorted the customer and his party out of the restaurant before things came to any physical blows.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" Season 6

Answer: Mediterranean

Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room was owned by a man whose entire family were employees and fought constantly in front of customers. The restaurant closed in January 2014.

From Quiz Kitchen Nightmares (USA) Season 5

Answer: seven

The seven revisited: Providence causal restaurant DownCity (closed early 2012), New York's Classic American (open in October 2012), Boston's Davide (open in October 2012), New Jersey's Spanish Pavillion (open), California Jamaican restaurant Kingston Cafe (open), California Italian restaurant Capri (open), and California French restaurant La Frite (open).

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (U.S.) Season 4

Answer: Macaroni and cheese

Ramsay didn't like anything from the West Babylon, New York restaurant. The macaroni and cheese was pre-made, the calamari was soft, and the burger was not seasoned. The restaurant had a problem with lack of menus, items and supplies. During a second service, Ramsay shut the kitchen down after he saw mushy broccoli being sent out.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (US) Season 3

Answer: Five

On a first revisit, Ramsay went back to Sante La Brea and Giuseppi's. The owner of Sante La Brea had handed the business to his sons. Giuseppi's was successful for a short time, but the bad economy in Michigan forced the family to shut its doors. A second revisit episode saw the progress of the Handlebar, Casa Roma, and the Black Pearl. The Handlebar later closed, Casa Roma thrived with a new head chef, and the Black Pearl closed four days after the episode aired. Casa Roma was filmed for season 2, but held over until the third.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (USA) Season 2

Answer: Twisted Sister

The Handlebar was a 1980s theme pub in Mount Sinai, New York, that was known for its bad food, disinterested chef, and stubborn owner. Gordon redesigned the restaurant into a gastropub. Dee Snider, lead singer of Twisted Sister, visited the restaurant to host a motorcycle rally.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" USA

Answer: It had four managers

The restaurant was originally named Dillons and it mad just about everything on the menu. Overall, the restaurant was pretty disgusting. Flies were everywhere, food was rotting, and roaches and rats dominated the storeroom. After seeing a half tomato that was rotten, Ramsay shut down service with three tables yet to be served. The name was changed to Purnima and the menu had palatable Indian fare. This was one of the more talked about episodes because one of the managers claimed Ramsay's crew staged scenes; the case was dismissed.

From Quiz "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares"

Answer: Ruby Tate's

Ruby Tate's was the Brighton restaurant owned by Alan Love, whose career nosedived after appearing in the 1980 box office bomb "The Apple." Ruby Tate's was best known for serving old seafood at high prices, the lazy staff, and that strange artwork on the wall. Ruby Tate's was renamed Love's Fish Restaurant.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares": Amy's Baking Company

Answer: How everything's clean, organized and attractive

When Chef Ramsay walks in, he takes his usual tour of the dining room and kitchen. At first, he's blown away as to how gorgeous the decor was and how the cleanliness of the kitchen was up to code. But as he was about to find out, looks can be very deceiving.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" Season 6

Answer: Ohio

In the northern Ohio town of Norwalk, Ramsay tries to rescue a bistro that talked about "farm to table", but much of the food was frozen. Ramsey also thought the restaurant was pretentious, with staff wearing name tags, specials being called "features", a menu that didn't make sense, and high prices. The restaurant was renamed Maple City Tavern in December 2013.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (U.S.) Season 4

Answer: Queens

The restaurant was named after the late brother of a former construction owner. Ramsay had crab cakes with bits of plastic, a tough filet mignon, and acidic lobster ravioli. He also witnessed owners and a chef who didn't care, a menu with limited items and a kitchen with moldy food. Even after Ramsay sought the unpleasant reactions of former PJ's customers, the chef didn't care and was fired after butchering specials and walking out during service. A few months later, the owner closed the place and went back to construction.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (USA) Season 2

Answer: Trobiano's

Trobiano's in Great Neck, New York was half a million dollars in debt. The arrogant head chef's girlfriend and her family put everything at stake to try to keep the restaurant alive. Initially, the restaurant had an early bird special menu that mainly catered to the elderly. Besides the shrimp inside a chicken, Ramsey didn't like the processed mozzarella in the appetizer or the dry salmon. During service, the head chef was known for not tasting his food before serving.

From Quiz "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares"

Answer: Blackpool

Clubway 41 was given a top honor, but few seemed to know its location. Ramsay thought the experience of salmon and strawberry salads was stupid. The restaurant was renamed Jacksons during taping.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" Season 6

Answer: Pennsylvania

Ramsay visited the Pittsburgh-area restaurant where the father of two feuding siblings invested his life savings into the place. Ramsay walked in to one of the most disgusting restaurants he ever saw and said he had the worst Italian food he ever tasted. During service, Ramsay discovered moldy sauce and rotten chicken. The owners said Ramsay shut them down, but he was trying to stop serving rotten food. The restaurant was closed shortly after the February 2013 airing when the father retired and the children no longer wanted to run the place.

From Quiz Kitchen Nightmares (USA) Season 5

Answer: El Greco

The Austin Greek restaurant was known for mediocre food and their employee "Mike", which turned out to be a microwave. El Greco closed in December 2011, six weeks before the episode aired in the US.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (U.S.) Season 4

Answer: Irish

The Carlstadt, New Jersey restaurant, was a family-run business that tried to be Irish. Ramsay had French onion soup that tasted like dishwater, a shepherd's pie that wasn't anything close to what would be served in Ireland, and a fisherman's platter with bad scallops. For the first time in history, Ramsay shut down a restaurant before service began. During Ramsay's visit, food took a long time to come out, despite help from an outside chef.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (US) Season 3

Answer: Danish

Fleming was a place basically stuck in time. The owners were not Danish and the chef was Cuban. Gordon got served bland food and tough duck. During dinner service, just about every dish was sent back and Gordon saw cooked duck in the same pan as raw duck, causing him to shut down service. During another service, Gordon saw carrots in a Caesar salad.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" (USA) Season 2

Answer: University of Notre Dame

J Willy's was a bar and grill in South Bend that served mostly frozen food, including ribs with a mass-produced sauce and a pulled pork boat that not even a priest's blessing could salvage. Ramsay observed a service where a lot of food was sent back by unhappy customers. A new barbecue sauce was introduced to the menu hoping to revive the restaurant. The restaurant did not survive past February 2009. The owners cited the economic situation that plagued the restaurant industry.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" USA

Answer: Five

The Seascape in Islip, New York, was a historical restaurant falling under hard times. There was plenty wrong with the Seascape including: The owner's lazy son, two bad chefs, dirty kitchen area, rancid food in the storage area, fish in a dog food bag, and a dining room that smelled of sewage. As for dining: "Fresh" lobster ravioli that turned out to be dried, moldy pesto sauce with overcooked salmon, fishy-smelling chowder, pot roast that had been "cooked and recooked and recooked." It was enough to have Ramsay cancel a service altogether. Despite the cleaning and a new menu, the chefs quit. The epilogue had said that 'the owner accepted an offer he could not refuse' five months after taping and the Seascape was sold.

From Quiz "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares"

Answer: Liverpool

Members of a popular British soap opera and the wives of Liverpool players (including Louise Owen) stopped by. During Ramsay's initial visit, the only thing he liked was a sticky toffee pudding. Otherwise, the setting was marred by lazy staff, bickering sisters, and food that didn't seem to make sense, such as apricots with mashed potatoes.

From Quiz "Kitchen Nightmares" Season 6

Answer: Brooklyn

Mama Maria's was a restaurant attached to a pizzeria. The shabby restaurant tried to live on their 1990s success. During service, Ramsay noticed a vegetarian dish with pork bones in the sauce and a customer getting sick from a bad lobster. Mama Maria's had a large quantity of frozen food in stock.

From Quiz Kitchen Nightmares (USA) Season 5

Answer: Mexican

Zocalo's was a Mexican restaurant with a feuding couple. The episode aired in March and Zocalo's was still open in October.

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