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Restaurant: Impossible

  • Although Taniya Nayak and Robert Irvine from Restaurant: Impossible have had their fair share of stand-offs, the designer has never actually been fired from the show. Restaurant: Impossible has always been one of the most popular series in the reality television business-rescue genre, and for good reason. This show follows the accomplished restaurateur and chef,…

  • Salt Works II, from Restaurant: Impossible, closed very suddenly in 2015 and could not finish its last week due to a lack of staff. When the expert chef, restaurateur and businessman, Robert Irvine, and his team of designers and contractors, showed up at Salt Works II in Wilmington in North Carolina back in 2010, all…

  • Steve and Lisette Brown no longer own Mill Creek BBQ – the restaurant featured on the eighth season of Restaurant: Impossible. The “Up in Smoke” episode of Restaurant: Impossible saw Robert Irvine intervening not only in the business side of things, but also in the Brown’s family feud. Although Mill Creek BBQ did fairly well…

  • Robert Irvine’s Restaurant: Impossible make-over at Bumbinos Italian Ristorante backfired and the restaurant closed down shortly after the episode aired. Robert Irvine and his  Restaurant: Impossible team often have to overhaul everything from the interior design to the management style of the restaurants that they visit in the show. Bumbinos Italian Ristorante, the restaurant which…

  • Grille No. 13 contacted Robert Irvine and his show, Restaurant: Impossible, for help after the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is now doing well enough to expand. The restaurant industry is ever-changing, and it can often be difficult for owners to adapt to new challenges. Robert Irvine and his Restaurant: Impossible team helped Katie Pierce and…

  • Pollard’s Bar-B-Que, which was featured on Restaurant: Impossible, is still open in 2023 and it seems like the business is thriving. Pollard’s Bar-B-Que is only one of the many restaurants featured over the course of Restaurant: Impossible’s 22 seasons. However, it seems like its owners, Tarrance and Torria Pollard, managed to take all of Irvine’s…