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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Not putting up umpty 'leven - southern for "lots of" - kinds of signs are nit-picking in my view. Now the food-related one I would take seriously!

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 10:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Rslover, the DOHMH closed Dillon's due to the violations, correct? Thanks for not going into too much detail...I watched last night and the fridge will give me nightmares for weeks!
I didn't understand why there were 3 managers in a restaurant that sat ~75. And not even a quasi-chef in the place. Losing money - ya think?

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Monday, October 01, 2007 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
LOL Okay I just watched the one with Dillon's (shudder) that was enough to make you not want to eat out LOL. But I waitress ed all my life and those are the exception not the rule at least not in the ones I have worked at, Granted they are out there, I wanted to watch the first episode but for some reason could only find the one with Dillon's, I am going to keep watching because I find because as Lexie_girl said ** As much as I love Chef Ramsay on Hell's Kitchen, I really love him on this show because you know deep-down he's a really nice guy.
** It is funny But besides how the initial part you see If I go in the bathroom and it is Dirty I will never go back! Like I tell my hubby if they don't care that what the public see's is clean what does the kitchen look like! I know I do excuse what is beyond control. Like things that may have just happened but If I go to one of the staff and say anything about the rest room , I can tell if she plans on doing something about it! To me it makes a difference!

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
i was cringing at the bugs and Rat traps, however, that wasnt the food prep area so it didnt gross me out too badly.

What DID gross me out what the state of the kitchen. those pots and pans looked grimey and old with cooked on stuff around the edges.

It struck me that this was a classic case of cooks from another country cooking with lower standards that is LAW here in Canada and USA.

In India, that bag of lettuce would have been picked thru and the passible looking stuff would have been washed and used.

If I recall correctly, the use of strong curries in India/far east, and HOT sauce/ spices in South america was to mask the taste of the meat if it was slightly off.

IF you cook the heck out of stuff you can pretty well eat anything.

I felt really bad for the foreign cooks. They looked terrified that they were going to lose their jobs.

Martin...GOOD GRIEF~~! what kind of hold did he have on that Poor owner?? it was weird. How could the owner have four managers and still not clue in that the decore and FLIES were the problem?

Sorry, the flies grossed me out the most. That would ahve been it for me, I'd walk in and walk right back out.

Ahnicka
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08-08-2007

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ahnicka a private message Print Post    
During the beginning of the show tonight Gordon had on a dark blue or black shirt & it had a white patch on it. Could anyone tell what that white patch was? With each different scene it kept moving from the left side to the right side. What was that?!

Tess
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04-13-2001

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 - 11:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
My husband and I noticed the same thing and it drove us crazy but we couldn't see what the patch was either.

Cindy
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09-20-2005

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 6:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cindy a private message Print Post    
Speaking of editing and the time lines. Last night at the grand opening they were showing us people coming in, doing OK, then falling behind. Then the waitresses complaining that it was 6:30 and no appetizers for someone. More time goes by, more disorganization and complaints. Finally Gordon takes "Peter", whoever the red nosed guy was in charge into the back room to pep talk him. When they were done, they walk past a wall clock that shows 6:05pm. Terrible editing of the time line.

Jewels
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09-23-2000

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jewels a private message Print Post    
I noticed that too Cindy and then in another shot just a few seconds later a clock in the front of the restaurant said 7:10. The editing was my complaint in the first show and it drove me crazy again last night!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Wow, I hardly ever see those editing things! I sort of knew that the manager guy would not stay in the business, he had too many unresolved issues. His mother was pretty harsh with him, and I wondered why she kept him around when she was so quick to tell him to fire other people!

Are there actually a lot of restaurants that are so filthy like these are on this show? When I was 16, I washed dishes in a local restaurant, and it was kept spotless! We washed down everything all the time, and I don't ever recall being grossed out by anything there (and I get grossed out pretty easily!).

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Same here, Huk. I've worked in 2 restaurants and both were kept spotless all the time. This show sure makes me worry about eating out now.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I avoid any restaurants owned by Sam and Ella.

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
LOL.. that one took me a moment but it is going on my list of "witty things to say" :-)

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
I'd like to know how they cleared up the stinky sewage problem.

Well, at least the poor guy has gotten out from under his mommy dearest.

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
I appreciated the Gordon hug, I thought Gordon's expression was cute.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
To me it almost seems like it was a setup by the mom and son to get the restaurant the overhaul it needed and then sell it as quick as possible.

While watching this, I kept thinking they were going to sell it once it was up to par, and sure enough at the end they sold it 4 months later, LOL.

I am glad they got out of the business, cause once dad died it seemed they did too.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 3:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
I felt bad for the Emotionally battered son. Years and years of hearing he was no good and would never do anything worthwhile, no wonder he was a wishywashy marshmallow.

I'm hoping that once the restaurant was up and running and he gained a bit of confidence, He threw in the towel and quit on his mother LOL

Then they would sell.

to sell at a profit would make the son feel like he accomplished something.

Jodied75
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08-26-2004

Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jodied75 a private message Print Post    
I hated the whole boxing segment. It was incredibly cheesy.

Stacey718995
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07-06-2007

Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stacey718995 a private message Print Post    
As my boyfriend said, it is always the mom that creates the serial killer

Ritsin
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05-06-2005

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 1:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ritsin a private message Print Post    
Have you met your boyfriend's mother?

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 4:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
LOL, Ritsin!

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
LOL to both of you Stacey and Ritsin. It's funny but if you look around even within your family and friends, the children do tend to pick up a lot of traits and or anger issues from there Mom! My Grand daughter acts like her Mom at times (she hates it when I say that) But she does LOL and that's why they don't get along they are too alike!

Trini
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07-06-2004

Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trini a private message Print Post    
I felt of Chef Ramsey last night...Sebastian was a mad man and I don't think he will stick with the new menu either....

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Notice Ramsey didn't do his three month follow up?

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Trini - I agree. Chef Ramsey had his hands full last night. All during the show I kept yelling at the tv "Why did you call in Chef Ramsey if you don't want his help?" That owner was so fixed on his "complex menu" that he couldn't see what a failure it really was. I bet he was back using the old menu and frozen products before Chef Ramsey got home. What a shame - Chef Ramsey wasted his time. Bet the place closes within 6 months.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I kept waiting for that guy's head to explode. LOL