What happened to Leone's from Kitchen Nightmares?

[@davidchristie6003]

I can't blame anyone for being unmotivated or lazy. What I can blame them for is when they let that affect other peoples jobs, especially if they're in a management position

[@rosestar1324]

I'll blame them. That is a character flaw. It's ok to have a lazy day to rest. But if you are lazy most of the time, then you are wasting time and resources.

[@davidchristie6003]

​@@rosestar1324If someone wastes their own time and resources it is not my business. If its mine they're wasting then I take issue.

[@DiazeDan]

Don't care about company resources, just don't make my job harder​@@rosestar1324

[@P-P-Panda]

I agree with both of y’all

[@frostyelwood9898]

Both of you have good points

[@Tiltigo]

I hope Rose at least had her hopes up that Michael would keep the restaurant running after she passed away. A 2-year coma sounds so horrible.

[@makemesomecoffee7821]

A coma sounds terrifying period.

[@michaelkeller5927]

A 2 year coma sounds like the best sleep ever

[@BeefMeisterSupreme]

​@@michaelkeller5927 nah, no dreams, no nothing

[@SparkkyBojangles]

@@BeefMeisterSupreme Time travel, son.

[@PistenDeer]

​@@SparkkyBojangles Time travel with a side of brain fog, muscle atrophy, and other various health problems.

[@TehSenate]

Went there last year, can confirm Michael (at least in 2023) is still the owner. Saw Trudy there too. Had a pizza there and thought it was pretty good

[@toffeelatte6042]

Heard trudy massively carries the place and Michael is still a dickhead.

[@Cengerel]

best update possible,thank you

[@maxcrss2845]

:)

[@Rebell-mi4zu]

3:15 I’m pretty sure the reason why bad restaurants tend to have gigantic menus is to either 1. To Look impressive and competent by having a huge lineup of food/items they offer. And/or 2: mass appeal. They don’t wanna risk limiting their potential customers by sticking to one kind of food, so they make huge menus so If by any chance they get any kind of customers, they’re probably bound to order SOMETHING they like from the big menu.

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

It's a little of both. The question is whether or not you can successfully trick your customers into thinking they have more options than they actually do. One of the restaurants in my area is called Bacalli and they have an absolutely massive menu. But if you actually look at each item on the menu, it's more or less the same thing, but what you're changing is the type of side or the type of sauce. The result is that one roast chicken is now suddenly six items. Chop it up and you can use it for the curry or the fried rice as well. Now 20 items can suddenly be listed as 140 or more.

[@MarkHeathcliff-bf2im]

I think it’s also that a lot of places become bad because they have a large menu. Makes it impossible to specialize and slows down the kitchen by having to handle so much different stuff

[@karmalotto8587]

There's a restaurant like that where I live (Guam) and I imagine the reason it's the most popular restaurant on this island is because it just has so much variety. There's something there that everyone will enjoy. Personally, I usually avoid it because it's too packed and I'm not willing to wait a long time to receive some pretty average food. I would definitely say that when I first opened the menu and saw how many items they had, I realized I wanted to order something hard to mess up, entirely because the size of the menu made me expect lower quality. They don't specialize in anything, so everything is going to be very middle of the road For the record, they do actually have some very good food. However, you won't see me ordering one of their sirloin steaks. The spaghetti, on the other hand, is fantastic. Worth a visit if it's not rush hour and you just want something cheap and filling that doesn't taste half bad.

[@zachgilm]

A lot of it is just owners who don't know how to order product, so they end up with way too much stuff. And their original head chef can't convince them to trim it down, so they just make a big menu, and it ends up sticking because the restaurant is "successful" at first.

[@xdjrockstar]

Went to Leone's earlier this year for valentine's day. Food was very good, service was satisfactory, and Michael seems to still be the owner as I saw him walking around the dining area. The main difference I noticed was the decor, it was quite different from the renovation Gordon and his team constructed. It was more what you'd expect from an Italian restaurant; brick walls, a black and white mural above the bar area, and all wooden chairs and tables. I honestly think it looks better now than what Gordon's team did.

[@sandmaker47]

It's fine being lazy. Delegate better. Promote or hire, and give someone the authority to do the day to day and make executive decisions. Give them your ideas and let them run it, and learn to take critism. You can be a boss without being a leader.

[@ethribin4188]

Reason this one survived, i think, is cause the staff is good. And Michal not interfearing, does enable the staff to just work.

[@liamj5091]

Dam does Michael still own it?

[@liamj5091]

Dam does Michael still own it?

[@fury1383]

R.I.P Mama Rose

[@MrpizzaDrip]

This video has currently more viewers than people who like that restaurant

[@Blue_Bobo_bb]

Fun fact.

[@MrpizzaDrip]

@@Blue_Bobo_bb real

[@pokemonyugiohmettaton]

No matter how many views this gets, it’ll always be true.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

Reviews are weird sometimes. There is a restaurant in my town, a little drive-in place that serves burgers and Chinese food. They consistently get one-star reviews online, and yet that place is non-stop busy at all times and everyone you talk to seems to love the place. They're not even in a good location, either.

[@flashfoxful]

That Calamari Arribiata looks ghastly. In case you dont know, Arribiata sauce is a tomato and red chili based sauce, absolutely delicious. It should be a nice vibrant red, not BLACK!

[@zacharylewis2802]

You should cover the episode about the Italian restaurant that was owned by identical twins. It was filthy (the bottom of the table was caked in old gum), and the owners were behaving like children. Gordon didn’t do a lot of yelling in the episode (when he did during the first dinner service, one of the owners started bawling and completely shut down, so Gordon had to switch strategies), he just needed to help them understand how to be owners. They actually took Gordon’s changes to heart. A KZbinr actually went there to eat and met the brothers. He even did a follow-up where he flew them out to Vegas to dine at one of Gordon’s restaurants (they found gum under their table). They kept the restaurant going for almost a decade before they decided to close the place and retire. Gordon apparently visited on their last day. Even though it’s now closed, I’m calling it a success.

[@AtrocityEquine01]

Oh Capri!

[@mikaross4671]

Nooo, RIP Mama Rose. She was my favorite part of that episode. I hope she rests well and Leone's does well. Trudy ran everything and deserved better.

[@thatmexicankid5183]

I loved the little menu animation far more then I should.

[@Pastellera2video]

Same

[@shukterhousejive]

Big menus aren’t an issue for pizza/pasta joints, you’re just combining different bases, sauces and basic ingredients with nearly identical cooking methods. Just have a big fridge & freezer and train the back room well and you’re set

[@kaiseremotion854]

especially if you count each size as a different item. eg a small, medium, large.

[@Wingsaber]

I hope that Michael is keeping his mother's memory close to heart and doing justice for the restaurant in her place.

[@RowdyDandy]

Yess new Mermaid Grove. I hope to see some Bar rescue in the future, really love John Taffers brute force style

[@Treppy_Gecky]

I need Mermaid Grove to cover the O Face bar. Last I checked it was still open. Then again Council Bluffs is a trashy place so that doesn't surprise me.

[@antisocialal4799]

That’s actually one show I absolutely can’t stand. I hate him so much. He’s too aggressive, over the top, fake, loud, and never shuts up. He also makes a lot of bars worse off then they were like making that one bar into a corporate bar where no one showed up. Tbh, I would have to skip a lot of Mermaid Grove’s videos because of that show. It’s not even so trashy it’s good. It’s so trashy it’s obnoxious.

[@abhaybhatt4286]

Taffer is a hack, the dude is like if Ramsay never gave a shit about cooking and only got rich through fast food merchandizing

[@naadeiashie6053]

Went to Leone's with a friend back in 2018. The food was good and the service was great. It was a beautiful summer day so we had outside seating.

[@SALshaNoma]

I don't think it's about having the most dishes. It's the fact they want to add new ones for new customers but then don't remove anything because of old customers. It's the excuse they all use for going back to old menus.

[@st33zy68]

Is no one gonna talk about the “CAUTION: Woman at work- cook your own meal” IN THE RESTAURANT?!?!

[@RowdyDandy]

@@st33zy68 lol timestamp pls, thats crazy

[@MothsWritingEye]

@@RowdyDandy 9:38

[@vxpdx]

@@WhenIBlip well, it's more like seeing a "Warning: Drunk driver" on a school bus. It's a joke, and fun to read, but some are not going to take it well

[@komitetgosudarstvennoybezo5097]

Hahahahaha based?

[@liminalcriminal_]

People used to be capable of poking fun at other genders without starting some gender war. It’s just a little humor. Both men and women do it about each other, or did at least until like 2015 when we started enabling moral zealots to dismantle the notion of context

[@tafua_a]

1:19 What brings you more confidence walking into an old looking reastaurant than a creepy baby painting with the caption "I'm not very experienced but I'm willing to learn"?

[@plazasta]

"My food, even though I think it needs help, it's definitely not that bad. I eat it myself." ... you're not making the point you think you're making.

[@meowmeow2634]

Trudy was doing everything anyway 🤷‍♀️ he could've just promoted her to manager with a pay bump and fucked off But nooo why would he do that, he'd have to pay someone more and he wouldn't be "in charge" despite doing nothing anyway 🙄

[@guyk768]

Quite amazing Leone's restaurant is still open.

[@kathryndunn8052]

I will also say that Montclair, NJ is the town where Montclair State University is. It’s a decently sized college so there’s a good amount of customer base from the campus alone

[@BlooDergon99]

i cant wait for this monthly video drop. i love this guys content. ive watched all his videos repeatedly. i wish he would make em more often, even if it was twice a month. i just love it. keep making it better!!!!!!!

[@Sligh_t]

i actually just watched this episode last night with my mother she and I were certain that they would've closed soon after gordan helped but were extremely surprised to find out that they are still open

[@AvelineMelena]

1:10 imma be real, i don't see the problem. Its funny to see the dude watching an old CRT

[@guppy.mp3]

just discovered your channel and subbed. keep making these ❤

[@generalpenultimo6502]

I've never seen a manager work harder and show up earlier then the employees ever 😅

[@michaelkeller5927]

"this place is so bad, my throat is the only part still functioning"

[@PillarOfWamuu]

Awesome glad to see your still doing videos!

[@giovannirodriguez1980]

Just wanna say I’m so glad you posted I watched all the other vids already when I had another binge of your vids just the other day

[@tophatwolf1778]

Idk if you do take recommendations for kitchen nightmare episodes, but I think an interesting one or a fun one. If you don't already have this one in mine would be, season 6 episode 5, mangia mangia. I just remember a lot of craziness in that one lol. Your videos are always fun to watch💕

[@squashbanana2926]

his " WHAT `? " @10:55 was so good :D

[@kellivu2981]

I love your videos! Happy to catch this one on my lunch break

[@astra.nautica.]

HE'S BAAACKKK!! Love your videos, dude

[@WA_Stokins]

Yayy~! New Mermaid Grove!!

[@goneforgood7034]

Woohoo new episode!!

[@SNGJackie]

Yooooo love the little pencil animations! Keep it up!

[@yaboimax6356]

Wake up bro, mermaid grove uploaded.

[@aerowalker8533]

Yay you're back!!!

[@freetime803]

So I wanted to address something that the channel creator might wonder or already know.. Some viewers may skip ahead to the middle or end of the video to find out what happened to the restaurant afterwards instead of listening to the entire recap of the episode.. I hope the channel creator and fans don't take this as an insult since there's already a huge following of Kitchen Nightmares that has already sometimes seen the episode multiple times, which makes a recap sometimes a little boring.. It's just nice to be able to see what happened to the restaurant in a detailed way, and this is definitely the best channel to do so!

[@vamuse]

Hmm... I'm inclined to agree. Personally, I don't mind them recapping the episode even if I've already seen it, but I can see other people wanting to just skip ahead. Perhaps they should consider tightening the recap so it takes less time, and perhaps giving it more of a personal touch (like opinions and anecdotes) as opposed to just describing the episode we already saw.

[@Alsemenor]

Oh, I disagree. Mermaid's humurous retelling of the episode is the highlight for me and many others.

[@topsyturvy6516]

Eh false its 15 minutes you can look at watch rate

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

I’ve never seen the show. I like watching him because he provides a good recap

[@wunnup3229]

I don't know why, but all the episodes of Italian restaurants are always my favorites.

[@Roady6]

Woot new episode!

[@PeachTeaFlavour]

your videos are awesome i look forward to each one a lot!

[@sohousama]

Ayy there's a new one! Yay!!!

[@fernandogonzalez8284]

need more vids from u bro! keep it up

[@dusky6484]

ngl I always get excited seeing that you've posted a new upload. kitchen nightmares was such a fun show to watch, this is a great extension of that. thanks for making videos!

[@ninakilled3453]

I have an idea for your next kitchen nightmares video. You could do the Secret Garden with everyone’s favorite arrogant French chef/owner.

[@guyk768]

Babe wake up new Mermaid Grove video!

[@jamessteele7010]

Thanks babe

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Thank you, beautiful x

[@ahereticsdoomvideos3216]

Oh sweet, a fresh one of these

[@deadman21122]

For that end part. You should also take note of the time frame of each review.

[@justapigeon2476]

Love the new animation

[@sandmaker47]

There's restaurant bad, and there's home bad. The last thing I want in a restaurant is to say I can do better at home. At home, if I do bad, I'll still eat it, incentive to do better next time

[@DargorShepard]

There's? Really? You do realize you're saying "There is restaurant bad, and there is home bad" right. What you're looking for is "Their restaurant is bad, and their home is bad".

[@john_michael97]

@@DargorShepardno, they meant what they wrote. It makes sense.

[@flameconvoy7424]

@@DargorShepardno, they’re using the correct words. Your change has a completely different meaning that doesn’t work for what they’re saying

[@ashleybaby808]

Say it in English please

[@Chocolatepain]

​@@DargorShepardamswer your critics

[@liamj5091]

You should look into doing “extreme cheapskates” after the show

[@dramonnesby686]

Hi

[@liamj5091]

@ sup

[@theroboticspaceidiot5729]

Perfect video to watch while waiting for pizza to cook 🎉

[@armadildo6468]

Why is the new video comment blocked?

[@LLawliet2]

He used generative AI in the video before that one. I don’t know why he can’t just use stock pictures. Just say it was a bad decision and have comments back. Unless he continues to go on that route. Why even have his voice when he can just have an AI voice read his script. He’d be No different from those AI slop channels for kids/Facebook.

[@armadildo6468]

@LLawliet2 wow didnt even realize as I only watch the kitchen nightmares videos. It isn't a big deal all he is doing is slowing his channel growth by limiting interaction. I like his videos and want him to succeed but generative ai isn't a big deal breaker.

[@LLawliet2]

@ if you think using stolen images is fine then keep on keeping on. This content is barely just describing episodes of a television show with some analysis. If All he has to contribute is that and his editing and he can’t even scrounge up stock photos for spooky stories for 10 minutes then it really shows how much he relies on, just describing a television show. The weird thing is how he reacted, not admitting fault or learning from a mistake. Covering it up and being afraid of backlash. If he’s confident about his decision to use generative AI then just double down and accept the backlash and continue on with the audience that accepts it. It’s like the difference of reacting to cheating in a school assignment, learn from it and never do it again. Or just keep on doing it forever. Or just say “my bad” and look up stock photos. If you want this to infect his other content, go ahead. I hope that script for those scary stories w wasn’t just from an ai generated script either… or worse just pull straight from Google.

[@armadildo6468]

@LLawliet2 idk i guess. I just liked the highlights of the show without watching the whole thing. And I usually disagree with his points of view sometimes when I feel he isn't taking into account of the show itself or how certain things in the business work. I understand generative ai for pictures can be considered lazy and I understand where people are coming from with the whole generative ai art it's others arts compiled in a new way but I also see all art as subsets of other art. It's like saying making an adirondack chair is ripping off the original creator of the Adirondack chair. All art is copied from other art. By technicality every office chair is a ripoff of Jeffersons design. But that isn't how that works. For someone who has no skills to create or income to pay for art generative ai art can be a way for someone to create small vignette for something that is mostly listened to and not watched. I understand your opinion tho

[@LLawliet2]

Stock images, man, public domain images. And if you want to make your own little collection of generated stuff, get an engine that has the catalog behind it and just feed it public domain images to get variations of them. There are ethical ways to use generative ai. Also, no one has absolutely no skill at art, if they never try. You can’t improve if you never start up and get better. I just hope it doesn’t become a slippery slope and he starts using scriptmakers. I didn’t run that spooky story video he made through google, so no idea if he’s already started that dark route.

[@LordIvul]

Mom, can we have Michael Corleone? We have Michael at home. Michael at home:

[@magila7802]

Aggressively breaking into my best friend's apartment so I can tell him MermaidGrove uploaded

[@Atomikn3xn659]

Hey, im a big fan of your channel, you should do the Hannah and Masons episode, one of the owners makes so many cardinal sins in the kitchen

[@SwoleGam3r]

"Babe wake up, MermaidGrove posted!"

[@ztoney13]

I can’t get over that Michael looks like a husky Michael Imperioli

[@capybaraz5401]

Hell yeah just in time for my lunch break

[@JoshNotJohn0]

Why are the comments disabled on the Yanni's vid?

[@mermaidgrove6277]

I accidentally turned them off in the settings when I was trying to turn off the comment moderation thing. They're back on now 👍

[@Bulkje]

The 1 star reviews are from 2014 and 2015 though, maybe it's improved since then?

[@mr.duck1246]

There’s a comment on the “it’s 3am and Gordon woke up severely dehydrated” video on the KN KZbin channel that claims they visited Giuseppe’s in 2013 and the food was amazing, but there are replies claiming Giuseppe’s closed in 2009.. now I’m curious what really happened to Giuseppe’s!

[@Gordy-io8sb]

Maybe they tripped nards and hallucinated the entire thing. I don't know.

[@Talkin-fr0g]

3:03 help??? It’s so weird coming back to this show with experience of working at a restaurant. I work 5-6 hours a day, because I’m part time. And I AT MOST sit down for 30mins- aka my break when I work 5+ hours. Working at a restaurant means you’re always on your feet and your always moving around. It’s not for everyone.

[@michaelkeller5927]

The cartoon menu 😂😂😂😂

[@TheKING1579]

The oven gets very hot??? YEAH NO SHIT LOL.

[@Sharded807]

I ate here and didn't even realize it was on KN.

[@isabelee7262]

so arrabiata means angry or like enraged. that calamari looks angry

[@TobeyFairre7861]

I liked this episode

[@sambonbon755]

Isnt it in this episode that ramsey makes a chef taste the dish too ?

[@omarbaba9892]

I feel like unidentified meat should also be part of the KN bingo

[@Sundyz5744]

Eating a delicious home cooked meal to these video's is just 😫😫😫😫😫😫👌👌

[@rottenbxbe]

I missed youu

[@AkhierDragonheart]

You can own a restaurant and not run a restaurant. However, you have to have it set up to do so and you will still need to go in on occasion and kick butt. You will make less because you need to pay people to run it for you. However, that is better than losing 4k a week.

[@alexs.818]

I can attest that my family doesn’t really appreciate smaller menus. They think it’s too limiting and offers very little choice. While I think those points are valid, a smaller menu is also easier to work with and increases dish quality. I knew someone who worked at a restaurant which had a large menu and while the patrons liked that, a lot of the food needed to be precooked and made before hand otherwise the kitchen would easily be swamped. So I believe the ethos of having a smaller menu is a focus on quality over quantity.

[@virtuelegamer19]

Yo boys wakeup mermaidgrove released a video 🎉🎉

[@happicheshirecat]

Boom goes the dynamite 🧨

[@djinnspalace2119]

this feels very much like an exploit to have gordons crew pay for the restaurants new decor. 14:33 also that review is just "we made bad decisions, so lets blame this random restaurant"

[@alocalarsonist]

Good morning, I like this morning.

[@snakegum9288]

I swear i hear a car horn in the musiv you used in the second half.

[@Binks182]

Everytime I see MermaidGrove pop up on my feed I click on the video so fast

[@DKF_oli]

i think everyone who subs to this channel must live 6 months in the past somehow, they’re all still making the fell off comment as if it’s relevant or funny? have i time traveled??

[@jamessteele7010]

In six months everyone makes anti fell off joke comments 😂

[@DKF_oli]

@@jamessteele7010 i’ll be a hipster but i’ve been saying they’re unfunny and unoriginal since day 1! lol

[@jamessteele7010]

@@DKF_oli lol

[@heavenly2k]

Just started watching, praying you dont say something about rectal violation 🤞

[@CrazyClara101]

So not only is he lazy and unreliable and points fingers, he's a liar too

[@forgeguy2126]

Hellllll yea

[@TheSonOfRyan]

The exact play by play summary is a bit grating.

[@Storm_trooper154]

9:29 that aint a fucking handshake

[@kitcheru]

please do hell's kitchen 🙏🙏

[@kjforever1073]

Hello mister marmaid

[@agentblackbird9435]

1:18 This is some like…SmartSchoolBoy9 looking shit. Eugh….

[@KirbyVanPelt]

Why does Michael reminds of someone in Hell's Kitchen?... If anyone wonders who am i referring to?, He can speak for himself, he knows who he is. (hint hint)

[@ABoyNamedCharlotte]

i think this is the absolute worst food I've ever seen on kitchen nightmares, looks like fucking tar

[@mama_mia4823]

Man instead of monologuing what they said why dont you let the clip just play

[@HardPourCorn]

Because copyright strikes exist and [most] companies like to use them. EDIT: This... this is kind of hard to watch though, I'll be honest. 😂

[@ChiWollschlager-n5k]

Ervin Rue

[@eduardverschuur5578]

Baaabbbbbeeeee get your ass home from work, MermaidGrove has a new upload😂

[@complainx3]

John looks like he's a man, a woman, young, and old.