tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post2307909246359045491..comments2023-11-16T20:00:00.345+00:00Comments on Reality Tv Revisited: J Willy's - Kitchen Nightmares Update - Open or Closed?RealityTvRevisitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06329054982657100887noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-14887885880467309362022-01-15T04:53:02.596+00:002022-01-15T04:53:02.596+00:00Comments here blame Rick and his wife, others blam...Comments here blame Rick and his wife, others blame J Willy but the truth is, is that it was ALL OF THEIR FAULT. They left that place for him to run and though J Willy is a nice guy, he doesn't know what he's doing. As co-owners it's up to them to take charge and make things right too but apparently they also didn't know what they were doing. How did their other restaurant do? It's out of business now so the proof is in the pudding. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768290225055850767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-6070835891043387242020-08-28T02:17:59.726+01:002020-08-28T02:17:59.726+01:00They lived over three hours way; they couldn't...They lived over three hours way; they couldn't be present. It was the job of John to perform the day-to-day running of the restaurant.alcaldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404682533930977783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-46913724251158180002019-04-16T22:46:55.525+01:002019-04-16T22:46:55.525+01:00Yes he does hire people to personally oversee dail...Yes he does hire people to personally oversee daily operations, but im damn sure that when service, quality or sales show decline he is there to find out what the hell is going on. Both of you have a point, the main point is the inititive needed to make it all work long term with healthy comunication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-30570866094399796042018-11-18T18:10:40.133+00:002018-11-18T18:10:40.133+00:00Rick and his wife lived 3 hours away. It's pre...Rick and his wife lived 3 hours away. It's pretty difficult to be hands on in a situation like that so yes, the other owner was responsible for running the restaurant day to day and did a poor job. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905508660182938272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-39088068560722471852018-10-07T15:36:49.947+01:002018-10-07T15:36:49.947+01:00Because Ramsay personally oversees all daily opera...Because Ramsay personally oversees all daily operations of his 21 restaurants and doesn't hire anyone to run them in his absence, right?<br /><br />Think before you type.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-24130277378625858052018-09-01T22:40:24.471+01:002018-09-01T22:40:24.471+01:00They lived 3 hours away where they ran their other...They lived 3 hours away where they ran their other restaurant themselves. John was brought in to run that place, he failed, not them. John was an owner, John was there every day, John ran that place. John picked the menu, he picked the food, he cut the costs. The other two had to come down and sort it out with Gordon because John botched it big time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561249542885507536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-44655237398110111762017-11-07T04:13:05.838+00:002017-11-07T04:13:05.838+00:00While it's nice that they chose to "close...While it's nice that they chose to "close" than reduce quality, it's obvious that the practical decision they made here was to leverage the reputation of the business as it was to close a deal on selling it for enough of a price to try to cover the outstanding debts they had.<br /><br />Odds are, they managed to sell the restaurant off for enough of a price to get rid of most, if not all, the debt they had. It'd be hard to work on restoring classic cars if you were in that much debt, so clearly that debt isn't hovering over them and the only obvious reason why is because they were able to sell this restaurant off.brainiac3397https://www.blogger.com/profile/08751225747316160271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-76621761725759911102017-10-25T14:38:28.316+01:002017-10-25T14:38:28.316+01:00I thought Rick kind of looked like the guy from th...I thought Rick kind of looked like the guy from the handlebar episode Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634561824060521204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-90415487244891394442017-09-18T06:27:35.475+01:002017-09-18T06:27:35.475+01:00Rick and his wife are responsible for taking on mo...Rick and his wife are responsible for taking on more properties than they could effectively manage, and for partnering up with John, but John is still a huge part of the problem. <br /><br />The staff is pretty biased here. They were upset at Rick for not being at J Willy's more, but do they also expect John to go up to the restaurant Rick and his wife are managing to help out? No, because the problem is John's incompetence, not theirs.<br /><br />Yes, Rick and his wife should have been more hands on; there were so many other things they could have done before it got this bad. Inspecting the kitchen, taking on a new partner and buying John out, hiring a more qualified GM -- but that doesn't let John off the hook.<br /><br />John just seemed like he had no will to even try to improve. Think about how scummy of a manager/restauranteur you have to be to be willing to sell your customers an obviously inferior product for the same price. When John just happily sat by and allowed his kitchen staff to start sending out sourdough and frozen products with the fresh price tag, it was pretty evident that the vast majority of the reason why J Willy's was doing so poorly is because John is so aggressively incompetent and doesn't actually care about the customers or food at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-47244133833993089872017-07-19T12:02:00.280+01:002017-07-19T12:02:00.280+01:00True. However, that should have made the other own...True. However, that should have made the other owners step it up but all they did was point the finger without taking any responsibility for not being present. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-24483070692413936202017-06-06T10:49:40.867+01:002017-06-06T10:49:40.867+01:00Are you joking? He was absolutely useless. Most of...Are you joking? He was absolutely useless. Most of the time he just stood there, gawking and completely clueless as to what he was supposed to do. Every time he DID make a decision, it was the worst one so i don't even know what's worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-51103330353392878452017-05-28T03:31:23.890+01:002017-05-28T03:31:23.890+01:00Dang I was hoping to actually get to visit a kitch...Dang I was hoping to actually get to visit a kitchen nightmares restaurant! This one seemed doable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-46221843586640186852017-05-07T10:35:07.965+01:002017-05-07T10:35:07.965+01:00Finding, selling and restoring custom cars. Sounds...Finding, selling and restoring custom cars. Sounds like a pretty cushy job for a guy who was supposedly 1.2 million in debt and going to be "homeless" if he lost J Willy's. I call shenanigans on Rick's financial situation going into the show. Seems like he didn't wanna put in the work himself, but wanted J Willy's to be as successful as his other restaurant, and wanted a nice new menu and renovations on the restaurant to go with it.RavenCyarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543873256752423506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-45598960894957096702017-03-16T08:33:56.696+00:002017-03-16T08:33:56.696+00:00Even if they did succeed, $1.2 million in debt is ...Even if they did succeed, $1.2 million in debt is a lot to pay unless they made substantial profit like maybe, sell their BBQ sauce across America through Walmart or something. They should've closed down their other restaurant and focused on one. Although I don't think it's entirely their fault since the economy went really bad at the time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827178645226017342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-57643628772702097182016-09-25T06:34:21.533+01:002016-09-25T06:34:21.533+01:00If you can't run one restaurant right, can you...If you can't run one restaurant right, can you run two? They should have sold one of them to invest in and to concentrate on the other. The recipes were bizarre, and there were too many items on the menu - hence, frozen food. If you want to serve fresh, you need to downsize the menu. Downsizing the menu also helps you to concentrate on fewer items, which will provide consistency. You could see that these owners waited too long to get advice. The look of defeat was already apparent, and then we learn that they were already $1.2 million under water. Life support does you no good when you've already kicked the bucket.Refzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09304226273589788424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-8165840710610970862016-09-07T17:47:00.783+01:002016-09-07T17:47:00.783+01:00The South Bend area has gone down hill for many ye...The South Bend area has gone down hill for many years. The west side has about hit rock bottom, like the west side of Chicago. It won't be coming back anytime soon.P D Pelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881760976441129244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-91906935634633811762016-01-06T07:30:17.863+00:002016-01-06T07:30:17.863+00:00I'm not too surprised this place went under. I...I'm not too surprised this place went under. If you know your manger is unable to do the job, you fire him before the problem gets worse. THEN, you find someone more qualified to do the job. I'll assume at that point the owners couldn't change mangers because of the financial crisis. Hopefully, if they ever considering trying the restaurant business again, they'll learn from this.Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051774715240923331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-67372595591590724142015-12-16T04:06:03.319+00:002015-12-16T04:06:03.319+00:00Sad, everyone thinking of becoming a chef or buyin...Sad, everyone thinking of becoming a chef or buying a restaurant should watch this entire series first then have a serious think about thier capabilitiesGerty Qwertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228566981667730875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-48316215450856528192015-06-24T21:16:17.793+01:002015-06-24T21:16:17.793+01:00^^^^^ Big college town? You obviously do not know ...^^^^^ Big college town? You obviously do not know South Bend, but make sure you comment like you do. Sure Notre Dame is close to South Bend, but ND is it's own island. They bring in a lot of money for home games and that really benefits hotels and restaurants for those weekends. Other than that, the Domers keep to their campus and really close shopping/dining areas.South Bend, Elkhart, Mishawaka really don't get much else from ND.Josh Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-19684481740511522742015-06-09T14:24:22.783+01:002015-06-09T14:24:22.783+01:00I'm watching this episode on BBC America as I ...I'm watching this episode on BBC America as I write this. I'm not surprised in the slightest that they went under. South Bend, Indiana. Home of the University of Notre Dame. You have to suck something awful to not be able to succeed in a big college town like that. That's almost like having a sports bar not work in Madison, Wisconsin. And did you catch the customer who started crying because her hamburger wasn't right? Somebody needs some counseling along with a regiment of antidepressants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-84480119862600367852015-03-30T22:55:32.935+01:002015-03-30T22:55:32.935+01:00It what may be a first for a KN restaurant, the J ...It what may be a first for a KN restaurant, the J Willy's building has now been demolished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-56955649710422279522015-01-25T18:47:28.510+00:002015-01-25T18:47:28.510+00:00What a shame to learn the place is closed- just sa...What a shame to learn the place is closed- just saw a rerun of Kitchen NightmaresAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-81952020855970078932014-07-16T22:54:16.880+01:002014-07-16T22:54:16.880+01:00South Bend is a dump. It isn't surprising thi...South Bend is a dump. It isn't surprising this place existed there, and closed. The owner Rick seemed like a blubbering fool with his on-camera whimpering. What an embarrassment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-39063516806945558572014-07-06T02:07:49.427+01:002014-07-06T02:07:49.427+01:00Good. That place looked awful. I wouldn't use ...Good. That place looked awful. I wouldn't use the bathroom there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4443644039384309779.post-70244949264028440482014-06-09T19:52:26.983+01:002014-06-09T19:52:26.983+01:00Totally disagree you invest your money it's yo...Totally disagree you invest your money it's your responsibility to protect your investment no one else's. Your going to be dumb enough to depend on someone else because your too lazy that's on you. Your money your responsibilityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com