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We ran across this post on Craigslist, and have to admit we love the idea of surly superchef Gordon Ramsay kicking ass in some of our not-so-favorite Austin restaurants. According to the (highly excited and haphazardly capitalized) post:
FOx TV’s KITCHEN NIGHTMARES IS CASTING in Austin !
Acclaimed Chef , Culinary Expert & Award Winning Restaurateur GORDON RAMSAY IS LOOKING TO HELP RESUSCITATE & FIX YOUR RESTAURANT ISSUES!
IF YOUR RESTAURANT IS HAVING PROBLEMS…YOU NEED GORDON RAMSAY'S help to turn YOU into an overnight success!
So, Austin, which restaurants do YOU think are in sore need of a makeover?
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my students just did a project called Kitchen Nightmares where they had to pretend they were going to re-do a restaurant in austin and create a flyer and menu for them.
i just showed them this and they freaked out.
They should consult!
muahahahahahahaa!
I can think of one right now! I love them- but they could really use some improvements!
Shame it closed already, I'd like to have seen him fix up the coffee and sarnies at P&K on West Mary, as one Brit to another...
I think it'd be kinda' mean to name all of the places that could use some help. I think in general a lot of restaurants in Austin achieve the same plateau of edible-but-not-great.
Threadgill's.
It completely lives off its reputation, and not food quality, these days. When compared to a Hoover's or Stallion Grill, it's not unlike going to Luby's.
There was once a day that it was a great place to eat, but either my tastes have developed, or it's gone downhill.
(Yes, it's mean to list somebody. BUT, it's a little like tough love, IMHO)
How about every Italian Restaurant to ever open in Austin? Chuy's? Chuy's? That other Chuy's? Threadgills (the original)? Thai Kitchen (really don't want to see in their Thai Kitchen?
Love to see them turn any of the local Thai restaurants into a REALLY GOOD Thai restaurant.
There are 250 different Thai places in this town. Surely one of them is up to your exacting needs, hlk.
there are a lot of thai restaurants which serve good thai food, but i can't think of one which serves great thai food
titaya's on lamar.
uh, #7, a gross oversight my friend. vespaio and enoteco/vespaio are both prime examples of of badass italian cookery in austin.
Thai Kitchen is a little lacking on the ambiance, but their food is delish! Seriously...the Indian Noodle Soup is worthy of the gods.
Habana on 6th could use a little Ramsay.
Thai Kitchen is good, but they need a make over and I bet the kitchen is scary filthy.
adamcookstuff, chowhounds would disagree. http://www.chowhound.com/ I personally think you're just saying that because you paid so much for mediocre Italian.
i took your advice "loudmouth" and read the reviews offered at chowhound to find an overall positive attitude towards the place. while the restaurant has its flaws, i have not once been dissapointed with my experience there. I am a chef (not at vespaio) and have always been very impressed with the culture, skill and discipline of the kitchen there. also, considering the quality of the ingredients (it's apparent) and labor intensive techniques employed, i would hardly call vespaio or its little brother overpriced. to each his own and bon apetit "loudmouth".
Iron Works BBQ on C. Chavez. Completely living off their reputation & convention center business. Rude, snooty service and overpriced mediocre food.
Well, "adamcooksstuffd" I don't know why I would get terrible returns when I type "Enotco reviews" into "google" but I "did". I guess I should have "linked" you to those specific "discussions" so you could "read" the complaints, "adamcooksstuff".
I agree about Iron Works too. They serve terrible beef thoguh I doubt Gordon Ramsay could produce anything better.
aster's ethopian. i know it's truly wonderful folks who run the show there, but the food misses the mark, and the ambience does, too.
so am i gonna have to open my own darn ethiopian restaurant?
maybe so. lucky i'm from ethiopia.
I'd like to second Titaya's on Lamar (near the new Half-Price Books location). In addition to the food, the service is among the best in town.
Sorry, but it's still a no for me regarding Thai food 'round these parts.
Decent? Yes. Good? A few. Really good? No.
For Italian I too love Vespaio/Enoteca, however.
Gordon Ramsay needs to go to Vespaio/Enoteca and throw out whatever gives people the shits eating there.
Texas Chili Parlor also needs a new everything. They've been guilty of giving Austinites the Ring of Fire since 1972.
i appreciate your passion loudmouth and am starting to understand that you don't care much for vespaio. i looked to your past comments for more passionate musings and realized you're kind of a miserable little person. cheer up fuckface, life ain't so shitty.
Now it's time we play, "Look at the hypocrite!" This week's guest is "adamcooksstuff". Everybody stare.
"cheer up fuckface, life ain't so shitty" is going to be my new motto. Thanks Adam.
Remember, Chef Ramsey's goal is to turn a fledgling restaurant into a success. There are more than enough of those to choose from in Austin. The guy could retire here and never run out of work! Of course, we’d all eat at home after we saw his docu-drama “Dance of the Cockroaches” filmed at every Austin eatery. Yum!
Java Noodles at 2400 East Oltorf. I have never had a worse meal in my life. Some syrupy chicken nonsense. Wasn't even edible. And the free included buffet was a 3 ft. table of hot and cold pans... mostly empty. I think it has potential still.
How are we supposed to know which restaurants are fledgling? Is there some website where you can look up which restaurants are about to go under?
Whose definition of fledgling are we going by? Some of the restaurants on the show are 40 years old, they just suck and nobody wants to eat there.