which 'villain' (i.e., stupid owner) would you most love to punch?

David from Black Pearl. Wouldn't think twice about that one.

There are plenty of others who I'd consider, but, other than Amy and Sammy, David is the worst this show has ever had.

I don't believe in violence, but hypothetically speaking:

1) Amy (of course!)
1a) Samy (might as well, since I'd be in his vicinity anyway)

2) David (Black Pearl)

3) The clueless Mama Maria's owner who put dead animal products in dishes and called them vegetarian


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My personal top 3:

1. that fat A-rab who forced his 7 children to work at the Kabob Room and didn't pay them
2. that fat A-rab who forced his 7 children to work at the Kabob Room and didn't pay them
3. that fat A-rab who forced his 7 children to work at the Kabob Room and didn't pay them

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Adversity does not build character. It *reveals* it.

Keith and Lisa from Tavolini's. Their children ran that restaurant better than they could. I mean they would place orders for themselves, refuse to take responsibility, and walked out when it got too busy for them. Even after the successful changes, they still didn't commit. The restaurant closed, their marriage ended, and God knows what their kids are going through now living with those kind of parents.


Yanni's for me it wasn't so much Peter as it was his younger daughter Alyse, the belligerent one. I mean she was such a bully to her own sister Tariya (the one who cried a lot) with her "stop cryings." Granted most people don't like to be around someone who often cries, she was crying for a good reason. I mean that's her parents' business; with a father who won't change the outdated menu, and everytime a customer complained about a dish meant one more lost customer, more lost revenue, one step closer to the restaurant shutting down, and possibly putting them on the street. Tariya was more aware of the goings on than her father and sister combined. Alyse's mistreating Tariya just showed how oblivious and insensitive she was to the restaurants problems, how she and Peter kept causing them and the effect it was having on Tariya and the mother.


Joe from Giuseppi's Trattoria. I mean what could he have been thinking cutting corners by using a microwave; not cooking fresh. He and his wife ran several successful Italian restaurants. He should have known better from years of experience. His son knew better and wanted to cook fresh but Joe still wouldn't listen. His stubbornness cost his retirement and his home.

I wish I could remember his name. I think the restaurant was named for him even though it was family owned and financed by his parents.

He was a big, conceited New Jersey Guido who did little more than stroll around in the dining room in his $2000 suits like an A$$ and buy people free drinks and bottles of wine.

I wanted to kill him.

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I don't condone violence regardless of how nasty a person can be, I think the following would be the worst I have seen,

1.) Robert owner of the Jupiter Hill Inn, I know this one is not a Kitchen Nightmare episode, but Gordon Ramsey was involved so I think it counts. He steals his staffs' tips, spends his partner's money on worthless crap, has skipped several paychecks for his staff, and invites his elite friends over and doesn't charge them anything.

2.) Joe from Mill Street Bistro, what a bastard.

3.) That husband from Peter's who sports a fake tan and drives a fancy car spending all of his wife's money.

4.) Gen and Alan from Burger Kitchen, the duo that stole $250k from their son, incapable of admitting they cook *beep* and constantly screw up everything in the restaurant.

5.) Martin from Dillon's. Did nothing, wasted time on his cellphone, paid no attention to the hideous state of the kitchen, basement, and restaurant in general.

6.) Vic from Fiesta Sunrise, ruins his step daughter's credit to start up a failing restaurant, after he most likely ran the previous restaurant he owned into the ground.

Peter "Pasta" Pellegrino, the co-owner of Peter's in Babylon, NY, was a "Godfather" wannabe. But I think he really was connected. That restaurant is now closed. Now Peter is an empty pocketed brokester.

Call me crazy but I actually liked David although he really started acting like a baby at the end. Something about his calm demeanor was nice.

The owner at Zeke's sucks. Those overtly controlling, conservative, greedy types who look like someone's holding a plate of *beep* (or, well, their own restaurant's food) in front of their nose are just annoying.