Sante La Brea Features On Kitchen Nighmares

Kitchen Nighmares is headed west to help a Hollywood eatery. Sante La Brea has a hot tempered owner named Dean who can’t get along with his son and Mark the manager who prefers interior design to working the line. They’re menu is health food, with a nice outdoor eating area. Unfortunately, the food is terrible and they don’t get any repeat customers.Sammy and Arthur have worked for their father since they were teens, and they don’t really remember the restaurant being busy. It’s having a crisis, now, though and Chef Ramsay is their last hope. The day Ramsay is to arrive, head chef Aurelio doesn’t bother to show up to work.

Ramsay is impressed with the location, one of the busiest streets in Los Angeles and surrounded by successful restaurants. Dean eats a handful of sprouts straight out of the ground to impress Ramsay, but Gordon’s confused on the menu. It’s a vegan restaurant, but they also serve fish and chicken.Manager Mark introduces himself, and discusses how he is trying to make the restaurant hip and homey. “I want it to be like no place you’ve ever seen,” Mark says. “You’ve definitely done that,” Ramsay says. Sammy is the server today, and serves up the bad food.

The turkey melt is horrible with dry meat and greasy bread. Ramsay feeds it to a nearby dog. A tofu dish is up next, a ring of overcooked veggies surrounding an overcooked lump of rice. “Shocking. My God!” Ramsay says. Mark hopes that Ramsay can get through to Dean about the food - it smells and tastes bad. The blackened salmon is burnt and Ramsay thinks the meat is spoiled. He wonders if the refrigerator is working properly. “It’s hideous,” he tells Dean.