NYT: As Not Seen on TV

[Spaceman Spiff]

Undercover Boss or something like that?

No, there's one on the Food Network or whatever. I can't think of the name of it, but the one episode I saw had a bar owner spy on a douchey bartender who she suspected giving away too many free drinks. IIRC, it's a husband and wife team that plants cameras and mics all over the place, hires talent to come in and catch the person in question.

In this particular episode, they sent two attractive girls in to flirt with him and sure enough he gave away free drink after free drink. They had the bar owner in the next building over showing her everything as it went down in real time. It was incredibly damaging to her business. Then they brought the dude in the room and busted him, it was pretty great.

[big#44]

No, there's one on the Food Network or whatever. I can't think of the name of it, but the one episode I saw had a bar owner spy on a douchey bartender who she suspected giving away too many free drinks. IIRC, it's a husband and wife team that plants cameras and mics all over the place, hires talent to come in and catch the person in question.

In this particular episode, they sent two attractive girls in to flirt with him and sure enough he gave away free drink after free drink. They had the bar owner in the next building over showing her everything as it went down in real time. It was incredibly damaging to her business. Then they brought the dude in the room and busted him, it was pretty great.

I'm gonna check that out, it sounds good. I'm also a big fan of Bar Rescue and Restaurant Impossible, so I love these types of shows.

[China]

Guy Fieri fires back at searing 'NYT' restaurant review

Savannah noted that 56 reviews on Yelp give Guy's American Kitchen and Bar an average of 2.5 stars out of five, so it's not knocking people's socks off. "At two months? Not really expecting to," said Fieri. "I mean, we're trying to. We're trying as hard as we can to make it right, to do it right. ... Is it perfect right now? No. ... Let's see where we are in six months."

He mentioned he has 11 restaurants and he's into being a hands-on chef and manager, from creating the menu to training the staff, not just putting a "stamp" on the place.

And he said, "To me, it's impossible to come in and have a dining experience and have every single thing is wrong, unless you come in with a different agenda and you want to sensationalize something and you want to blow it out of the water. It's a great way to make a name for yourself — go after a celebrity chef that's not a New Yorker that's doing big concept in his second month. Great way to hit it," he said, punching his hand.

His words for Wells: "You're welcome."

And Fieri added, "I stand by my food. I stand by my team."

Click on the link for the full article

[Predicto]

Every been to the Brazilian Steakhouse on market street? How about The House of Prime Rib?

Espetus is damn good. I think the House of Prime Rib does a pretty good job too, but I only went there once and it was years ago. Massive hunks of meat are not my thing (usually).

[rictus58]

Massive hunks of meat are not my thing (usually).

[laurent]

Smh at Guy Fieri's response. You expect customers to be patient with you, give you some time to get the food right? Lol, interesting business model "yeah, we know our food sucks, but hey, it's going to be better soon I promise!".

[Bubble Screen]

Undercover Boss or something like that?

That might be the name, I'm not sure. It's the show where the guy with the thick yankee accent watches undercover with the owner of a restaurant. As they're watching, he's telling the owner of the place what he needs to be doing to get more out of his employees. Then at the end of the show he calls all the employees in a room and drops the bomb that he and their boss have been spying on them, and that if they don't get their **** together, some heads are gonna roll.

Whoever this guy is that does the spying, he owns several restaurants of his own. Supposedly pretty high class establishments.

---------- Post added November-16th-2012 at 01:16 AM ----------

No, there's one on the Food Network or whatever. I can't think of the name of it, but the one episode I saw had a bar owner spy on a douchey bartender who she suspected giving away too many free drinks. IIRC, it's a husband and wife team that plants cameras and mics all over the place, hires talent to come in and catch the person in question.

In this particular episode, they sent two attractive girls in to flirt with him and sure enough he gave away free drink after free drink. They had the bar owner in the next building over showing her everything as it went down in real time. It was incredibly damaging to her business. Then they brought the dude in the room and busted him, it was pretty great.

Correct. It is on Food Network.

[ixcuincle]

At first I was incredulous that someone dare take a shot at a legend like Guy Fieri

A man we see on TV all the time

But then I see this article by noted chef Eddie Huang which just tears apart Fieri and how he is constantly on Food Network

Quote:
This was the ill McNulty moment when Wells finally indicted all the people who've been eating off the proliferation of hot trash. It tells us anybody can get it.

He says that it's good for a critic to call trash instead of hopping on the Fieri Bandwagon

So good for him

Good for everyone for speaking their mind and starting debate

---------- Post added November-16th-2012 at 08:33 AM ----------

Guy Fieri is on the phone right now on the radio talking with his good friends and he says people should just try the food out for themselves

People are allowed to have opinions, and an elitist NYT reviewer might not like the common man food that Fieri serves to his clientele

Now I don't live in NYC so I couldn't possibly judge but I am fine with GUy Fieri, never had a problem with him at all

[China]

---------- Post added November-16th-2012 at 11:44 AM ----------

If you need an even better advertisement than that, The New York Times itself reportedly held a party for 160 people last night ... at Guy's American Kitchen and Bar.

Link

[China]

So Guy Fieri Didn't Buy The Full URL For His Restaurant's Website

But someone else did, and what they did is hilarious. Just so you know, GuysAmerican.com does not equal GuysAmericanKitchenAndBar.com.

[Kilmer17]

Ive been crying at my desk for an hour reading this.