Reported as permanently closed. Find something similiar nearby. See Larger Map - Get Directions. Attire Casual Alcohol Reservations. Share Your Experience! Top Reviews of The Main Dish. Best Restaurants Nearby. Best Menus of Meridianville. Nearby Restaurants. Menus People Viewed Nearby. Recent Restaurant Reviews. Robert meets with designer Taniya to discuss updating the outdated decor and she has some ideas on how to modernize the space.
He notices that despite the restaurant being on a busy road no one was coming to the restaurant. He organizes an event with monster trucks, bouncing castles and free food samples to advertise the restaurant and help bring locals in.
Robert tells the family that they could hold an event once or twice a month on a Saturday to create buzz about the restaurant and appeal to locals. They will give out free samples, leaflets and menus and encourage people to make bookings for the restaurant at the events.
Robert introduces the new menu and teaches them the fresh steak and seafood dishes they will be serving. The designers did an excellent revamping the new Main Dish restaurant into a modern, sophisticated yet comfortable restaurant with a new bar.
Post a Comment Comments will be moderated prior to being published. Those with spam links, offensive language or of an offensive nature will not be published. All comments are the opinion of the commenter and do not represent the opinions of the website owner. Reality Tv Revisited. They always wanted to own their own restaurant due to their passion for cooking. Their two daughters, Maggie and Abby have been working with them for the past six years. They have sacrificed their own career plans to help out their parents at the restaurant.
They will be heartbroken if they have to close the restaurant. Robert arrives at the Main dish restaurant to see Lynn dressed as a hotdog. She is out the front and trying to draw people's attention to the restaurant. Lynn welcomes Robert to the restaurant and he promises to find out and solve their problems. She asks Ken to join them for a meeting to discuss the restaurant. They tell him that they thought they were both great cooks and decided to give it a try.
I got home one night, sat down at the computer and shot off the application. My husband saw it on the computer screen and was like, "What are you doing? Within a week or two, the first producer flew out and had to interview us, our girls who were 17 and 20 at the time and our staff. They took lots of pictures. Then she says, "Now we go to the Food Network, show them this and see if they pick you.
They looked at all the dynamics and really looked at people who wanted to make a change and really needed the help. It actually turned out to be one of the highest-rated episodes ever on Food Network. I think our story fit everyone else's dynamics in small business.
We got a call later from somebody from Ohio that had a carpet cleaning business and said, "Oh my gosh, you spoke for us, our business tonight. We were getting calls from literally all over the world.
What was your family's reaction after learning you would be featured on the Food Network? Lynn: We were so excited. I waited until the kids got back from school to tell them. It was exciting just to have somebody maybe help us with a solution and to see it through someone else's eyes.
We couldn't tell anybody — even the customers — that they were coming to town. Except for close family, you couldn't tell the public. They literally said if word gets out that we're coming, we don't show up. That was kind of nerve-racking. When you submitted the application to Food Network, what were the biggest challenges your restaurant was facing? Lynn: After five or six years in business, and of course after hit, people just stopped eating out. You had to worry about labor and the cost of food and literally not having a day off, as well as working your fingers to the bone.
It got to a point where I was in the back cooking, doing everything it took just to keep the doors open. It's a hard, hard place to be in. It's your baby and you want it to succeed and you'll try anything to keep the doors open. We were struggling every month just to pay the bills — it was not a fun way to live.
And the stress — the kids could see it on us. It's amazing how it sucks everything out of you. Can you share some of your favorite memories from filming that didn't make the "Restaurant Impossible" episode? Lynn: Sitting around that table with Robert was really an eye opener. What y'all didn't see was Robert actually has two daughters around the same age as ours and he travels a lot.
He is honestly an amazing guy and has a heart of gold. When we were sitting around that table, Robert just lost it crying. In fact, they had to shut the cameras off for a minute and they went and got him a Starbucks. I don't know if it struck him because he's a dad and he works a lot and he has two daughters, but that was one of the biggest "wow" moments.
Ken: Robert several times behind the scenes came up to me and gave me a hug and reiterated how well we were doing, but yet try different things. Robert brought his own chefs with him. Chef Lee really helped me out in the kitchen with trying different menu items and just improving the flow of the kitchen.
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