Park’s Edge Kitchen Nightmares Update – Still Open in 2023?

Episode Recap

Park’s Edge was an Atlanta, Georgia restaurant featured on Season 5 of Kitchen Nightmares.

Though the Parks Edge Kitchen Nightmares episode aired in February 2012, the actual visit from Gordon Ramsay happened back in September 2011.

It was Kitchen Nightmares Season 5 Episode 10.

On this episode of Kitchen Nightmare, Chef Gordon Ramsay takes us to Park’s Edge in Inman Park, Georgia (a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia).

Park’s Edge is owned by best friends, Jorge and Richard.

However, Jorge and Richard lack experience in running a restaurant.

To make matters worse, their food is complicated and their staff is overworked.

In the two years that this restaurant has been open the Health Department has forced the restaurant to close twice due to health code violations.

Jorge’s failure to establish any organization and structure in the kitchen, and Richard doesn’t help out in the kitchen when things get busy.

The two owners also failed to obtain a liquor license but still served liquor.

When a local news outlet pressed the owners as to why their restaurant had so many problems, the two blamed the neighborhood for being racist, thus alienating their restaurant from the local community causing their business to suffer.

When Gordon Ramsay arrives at the restaurant, he is confused by the menu that offers Mexican, Asian, and Indian cuisine.

Unsure as to what he should order from a complex menu, he asks his server Amy, who suggests he try the grilled Caesar salad with chicken.

Gordon also orders oysters and grilled salmon.

The grilled Caesar salad arrives first and Gordon is in shock when he finds that they literally grilled the lettuce which hasn’t even been trimmed, and when he goes to taste the chicken he finds that it is too dry and the salad was too spicy.

When Gordon tried the oysters he simply said they were disgusting, and when the salmon arrived the plate was too busy and the combination of flavors didn’t taste good.

After he ate, Gordon gives his negative feedback to the kitchen and tells the owners they are far from qualified to run a restaurant.

Gordon then observes the dinner rush and notices Jorge becoming overwhelmed quickly in the kitchen as the other chefs seem capable of being able to handle things.

The restaurant’s customers aren’t impressed with the food and the complaints of the food being too dry, spicy, cold, or even raw start funneling in.

Instead of taking ownership and addressing the irate customers, the owners delegate this task to the servers, whose tips have already been affected due to the kitchen performance.

The food takes too long to leave the kitchen and some of the customers walk out before their food arrives due to frustration.

Gordon then inspects the walk in where he finds stale and moldy produce, spoiled chicken, and cooked food gone wrong.

The next day Gordon has a staff meeting where the owners are watching via surveillance and it is revealed that they believe Richard to be the main problem as he is too hands off, and drinking wine on the job at a daily rate.

They also reveal Jorge to be disrespectful as he lashes out at the staff too often.

Jorge and Richard are touched by what they heard in the hidden camera video.

Richard is visibly upset and emotional while Jorge apologizes to the staff for his short-comings and promises his staff things will change.

Gordon Ramsay knows they need to rebuild the bridges they burned in the community and encourages Richard to make a public statement to the news where he apologizes for calling his neighborhood racist.

Finally, Gordon’s team transforms the restaurant’s décor, making it more contemporary with pictures from local artists in place of the gaudy pictures that hung there before.

Gordon also simplified the menu, making it an American menu with a contemporary twist.

Gordon then brings in his team to train the kitchen staff on the new menu.

However, sous chef, Matt, does not agree on frying chicken wings.

Matt is given the choice of getting on board or leaving his job and Matt ultimately decides to stay at Parks Edge restaurant.

The night of the relaunch and the orders start stacking up in the kitchen.

Jorge takes the lead and the food comes out in a timely manner and to a high standard.

Despite a minor hiccup with Matt disrespecting Jorge and losing his job, the night is a total success as customers are very pleased with their food.

So was the Kitchen Nightmares Park’s Edge episode a success? Keep reading our update to learn what happened next and if this Atlanta restaurant is open or closed in 2023 and beyond.