Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mexican restaurant Zocalo, once responsible for the marriage of its two co-owners, now threatens to undo said marriage as it flounders under high-priced, low-quality food.
Tropes
- Bittersweet Ending: Zocalo went under in January 2013; it closed for the holidays and never reopened. Greg and Mary divorced in the process. Greg, at least, found his footing again; he married his former waitress Maria (who appeared in the episode) and became the manager for another restaurant, the Walrus Oyster and Ale House.
- Blatant Lies: When Gordon notes the pricey nature of the food he asks co-owner Mary who sets the prices, and she tells him her husband Greg does. During a talk with Greg and Mary later, when Gordon is criticizing the quality of the food and pointing out it's practically robbery at those prices, Greg agrees and reveals Mary is the one who sets the prices and she has apparently changed prices without consulting him. A confused Gordon and Greg confront Mary on this, and she can only start blabbing excuses that she just set the prices based on how much Greg said it took to prepare the dishes, which Greg notes he still never told her to set them at those prices.
- Shout-Out: When Gordon was served some green soup in a cauldron-like pot, his response was, "It was bubbling like something out of Harry Potter."
