History NauseaFuel / KitchenNightmares

* The Old Neighborhood really stood out when Gordon first arrived. The wallpaper was peeling, old antiques lined the rafters, the booths reeked of decades of accumulated body odor, dead mice and droppings were everywhere, an old pair of shoes was underneath a seat in a private booth, piles of garbage were stuffed into the waiting area seats... that's not even getting into how nasty the food storage area was, let alone a kitchen that was caked with years of dirt (one of the owners claimed to have cleaned for five days prior to Gordon's arrival, which if true, barely made any noticeable impact to the condition of the place). Gordon was ''especially'' angry when he shut the kitchen down. Needless to say, the cleaned and renovated business was a massive improvement.

* At Spanish Pavillion, Gordon asks to inspect the lobster tank after lunch. He's horrified to discover that a ''dead lobster'' had gone unnoticed inside the tank. Gordon reminds the staff that now the entire tank and the live lobsters within it (who had been eating on the dead lobster's flesh) could be contaminated.[[note]]To clarify, when a lobster decomposes, its flesh produces ammonia, which will KILL YOU if you ingest it. See the Mama Maria's entry below for a perfect example of someone doing that, though thankfully they recovered.[[/note]]

* Ironically, this is the one area that the infamous Amy's Baking Company did right: during his visit, Ramsay comments that the kitchen had been meticulously cleaned before his arrival, and there was no sign of rotten food anywhere to be found. The attitude of the owners, however, was beyond sour and spoiled...
** And that's not to say there was no Nausea Fuel, namely in how the food was served. At Gordon's lunch meal, there was a pizza with a crust that was ''raw'', a Blue Ribbon Burger that disintegrated into grease and chunks at one bite, and a salmon burger that was, in Gordon's words, was "like dry cat food." The ravioli was the only thing not inherently awful, but between being cooked from frozen yet advertised as fresh and having. . . shall we say, an "inventive" sauce applied, even it was inedible by Chef Ramsay's standards.

** And that's not to say there was no Nausea Fuel. At Gordon's lunch meal, there was a pizza with a crust that was ''raw'', a Blue Ribbon Burger that disintegrated into grease and chunks at one bite, and a salmon burger that was, in Gordon's words, was "like dry cat food." The ravioli was the only thing not inherently awful, but between being cooked from frozen yet advertised as fresh and having. . . shall we say, an "inventive" sauce applied, even it was inedible by Chef Ramsay's standards.