The Restaurant(2003)
Reality
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First Air Date: 2003-07-20
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
The Restaurant is a reality television series that aired on NBC in 2003, with a second season broadcasting in 2004. The series had encore presentations on CNBC and Bravo. Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito opened the Gramercy Park, New York City, restaurant Union Pacific in August, 1997. The NBC series, it was announced, would follow DiSpirito as he launched and operated a new Manhattan restaurant. The first season revolved around the construction and opening of Rocco's on 22nd, scheduled to open in five weeks. Some 7.5 million viewers tuned in for the July 20, 2003 premiere focusing on the search for a location and construction work for the new restaurant. Among the 2000 people who showed up hoping to be hired were various actors, models and show business hopefuls. In addition to Rocco's mother, Nicolina DiSpirito, known for her famous meatballs, the show's on-camera personnel included David Miller, Alex Corrado, Domiziano Arcangeli, Heather Kristin, Natalie Norman, Topher Goodman, Lisa Wurzel, Brian Allen, Gideon Horowitz, Heather Snell, Amanda Congdon, Pete Giovine, Uzay Tumer, Emily Shaw, Lonn Coward, Carrie Keranen, Colleen Fitzgerald, Caroline Matler, Brian Petruzzell, Lola Belle, Susanna Hari, Tony Acinapura, John Charlesworth, Laurent Saillard, Perry Pollaci, Matt DiBarro and Tim Donoho.
Keywords
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
A Kid From Queens Dreams Big
Air Date: 2003-07-20
Rocco DiSpirito is a kid from Queens who's made good. He's the chef of a three-star Manhattan restaurant, and he has ...
E02
Ready or Not, Here They Come
Air Date: 2003-07-27
The doors open for the restaurant's ""soft launch"". This is the night where friends and family test the food, but th...
E03
The Dream Becomes a Nightmare
Air Date: 2003-08-03
The morning after the official opening, one of the waiters shows up with his wounded arm in a sling and Rocco treats ...
E04
Up, Then Down Again
Air Date: 2003-08-10
At the pre-service staff meeting, Rocco gets his comeuppance. Two of his top servers tell him they are unhappy with h...
E05
Stage Fright
Air Date: 2003-08-17
The staff is angry that their paychecks haven't arrived - some of them can't even pay the rent. Rocco's overworked Mo...
E06
All's Well That Ends Well
Air Date: 2003-08-24
After losing part of his staff Rocco is forced to hire a new waitress, a blonde bombshell named Lauren. But it touche...
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