Casa Roma

What happened after

Italian restaurant and bar closed in July 2017 after financial difficulty and poor reviews, following several interim rebrands (The AV Roadhouse Restaurant Bar & Grill, then briefly CR Roadhouse in 2015, then reverting to Casa Roma). Now a banquet hall, Salon Garibaldi Events.

Closure date on record: 2017-07

What happened on the show

Nylah and her son Jeremy had bought a well-established Lancaster restaurant with zero experience between them, and by the time Ramsay arrived Casa Roma was dirty inside and out, its bar carrying a dining room that could not carry itself. After a wait of over an hour, the food landed: soggy waterlogged stuffed mushrooms, an oil-soaked Monte Cristo dusted bafflingly with powdered sugar over a savory sandwich, and a deluxe pizza with raw dough. Head chef Erick first claimed he could not tell which order was Ramsay's, then dismissed it as a bad day, walked out, and asked for a second chance he never delivered on, refusing even to communicate with sous chef Drew during service. Ramsay had the restaurant shut down, convinced Nylah to fire Erick and promote Drew, then swept the kitchen and took a UV light to the bathrooms, where he found bodily fluids and little sign of any cleaning. The staff, meanwhile, could not spell Sicilian.

After the cameras left

Casa Roma limped on for years through a string of identities, becoming the AV Roadhouse, briefly CR Roadhouse in 2015, and reverting to Casa Roma before financial trouble and poor reviews closed it for good in July 2017. The 320 West Avenue J2 site in Lancaster is now a banquet hall, Salon Garibaldi Events. Clueless owners and a revolving concept made for a long, slow decline rather than a clean save.