Hannah & Mason's

What happened after

American bistro closed in 2010 after losing customers.

Closure date on record: 2010

What happened on the show

The sign out front read Hannah and Maso's, a missing letter Ramsay took as a fitting omen for a Cranbury bistro running on fumes. Chris and Brian had cooked under the previous owner, bought the place, and now both regretted it, opening only three nights a week to almost no business. Chris was a nervous wreck; Brian was so checked out that nothing Ramsay said reached him. The baked onion soup was more cheese than soup, the quiche's texture was off, and the lamb lollipops came undercooked, so unappetizing that Ramsay turned his wife's photo away from the plate. It happened to be Valentine's Day, unusually busy, which exposed everything: a week-old item pulled from the dessert display and served, pre-washed salad no one checked, and a walk-in holding raw chicken stacked on top of cooked. Ramsay had the manager shut the kitchen for the night, praised Chris's spark, and gave up trying to find Brian's.

After the cameras left

The passion Ramsay could not reignite in Brian never came back. Hannah & Mason's, at 39 North Main Street in Cranbury, lost customers and closed in 2010, about two years after the episode. A bistro already open just three nights a week to empty tables had little cushion, and no successor was recorded at the address. Two owners who admitted regret from the very start rarely find their way back to wanting it.