Cap'n and the Cowboy

What happened after

Yelp listing explicitly marked closed ("Updated June 2026"); Facebook page's last activity was a Nov 2012 post about closing

Closure date on record: 2012-08 (per secondary source) / confirmed still closed as of 2026 per Yelp

What happened on the show

A former dishwasher who had worked his way up before opening his own place, Nick Scaringella ran Cap'n and the Cowboy, a steak-and-seafood restaurant in Port Charlotte, Florida. Robert Irvine was stunned to learn how little Nick knew about his own finances. Corners were being cut and the food landed as mediocre, so the intervention paired a kitchen fix with a decluttering makeover that stripped the room down and improved what came off the line. The two-day, roughly ten-thousand-dollar format set the terms, with the design and build team resetting the space while Irvine worked on the food and the owner. Getting an operator to actually understand his numbers is a recurring subplot on this show, and here it mattered as much as any new dish or fresh coat of paint.

After the cameras left

Cap'n and the Cowboy is closed and has stayed that way. A secondary source dates the closure to around August 2012, and the Facebook page's last activity was a November 2012 post about shutting down. More usefully, the Yelp listing was still explicitly marked closed on a June 2026 update, which confirms the business has not quietly reopened. On the strength of that current-day check we rate the closed status high confidence. The Kings Highway unit in Port Charlotte remains vacant of the restaurant.