restaurantRestaurant: Impossible · Season 19, Episode 13 · Aired August 19, 2021
Gaston's
Orland Park, Illinois
It is still up and running. It trades today as Gaston's Bistro.
On the show
Season 19, Episode 13 · August 19, 2021 · restaurant
episode title: "Delusions of Grandeur"; business name/location manually read from TVmaze episode synopsis (Wikipedia list has no structured data for this season)
What happened after
Gaston's Bistro official website shows live, current operating hours (Mon-Thu 9am-8pm, Fri 9am-9pm, Sat 8am-9pm, Sun 8am-3pm) and active contact info.
What happened on the show
Two brothers convinced the world was against them were about to lose their French bistro. Yaser and Nader ran Gaston's in Orland Park, and the episode is blunt that they blamed the competition for their own failures, leaving Irvine to drag a pair of self-described delusional owners back to reality before their fantasy ended in bankruptcy. Replacing the brothers' excuses with an honest look at their business was the whole aim, and the redone bistro flowed from that. Since the teaser centers on that denial and gives no plated detail, what remains is a French bistro whose deepest problem was two owners who had to admit the enemy was not across the street but behind their own counter. Reality, not the competition, was the dish Irvine most needed them to swallow.
After the cameras left
Gaston's is still open. Now operating as Gaston's Bistro at 14438 John Humphrey Drive, established in 1998, its official site shows live current hours across the week and active contact details. The site footer carries an older copyright year, so we hold the read at medium confidence, still trading at our latest look on the strength of the direct fetch.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.