Kitchen Nightmares (USA) Season 5 Quiz

Answer: New Jersey

The first three episodes of the season were soul food restaurant Blackberry's, Italian restaurant Leone's, and family restaurant Mike & Nellie's. Of the three mentioned, Leone's and Blackberry's were still open in October 2012, while Mike & Nellie's closed their doors in January 2012.

Answer: seven

The seven revisited: Providence causal restaurant DownCity (closed early 2012), New York's Classic American (open in October 2012), Boston's Davide (open in October 2012), New Jersey's Spanish Pavillion (open), California Jamaican restaurant Kingston Cafe (open), California Italian restaurant Capri (open), and California French restaurant La Frite (open).

Answer: Burger Kitchen

Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles was a restaurant run by a man whose son basically used his entire life savings to buy a restaurant. The restaurant had a hot-tempered head chef and burgers that were never made right. During a service, the head chef was fired. The restaurant closed in March 2012.

Answer: El Greco

The Austin Greek restaurant was known for mediocre food and their employee "Mike", which turned out to be a microwave. El Greco closed in December 2011, six weeks before the episode aired in the US.

Answer: Mexican

Zocalo's was a Mexican restaurant with a feuding couple. The episode aired in March and Zocalo's was still open in October.

Answer: Cafe Hon

Baltimore's Cafe Hon derived its name from a city expression. The owner was in a fight with the city over her trademarking the name. During the episode, she gave up her fight and relinquished the trademark.

Answer: Atlanta

The College Park (in the Atlanta metropolitan area) restaurant was named after the owner's daughter. The place was more known for cooking large batches of food ahead of time and reheating them.

According to the restaurant's website, the episode had one of the largest viewerships in the show's history.

Answer: True

Spin-a-Yarn was a mismanaged steakhouse with a couple on the verge of divorce. The couple purchased the restaurant fifteen years before and did many expensive renovations to no success.

Answer: California

The Anaheim restaurant's head chef was acquired from his father after he retired to Italy in 1999. The owner's father opened in 1981, but moved to its current location in 1992.

Answer: Leone's

Chef Ramsay found old and expired ingredients in the fridge and ordered the place shut down. The owner's son was running the establishment while his mother recovered from a coma. Ramsay had the chefs cook everything and he didn't like any of the food or the size of the menu.