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The Restaurant

Season 1 Episode 1: A Kid from Queens Dreams Big

Jul 20, 2003TV-PG1h6.4

Rocco DiSpirito is a kid from Queens who's made good. He's the chef of a three-star Manhattan restaurant, and he has a dream. He wants to open a new restaurant to get back to his Italian American roots. He's even getting his Mom to help him. The problem is he's only got seven weeks to build it and open it - and that usually takes seven months. Rocco begins to search for the ideal location and he encounters pitfalls along the way. He finally finds a space and the PR machin...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 4 Up, Then Down Again

4. Up, Then Down Again

Aired: Aug 10, 2003

At the pre-service staff meeting, Rocco gets his comeuppance. Two of his top ...

Episode 5 Stage Fright

5. Stage Fright

Aired: Aug 17, 2003

The staff is angry that their paychecks haven't arrived - some of them can't ...

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Seasons: 2

Network: NBC

Genres:Reality-TV