El Greco: Over Before the Kitchen Nightmare Started!

I did not see this twist coming: El Greco, the troubled Greek taverna in Austin has folded faster than Superman on laundry day before its own episode of Kitchen Nightmares even aired! I first saw the story here at the Austin Business Journal.

With spotty FB updates noted patiently by loyal customers throughout the month of December, El Greco finally hung it up on December 31, according to the Examiner. See below:

Around lunchtime on New Year’s Eve, the doors of the restaurant were locked and the lights were out. Uneaten food (what looked like rolls) was seen on at least two tables inside the restaurant. In one of El Greco’s nearly empty glass cases sat some lonely looking baked goods.

Wedged between the two front doors was a piece of mail dated Dec. 21 from Pyramid Properties Inc., the landlord of Guadalupe 31, the mixed-used building where El Greco rents space. A bright yellow sticker slapped on one of the glass doors indicated that a linen service had some of its linens and uniforms locked inside the eatery.

I am only faintly bummed as I still haven't been back since the taping for the show in September. I wanted to see how warty it could have been without the cameras present. Because even with the crew, our meal wasn't completely without lumps.

Though I am still held by the NDA that asked I not disclose production secretes until the show airs, I will bot blog about filming at El Greco. YET. But I cannot wait to dish. I will say this: it wasn't Gordon Ramsay's fault!