Restaurant impossible

Chef Robert Irvine is in Palmyra, NJ to see if he can save a 60yr old family restaurant from failure.

Robert heads to Providence, R.I., to save Mainelli's, a former neighborhood-favorite Italian restaurant with bad service and an extensive menu of dishes the kitchen just can't get right.

Robert travels to Rascal's BBQ & Crab House in New Castle, Del., where many pass by but almost none stop to eat. Rascal's hides behind mountains of trash and one of the dirtiest kitchens Robert has seen.

A new restaurant with young owners keeps Robert on his toes in this mission. Salt Works II in Wilmington, N.C.

At Meglio's in Bridgeton, Mo., near St. Louis, Robert finds an Italian restaurant stuck in the past with a laundry list of problems.

Down in Jacksonville, Fla., Robert strives to save The Secret Garden Cafe, a failing breakfast/lunch locale owned by partners Zack and Michael.

Robert must overcome the impossible to save the formerly venerable Flood Tide Restaurant in Mystic, Conn., which has earned a bad reputation due to its coarse owner.