Spanish Pavillion was a struggling Spanish restaurant in New Jersey featured on season 4 of Kitchen Nightmares. Find out what happened after Gordon Ramsay's visit, how the restaurant changed, and if it is still open in 2023. Gordon Ramsay visits Spanish Pavillion, a struggling family restaurant in New Jersey, and helps them improve their food and service.
See how the owners, staff and customers react to the makeover and the new menu of tapas dishes. Ramsay visited Spanish Pavillion in Season 4 of "Kitchen Nightmares," after the successful restaurant founder Antonio Fernandez retired and left his daughter Balbina and her two sons Michael and Jerry in charge of his legacy. Jerry-Owner Michael-Chef/Owner Balbina-Owner Joe-Manager Carlos-Waiter Al-Cook Spanish Pavilion was the first ever Spanish restaurant in New Jersey.
It's in Harrison, just outside Newark. Harrison is now home to multiple Spanish restaurants. It was founded by Antonio Fernandez in 1963.
He retired in 1996. It was taken over by his daughter and grandsons. Michael has gotten lazy in the kitchen.
Watch how the Spanish Pavilion, a restaurant featured on Kitchen Nightmares, changed after Gordon Ramsay's intervention. Find out what happened to the Fernandez family and their business. Kitchen Nightmares - What happened? In season four's first episode, viewers learned that Spanish Pavillion was opened by Antonio Fernandez in 1976.
But when Antonio retired in 1996, he left the restaurant to his daughter, Balbina, and grandsons, Michael and Jerry. In the end, even after a revisit, Spanish Pavillion was doing well due to Gordon's intervention. As of today, the kitchen is still doing well.
Another rare success story for Kitchen Nightmares. Shockingly, the show has a 16% success rate, which is, well, low. In all honesty, Gordon Ramsay is worth watching either way.
Spanish Pavillion UPDATE. Jerry left the Spanish Pavillion in 2014 and Michael returned. The restaurant survived Kitchen Nightmares and COVID.
The restaurant is doing ok. Spanish Pavillion: Directed by Jay Hunter, Mark S. Jacobs, Brad Kreisberg, Kent Weed.
With Michael Cabbibo, Scott Leibfried, Naris Mardirosian, Gordon Ramsay. Spanish Pavilion in Harrison NJ is run by a family constantly at each other's throats who are ignoring the problems and the dead lobster floating in the tank. Our full 2026 Kitchen Nightmares open or closed list shows updates for every restaurant that was featured on Gordon Ramsay's show.