It's the end of an era for Norma and Victor Guerrero.

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- CLOSED: Cask 63 in North Scottsdale
- Cheuvront Restaurant in Phoenix to Close at the End of May

The husband-and-wife team behind Guerrero's Mexican Food, 2148 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe, have decided to retire and close the business they started in July 1982.

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Top: New Times archives, Bottom: Still from Kitchen Nightmares

Confused and angry Kitchen Nightmares viewers have been calling -- and yelling at -- the wrong folks.

This time, it's not as easy as ABC.

Imagine what it would be like to have a Phoenix business with an all-too-similar name to Amy's Baking Company, and you'll feel ABC Cake Decorating Supplies' pain.

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- Amy's Baking Company - A History of Kitchen Nightmares
- ABC Cake Decorating Supplies in Phoenix: What We Bought, What We Skipped and What We're Still Lusting Over

In fact, over the past few days, the owners and staff at ABC Cake have found themselves fielding angry phone calls meant for Amy and Sammy Bouzaglo.

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The Amy's Baking Company shit show is drawing out Phoenix's cast of characters like moths to the flame. It's probably only a matter of time until Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Russell Pearce get involved.

After the ABC Kitchen Nightmares disaster (or could it actually be a blessing in disguise?), Valley PR man Jason Rose announced via press release that his company will be overseeing a "grand re-opening" of the Scottsdale restaurant.

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Amy's Baking Company - A History of Kitchen Nightmares - Complete Coverage

And if that wasn't enough to make your head explode, the Reverend Jarrett Maupin will be emceeing the event, according to recent announcements Rose made on Twitter.

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Seemingly moments after most of us were making Amy Bouzaglo's cat impersonation ("Meow, meow, meow -- meow, meow!"), uttered on last Friday's season finale of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, the ringtone on our cell phones, the Internet decided to blow up, bonkers-style.

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- Meet Amy's Baking Company's New PR Guy: Big-Haired, Big-Mouthed Jason Rose
- Top 10 "Reviews" of Amy's Baking Company on Yelp

Following the airing of the show, in which Ramsay, for the first time in the show's history, walked out of the restaurant after declaring Amy, who runs Amy's Baking Company with husband Samy, a "lost cause" in addition to revealing several other insights (Samy taking his servers tips being one of the biggest) the restaurant's Yelp, Facebook, and Twitter pages exploded with angry comments.

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Buchanan

Greg LaPrad

It's the end of an era. Chef Greg LaPrad -- the talented farm-to-table chef who made Quiessence a destination restaurant and kept it in the media spotlight for eight years -- plans to wrap up his eighth and last season at the restaurant on Saturday, June 15. Sister restaurant Morning Glory Cafe closes for the season Sunday, June 16.

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-- Greg LaPrad Dishes on the Ghost at Quiessence and Gives a Hilarious Answer to the Last Meal on Earth Question

This is sad news for those of us who consider Quiessence one of the best restaurants in town, a reputation LaPrad earned with considerable help from his close friend and executive chef Tony Andiario, who also will leave Quiessence at the end of this season. But if there's a silver lining here somewhere, it's that at least LaPrad isn't leaving the state.

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Jason Rose

It was inevitable that Jason Rose represent Amy's Baking Company.

Who else but the guy who thought to nudge semi-senile, publicity-obsessed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio into shilling for a restaurant called Pink Taco? The flack who bent campaign sign laws to get his sushi-slinging client publicity? The man who got himself fired by the Special Olympics for making a special ed joke on Twitter?

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- Jason Rose, Valley PR Bigshot, Canned by Special Olympics for Comparing "Knucklehead" to Someone With Special Needs
- The Jason Rose Connection
- Rose Peddles: People are talking about a young political consultant named Jason Rose. But it's probably not the message he'd like to get across.
- Stingray Sushi Ads are Totally Tasteless
- Best Dick: Best of Phoenix 2004
- Amy's Baking Company - A History of Kitchen Nightmares

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Kathy L.

Togo's Sandwiches, Gilbert

Heads up Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and other cities across the state: Giant sub-style sandwiches are headed your way -- again.

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- Z'Tejas to Debut New Taco Restaurant Concept in Old Phoenix Church
- Postino Owners to Open Joyride Taco House in Gilbert in June

Citing the success of its Gilbert location, which opened in June of last year, Togo's, the franchise-based sandwich shop with nearly 250 locations along the West Coast, has announced it's picking up the pace for new locations across the Grand Canyon State.

But this ain't the first time Togo's has tangoed with the Valley.

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Benjamin Leatherman

It may be lacking a few finishing design flourishes, but Gringo Star Street Bar, destined to be the coolest new hangout on Mill Avenue, is up and running and has been since last Thursday. Owner Julian Wright says he wanted to "capitalize on the graduation market" and did. The place was packed the first day.

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-- Tempe Restaurateur Julian Wright To Open Cool, Concept-y New Bar on Mill in March
-- Tempe's Gringo Star Street Bar Opens Today -- Here's a Sneak Peek at its Art and Arcade Games

And why not? It sounds like the perfect spot for ASU students and Mill Avenue strollers to grab a little diversion, which is Wright's fortè despite his emerging reputation as the guy who brings a touch of class to Mill Avenue.

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Part of the Pig on the Patio meal.

Although the phrase "all you can eat" doesn't necessarily come to mind when referring to the cuisine of (Stiffed!) James Beard Award-nominated chef Kevin Binkley, it's good to know when considering the new Pig on the Patio event going on every weekend at two of his three restaurants: Cafe Bink and Bink's Midtown.

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- Bink's Midtown Is a Must
- Best Happy Hour North Phoenix 2012: Cafe Bink

Starting at 5 p.m. every Saturday and all day Sunday, pork fans can pick a spot on the patio of Cafe Bink in Carefree or Bink's Midtown in Phoenix and enjoy an all-you-can-eat, swine-centered meal courtesy of a whole pig roaster.

And (bonus) the flavors of the roast pig meal change every week.

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YouTube

While many of us have already set our DVRs to "stun" in anticipation of Friday night's season finale of Kitchen Nightmares featuring Amy and Sammy Bouzaglo, the control-freak duo of Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale, the worldwide interweb has seen fit to bring us shit show Christmas early this year.

See also:
Amy's Baking Company - A History of Kitchen Nightmares - The Original Story by Phoenix New Times
- Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale Is the Season Finale of Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay, Natch
- Screaming, Expletives, and, Eventually, Police: All in the First Night of Kitchen Nightmares Taping at Amy's Baking Company
- Ouch! Today's Hard Lesson on Yelp

It seems the final episode of Fox's reality show starring Gordon Ramsay has found its way onto YouTube. And, depending on how you look at it, it's either a publicist's nightmare, a tutorial of what not to do when owning a restaurant, or some of the best television you will have watched this year.

Here are the links:

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