Lee Stranahan spoke to the owners days after the show had aired on his blog post here and they revealed they were picked after Brian auditioned for Hell's Kitchen.
They also revealed that Francis wasn't an employee and Brian didn't drive off, leaving some believing the Finn McCools Kitchen Nightmares episode was faked.
Gordon revisits the restaurant and the family relationships are better.
He is told that business is good with an increase of 37% but Buddy had a heart attack and was taking a break from the restaurant.
Brian won a local competition for Best Chowder in a Chilli and Chowder Competition. He told a local paper that the regulars wanted to revert to the old menu and he threatened to quit.
Yelp reviews were mostly positive after filming with compliments to the food and the service.
In 2009, Buddy Mazzio sold the restaurant to Michael Mancuso and the family still worked there.
Finn McCool's closed in March 2012 after an issue with the lease and was boarded up in June 2012.
Since the Finn McCool's closed, Brian opened Shuckers with a childhood friend in 2011 and has worked at Oakland's Restaurant Marina. He currently works at Sundays on the Bay and had expanded into catering.
Jason has been working as a courier, at various restaurants and bars including Shuckers, Joe's American Grill and Buoy One.
Buddy Mazzio now works as a Private Investigator at his own firm, A.Mazzio Professional Investigations.
They also revealed that Francis wasn't an employee and Brian didn't drive off, leaving some believing the Finn McCools Kitchen Nightmares episode was faked.
Gordon revisits the restaurant and the family relationships are better.
He is told that business is good with an increase of 37% but Buddy had a heart attack and was taking a break from the restaurant.
Brian won a local competition for Best Chowder in a Chilli and Chowder Competition. He told a local paper that the regulars wanted to revert to the old menu and he threatened to quit.
Yelp reviews were mostly positive after filming with compliments to the food and the service.
In 2009, Buddy Mazzio sold the restaurant to Michael Mancuso and the family still worked there.
Finn McCool's closed in March 2012 after an issue with the lease and was boarded up in June 2012.
Since the Finn McCool's closed, Brian opened Shuckers with a childhood friend in 2011 and has worked at Oakland's Restaurant Marina. He currently works at Sundays on the Bay and had expanded into catering.
Jason has been working as a courier, at various restaurants and bars including Shuckers, Joe's American Grill and Buoy One.
Buddy Mazzio now works as a Private Investigator at his own firm, A.Mazzio Professional Investigations.