I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
various social media sites.

So what's going on? Fruit Flies.

From a recent Yelp Review after the grand-reopening:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/amys-baking-company-scottsdale

"Since both of us thought that the meal wasn't that bad, we decided to
order the "famous" deserts. I ordered a Key lime pie slice and my friend
got some chocolate cake.

Sammy brought the slices over to us and I noticed something odd.

There were fruit flies. On the top of my key lime pie.
Let me repeat that. Fruit flies. On top of my pie. Two of them. Just
chilling there.

I called Sammy back over and asked what was up with these little bugs in
my cake and he went off about there being a bug problem and how someone
was bringing them in to sabotage them or something. He also said it
better not be me or my friend or he'd throw us both out. No comp, no new
pie slice, nothing. I had to eat the price of my bug pie. Because he
thought I put it there. We paid our overly expensive bill and left as
quickly as possible."

And also fruit flies in martinis!

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region...-in-the-drinks

A group which included a reporter who went to have dinner were accused
of "planting" the flies in their drinks. Yeah, sure, everyone carries
dead fruit flies around with them. Just to make a place look bad.

Working as a server and a hostess, I've seen a lot of people try to scam
free meals. The funniest was when someone told me a screw must have
fallen out in the dishwasher and landed in the glass his drink came in.

I don't know about you, but I place glassware in the dishwasher face
down. They do that in restaurants, too. Was I supposed to believe the
screw defied gravity and miraculously flew UP into the glass and stayed
there? Not to mention, I think I'd have noticed a rather large screw in
a glass of iced tea. Needless to say, these days this guy is probably
carrying dead fruit flies around in his pocket.

Jill

On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
> various social media sites.

You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
not in a good way)

This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/

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On 6/7/2013 10:39 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>> various social media sites.
>
> You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
> was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
> rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
> don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
> not in a good way)
>
> This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/
>
Yes, I'd already heard about the threat of deportation. Not surprising
considering he considers himself a "gangster" from Las Vegas. I suspect
money laundering via this restaurant.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bel...owner_samy.php

Amy is also a convicted felon. These people *need* to be deported.

She's way too old to go back to being a Las Vegas showgirl/stripper.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/7/2013 10:39 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>>> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>>> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>>> various social media sites.
>>
>> You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
>> was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
>> rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
>> don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
>> not in a good way)
>>
>> This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/
>>
> Yes, I'd already heard about the threat of deportation. Not surprising
> considering he considers himself a "gangster" from Las Vegas. I suspect
> money laundering via this restaurant.
>
> http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bel...owner_samy.php
>
> Amy is also a convicted felon. These people *need* to be deported.
>
> She's way too old to go back to being a Las Vegas showgirl/stripper.

I've been following this with interest. I haven't seen anything concerning
her 'felony' (if that is the way you say it).
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Oh, SURE!! Sabotage! But, what the heck, serve the pie anyway, fruitflies and all. No extra charge.

Hard to believe anyone can be that stupid. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

On 6/7/2013 10:54 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/7/2013 10:39 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>>>> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>>>> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>>>> various social media sites.
>>>
>>> You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
>>> was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
>>> rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
>>> don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
>>> not in a good way)
>>>
>>> This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/
>>>
>> Yes, I'd already heard about the threat of deportation. Not surprising
>> considering he considers himself a "gangster" from Las Vegas. I suspect
>> money laundering via this restaurant.
>>
>> http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bel...owner_samy.php
>>
>>
>> Amy is also a convicted felon. These people *need* to be deported.
>>
>> She's way too old to go back to being a Las Vegas showgirl/stripper.
>
> I've been following this with interest. I haven't seen anything
> concerning
> her 'felony' (if that is the way you say it).

She was convicted of stealing someone's social security number and
trying to use it to get a loan from a bank.

Jill

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 15:54:04 +0100, Ophelia wrote:
>
>> I've been following this with interest. I haven't seen anything
>> concerning
>> her 'felony' (if that is the way you say it).
>
> She was convicted of trying to get a loan using somebody else name and
> social security number.

Fine upstanding member of her community then!

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On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:39:16 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>> various social media sites.
>
>You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
>was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
>rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
>don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
>not in a good way)
>
>This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
>http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/

I've seen articles posted here but am at a loss. Is Amy's Baking
Company an entity that I should know about?
Janet US

On 6/7/2013 1:31 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:39:16 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>>> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>>> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>>> various social media sites.
>>
>> You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
>> was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
>> rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
>> don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
>> not in a good way)
>>
>> This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/
>
> I've seen articles posted here but am at a loss. Is Amy's Baking
> Company an entity that I should know about?
> Janet US
>
Not unless you watch Kitchen Nightmares and like to watch people who own
a restaurant have a major meltdown.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/7/2013 1:31 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:39:16 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>>>> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>>>> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>>>> various social media sites.
>>>
>>> You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
>>> was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
>>> rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
>>> don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
>>> not in a good way)
>>>
>>> This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/
>>
>> I've seen articles posted here but am at a loss. Is Amy's Baking
>> Company an entity that I should know about?
>> Janet US
>>
> Not unless you watch Kitchen Nightmares and like to watch people who own a
> restaurant have a major meltdown.

Well I don't watch it either, but I have been following the links posted
about it here.

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On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:07:21 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/7/2013 1:31 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:39:16 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>>>> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>>>> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>>>> various social media sites.
>>>
>>> You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
>>> was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
>>> rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
>>> don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
>>> not in a good way)
>>>
>>> This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/
>>
>> I've seen articles posted here but am at a loss. Is Amy's Baking
>> Company an entity that I should know about?
>> Janet US
>>
>Not unless you watch Kitchen Nightmares and like to watch people who own
>a restaurant have a major meltdown.
>
>Jill

This is where I was confused.
http://tinyurl.com/mevpluh
A different person and bakery.
Janet US

On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:31:00 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:39:16 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
> >> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
> >> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
> >> various social media sites.
> >
> >You haven't seen that they are in deportation hearings? At first it
> >was just Samy, but the next one I read said both are going... or
> >rather, in danger of going. Unless their marriage is on the rocks, I
> >don't envision him leaving and her staying. They need each other (and
> >not in a good way)
> >
> >This is not the article, but it gives you the gist.
> >http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/...nd-amy-bakery/
>
> I've seen articles posted here but am at a loss. Is Amy's Baking
> Company an entity that I should know about?
> Janet US

No. They closed the season on Gordon Ramsey's restaurant rescue show
(whatever the name of it is) where Ramsey walked away - couldn't help
them.


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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
> morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
> popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
> various social media sites.
>
> So what's going on? Fruit Flies.
>
> From a recent Yelp Review after the grand-reopening:
>
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/amys-baking-company-scottsdale
>
> "Since both of us thought that the meal wasn't that bad, we decided to
> order the "famous" deserts. I ordered a Key lime pie slice and my friend
> got some chocolate cake.
>
> Sammy brought the slices over to us and I noticed something odd.
>
> There were fruit flies. On the top of my key lime pie.
> Let me repeat that. Fruit flies. On top of my pie. Two of them. Just
> chilling there.
>
> I called Sammy back over and asked what was up with these little bugs in
> my cake and he went off about there being a bug problem and how someone
> was bringing them in to sabotage them or something. He also said it better
> not be me or my friend or he'd throw us both out. No comp, no new pie
> slice, nothing. I had to eat the price of my bug pie. Because he thought I
> put it there. We paid our overly expensive bill and left as quickly as
> possible."
>
> And also fruit flies in martinis!
>
> http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region...-in-the-drinks
>
> A group which included a reporter who went to have dinner were accused of
> "planting" the flies in their drinks. Yeah, sure, everyone carries dead
> fruit flies around with them. Just to make a place look bad.
>
> Working as a server and a hostess, I've seen a lot of people try to scam
> free meals. The funniest was when someone told me a screw must have
> fallen out in the dishwasher and landed in the glass his drink came in.
>
> I don't know about you, but I place glassware in the dishwasher face down.
> They do that in restaurants, too. Was I supposed to believe the screw
> defied gravity and miraculously flew UP into the glass and stayed there?
> Not to mention, I think I'd have noticed a rather large screw in a glass
> of iced tea. Needless to say, these days this guy is probably carrying
> dead fruit flies around in his pocket.


This method could work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jiBzTucY3A

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:07:21 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Not unless you watch Kitchen Nightmares and like to watch people who own
>> a restaurant have a major meltdown.
>
> I downloaded the episode of Kitchen Nightmares after people started
> talking about it. It was pretty sad to watch. The "gangster" husband
> is totally pussy-whipped and she is a lunatic.
>
> I don't make a point to watch that show but the 10 or so episodes I
> have seen over the years, Gordon Ramsey never has anything good to say
> about the food. I find it hard to believe that all the food he tries
> sucks that bad. You know they picked this particular couple just
> because they knew they would go ballistic.
>
> Apparently Amy and her husband has the impression that Gordon Ramsey
> would come in, taste their food, and give their restaurant his glowing
> endorsements and praise despite all the negative reviews the
> restaurant had received. That right there proves they're not right in
> the head.

Amen!

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"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> I've seen articles posted here but am at a loss. Is Amy's Baking
> Company an entity that I should know about?
> Janet US

Probably not. Unless you live in that city.

On 6/7/2013 5:40 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:07:21 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Not unless you watch Kitchen Nightmares and like to watch people who own
>> a restaurant have a major meltdown.
>
> I downloaded the episode of Kitchen Nightmares after people started
> talking about it. It was pretty sad to watch. The "gangster" husband
> is totally pussy-whipped and she is a lunatic.
>
> I don't make a point to watch that show but the 10 or so episodes I
> have seen over the years, Gordon Ramsey never has anything good to say
> about the food. I find it hard to believe that all the food he tries
> sucks that bad. You know they picked this particular couple just
> because they knew they would go ballistic.
>
> Apparently Amy and her husband has the impression that Gordon Ramsey
> would come in, taste their food, and give their restaurant his glowing
> endorsements and praise despite all the negative reviews the
> restaurant had received. That right there proves they're not right in
> the head.
>
> -sw
>
I don't watch the show on a regular basis but I've caught it often
enough to know he usually goes into a place because they need help.
Most of the time the kitchens look like they've never been cleaned. The
walk-ins have stuff strewn all over the place. Old, rotting vegetables
in the fridge. Mold. The one good thing Ramsay had to say about Amy's
Baking Company was the kitchen and storage areas were spotless. And the
server they fired said yes, it was always clean. So they didn't just
clean it up for the TV show.

Ramsay never pulls any punches. They *had* to know that going in.
That's why the producers of the show threatened to sue their asses off
and they cancelled their press conference.

I do believe Gordon Ramsay knows good food from bad. Of course it's
television, but these people... really? When I order a burger med-rare
I expect it to be juicy. I don't expect waterfall of grease dripping
onto the plate. That burger they served him, you could practically
wring it out like a sponge. EWWWW.

Jill

On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:29:16 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>I've been keeping an eye on this place. It's fun to see a couple of
>morons who have absolutely no customer service skills try to gain
>popularity after their public meltdown on Kitchen Nightmares and the
>various social media sites.
>
>So what's going on? Fruit Flies.
>
> From a recent Yelp Review after the grand-reopening:
>
>http://www.yelp.com/biz/amys-baking-company-scottsdale
>
>"Since both of us thought that the meal wasn't that bad, we decided to
>order the "famous" deserts. I ordered a Key lime pie slice and my friend
>got some chocolate cake.
>
>Sammy brought the slices over to us and I noticed something odd.
>
>There were fruit flies. On the top of my key lime pie.
>Let me repeat that. Fruit flies. On top of my pie. Two of them. Just
>chilling there.
>
>I called Sammy back over and asked what was up with these little bugs in
>my cake and he went off about there being a bug problem and how someone
>was bringing them in to sabotage them or something. He also said it
>better not be me or my friend or he'd throw us both out. No comp, no new
>pie slice, nothing. I had to eat the price of my bug pie. Because he
>thought I put it there. We paid our overly expensive bill and left as
>quickly as possible."
>
>And also fruit flies in martinis!
>
>http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region...-in-the-drinks
>
>A group which included a reporter who went to have dinner were accused
>of "planting" the flies in their drinks. Yeah, sure, everyone carries
>dead fruit flies around with them. Just to make a place look bad.
>
>Working as a server and a hostess, I've seen a lot of people try to scam
>free meals. The funniest was when someone told me a screw must have
>fallen out in the dishwasher and landed in the glass his drink came in.
>
>I don't know about you, but I place glassware in the dishwasher face
>down. They do that in restaurants, too. Was I supposed to believe the
>screw defied gravity and miraculously flew UP into the glass and stayed
>there? Not to mention, I think I'd have noticed a rather large screw in
>a glass of iced tea. Needless to say, these days this guy is probably
>carrying dead fruit flies around in his pocket.
>
>Jill

Shades of Virtor Victoria. LOL

koko
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On 2013-06-07, jmcquown > wrote:

> So what's going on? Fruit Flies.

This entire circus has jumped the shark. I think ppl are going in
there and planting stuff to keep the spectacle going. Flies in 3
drinks!? Three flies in one drink? C'mon.... no one is that stupid.
Also, bottom line.... how the fsck did anyone know they are fruit
flies!? CA sets traps monitored by trained entymologist to determine
if a captured fly is the dreaded "fruit fly". Myself, I couldn't tell
a fruit fly from a house fly from a dog turd eating fly! It's all
gone beyond the pale. Give it a rest.

As for the flies .....KILL "EM ALL.... let god sort 'em out. Smoked
one with my bug-a-salt, todsay. Woo-hoo!!

nb