El Grego closed in December 2011. Several staff left the restaurant including the lead line cook and there were many disagreements after the episode was filmed, according to cook James. James also claimed that Jake was difficult to work with and had already started cutting corners on Gordon's menu.

Is the El Greco from Kitchen Nightmares still open?

Not long after a taping of "Kitchen Nightmares" wrapped up at Central Austin's El Greco, the restaurant closed its doors. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay taped an episode of the restaurant-rescue show in late August and early September. In mid-December, the Greek restaurant, located at 3016 Guadalupe St., shut down.

What happened to the owner's of El Greco?

El Greco is owned and run by Chef Jake Konstantinidis, who moved to Austin from New York City, along with his mother Athena. Holbrook continues: ... Chef James Holbrook, no longer working at El Greco, is enjoying a new, better job as a cook in downtown Austin.