Why did fetch bistro closed

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Yes, Fetch Bar & Grill has outdoor seating.

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A dog-friendly Wichita restaurant that was remodeled and relaunched by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay last year is closing its doors for good. 

"Thank you for loving the place and sharing your dogs with us," the post says. "We truly will miss you. Please join us for Easter weekend and the following weekend to send it off right!"

The restaurant, owned by Greg and Pamela Buss, was featured on 24 Hours to Hell and Back, starring world-class celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay last summer. Read more on the story below.

Previous story from July 25, 2018:

Just last year, Greg and Pamela Buss were struggling restaurant owners, with an uncertain future. Until they got one very important phone call.

“That call came through and I think I was just so hopeful that I didn’t even really think at that time that it was a joke of some kind,” Pamela said.

The pair's east Wichita restaurant, "Fetch Bistro", was selected to be on a new restaurant renovation show, called 24 Hours to Hell and Back, starring world-class celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay.

“He’s larger than life and I think that is because of his passion for what he does and he really thoroughly enjoys what he does,” Pamela said.

In just 24 short hours, Ramsay transformed the restaurant, changing the menu, working with the staff and updating the restaurants look.

"Then they all left and we were left with a new restaurant that we had to try and figure out all over again,” Greg said.

But something Ramsay didn't change is who else they serve, dogs.

“This place kind of fits perfectly. Somewhere that you don’t feel bad about bringing your dog and you can eat, beer. I mean I don’t know what else it doesn’t have,’ customer, Bre Martinez said. 

While dining with dogs isn’t as popular in the U.S. as it is in Europe, Chef Ramsay told the Buss' he thought America was ready for this type of dining concept.

Now that the episode has aired, the pair is hoping the restaurant will bring in more customers and furry friends.

An east Wichita restaurant that served customers and their dogs will close at the end of April.

Fetch Bar & Grill, the local restaurant that hoped to be turned around thanks to a visit by Chef Gordon Ramsey, says its last day of business is April 28.

The restaurant didn't give a reason for the closing but asked patrons to come in during the last two weeks of April to help with the sendoff.

"It is with great sadness we are announcing Fetch will be closing its doors for good April 28th. Thank you for loving the place and sharing your dogs with us. We truly will miss you. Please join us for Easter weekend and the following weekend to send it off right!"

Fetch is located in Sienna Plaza, near the corner of 37th and Rock Road, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

As most people know by now, Fetch Bistro appeared on Chef Gordon Ramsay’s show ‘24 Hours to Hell and Back‘.  A friend and I had the opportunity to try the food while Chef Ramsay was in town. Everything was truly exceptional. Of course with him there, everybody was on their best behavior and the kitchen was doing what they could to impress him while being filmed.

A regular visit to Fetch Bistro when the cameras are gone and the celebrity chef not assisting anymore could very well be different. I’ve been asked by many people if I have gone back to see if the food has held up since my November visit.  Just recently, the same friend who appeared with me on the show along with our significant others stopped by to see how the restaurant has fared since the filming.

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On our original visit, Chef Ramsay slimmed down the menu to just a handful of items. Since then, they’ve expanded the menu and brought back breakfast. Here’s a copy of the entrees.

We stuck with ordering just the items we had during the show’s filming: grilled fish tacos, chicken & biscuits, Fetch Bistro burger, cobb salad and the meatloaf dinner.

For starters, the wait was long. The restaurant was half full that day but we sat there for a while wondering where our food was at. Our server eventually stopped by our table, apologized and told us there were a bunch of new employees in the kitchen had been struggling lately. That’s probably not a good sign for a restaurant that should be hitting on all cylinders to gain traction on the buzz from their show appearance.

After a while, most of our order was delivered. The salad was fairly basic and my friend’s wife wasn’t too impressed as it lacked that freshness she was expecting. My friend did like her grilled fish tacos but two tacos for $14 is a hefty price to pay. The meatloaf dinner wasn’t as good as I remember.  It was a bit more salty than I would have liked. One of our favorite items on our original visit was the chicken & biscuits. The gravy really stood out and on our return, the gravy was still very tasty. Once again it was our favorite dish of them all.

Eventually our server brought out the Fetch Bistro burger. She apologized for how late it arrived and we think it took a lot of time because it was overcooked. My friend requested it to be cooked medium but there was no visible sign of pink within the burger. It was mostly brown and black. We didn’t complain at all and just let it be and moved on with our lunch.

One thing we all noticed was the plate presentation looked as though the food was just thrown on the plate and served. I’m not sure if that’s a big deal to some people but even when our chicken & biscuits were brought out, the biscuit was barely hanging on the plate.

The debate about dogs in a restaurant seems to be a big deal with Fetch Bistro. The general consensus is people either like it or don’t. The same owners’ dogs who appeared on the episode also made quite the appearance at our table. At one point, both dogs came up and put their heads right by our food, begging for a bite. We were put off by it. We are all dog lovers but having dogs roam around freely and come right up to your table is uncomfortable especially when their heads are mere inches away from your food. Preventing dogs to run the place was actually one of the points Chef Ramsay brought up and it looks to be a suggestion that was ignored by the owners.

We had high hopes that Fetch Bistro would maintain the quality of food and continue to implement the suggestions offered by Gordon Ramsey. Unfortunately, our experience was nowhere near that during filming. The food was mostly mediocre, the service was not great and the dogs roaming the restaurant and putting their heads on our table makes it unlikely for a return visit.

Happy Dining,
Eddy

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