Restaurant: Impossible

After investing $200,000 and losing $4,000 a month, a pastor and owner of Loyd Have Mercy has lost hope of ever saving his homestyle eatery.

After investing $200,000 and losing $4,000 a month, a pastor and owner of Loyd Have Mercy has lost hope of ever saving his homestyle eatery.

With infighting destroying the business, Habanera and the Guero in Houston, Texas is on the verge of closing; Robert Irvine will have to convince the owner, Ben, to concentrate on the restaurant.

With infighting destroying the business, Habanera and the Guero in Houston, Texas is on the verge of closing; Robert Irvine will have to convince the owner, Ben, to concentrate on the restaurant.

Robert Irvine returns to Rosie's Cafe where he previously helped the owner, Kaitlyn; she has since suffered a near-fatal car accident, and Robert comes back to help with her medical bills.

Robert Irvine returns to Rosie's Cafe where he previously helped the owner, Kaitlyn; she has since suffered a near-fatal car accident, and Robert comes back to help with her medical bills.

Robert Irvine heads to T. Phillips Alehouse and Grill in Glendora, Calif., and finds a restaurant that looks more like a dive bar; Owner Jen can't stand up for herself, and everyone walks all over her.

Chef-owner of the Ginger Monkey in Chandler, Ariz., Jackson, can't keep up with the demands of his high-volume restaurant; Jackson has a ton of experience and should be able to run a successful restaurant, but he's not getting the job done.

Robert Irvine arrives at Dunbar's Creole Cuisine in New Orleans to find a restaurant full of history but in dire need of his help. The livelihood of two families depends on its success, but the matriarch refuses to change.

Robert Irvine visits Cafe No Fur in Las Vegas, where the owners -- a model and a former poker player -- are so stuck in their dysfunctional ways that the restaurant is on the verge of folding after only two years.