2006
Jack beaks his own 'no-sex-with-colleagues' rule with Becky, who convinces him (in bed) to put her in charge of a commercially attractive, gastronomically inferior novelty: brunch. The staff finds the experience backbreaking and murder on their private lives, Seth discovering how Becky manipulated his friend. Meanwhile next-door chocolates specialist Albert got the blame, and so Steven bombards his car with eggs, causing enough harm to accidentally run over pastry chef Seth.
Top-rated
2006
Teddy quits when Jack gets credit for one of his recipes in a national magazine, prompting Jack to replace him with Chet, new "fish guy" who annoys Steven and Seth. While they torture Chet in an attempt to get him to quit, Jack realizes he can't reproduce the now-famous fish dish without Teddy, right when it's the only thing all of Nolita's customers want to order.
Top-rated
2006
After a gang of masked robbers gets restaurant Nolita undeserved bad publicity, suddenly all bookings are canceled. Seth is on a roll gambling on the horses, but can his luck last and his bookie pay off? After Jim happened to save Teddy's life, he promises Jim everything, even what he meant to exclude: teaching him to cook blowfish, illegal in the US. Jack calls a critic guaranteed to give him a good review after a free meal and some horny slapping of his backside. The restaurant tries a 'models night', but even that has a catch. Jack finds himself on the pavement next to a hot dog-vendor.
Top-rated
2006
Jack gets frustrated when a foxy food critic has sex with him and then writes a mean review about him. So he takes his frustration out on the whole Nolita staff, especially poor Jim: the more he tries to please everyone the more hassle he gets. At last Jack gathers the courage to go over and demand 'seconds' with the critic, and convinces her, at least between the sheets.
Top-rated
Mon, Jan 23, 2006
Nolita has been nominated for New York's culinary Epicure prize, for which Steven finds an exclusive pre-season Portuguese eel. Jim is distracted because he's now Tanya's lover. Jack allows himself to get distracted by sex with Becky, before he learns she's now the chef in the Pino's restaurant, an Epicure final competitor. The Latino busboys seeing the Holy Virgin in a lobster proves a mixed blessing.