Episode Reminder
A chef trying to make a ‘unique’ pizza restaurant that he wants to franchise.
The Aftermath
According to whatwouldramsaydo.com the restaurant owner would send out updates about his restaurants to all people on his mailing list.
November 2007 Email,
“Hi everyone!
On Wednesday, November 7, Sebastian’s was open for business for three years. That night, we celebrated with over 200 of our most loyal guests and friends while viewing our Kitchen Nightmares episode. The night was filled with some fantastic new dishes, lots of laughs and plenty of media coverage. We hope those of you who have enjoyed our restaurant over the years, but were not with us that evening, realize that everything you see on television isn’t true. Sebastian and I insist on high-quality food, service and ambiance. That said, we want to assure you we put out the best and freshest product we can. And we DON’T own a microwave! And we DO make our pizza dough fresh! And Sebastian is NOT a lunatic!
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support as we head into another year of business. We wouldn’t be Sebastian’s without all of you, and we can’t continue to grow without your referrals! We ask that you tell a few friends and have them tell a few friends and so on and so on! Oh, and if you haven’t booked your holiday party, now’s the time as the reservations are coming in fast and furious now.
Sebastian and I are supporters of the Wednesday’s Child program which can be seen each Wednesday at 10 pm on Fox 11 news with Christine Devine. From now until December 19, anyone who brings in a toy or new piece of clothing for a boy or girl, will receive 10% off of their bill. All items will be donated to Wednesday’s Child December 20 in time for Christmas!
If anyone has ANY questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sebastian directly by phone or email.
Sincerely,
Sebastian & Nichole Di Modica
Sebastian’s
10057 Riverside Drive
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
Tel: 818/509-8405
Fax: 818/509-8406″
January 2008 Email,
“As of January 20th Sebastian’s will be closing the doors. We are moving back to Boston for family reasons. We are grateful and appreciative of all of you for not only your business support but the lifetime friendships we have made with a lot of you. For those of you who know Nichole and I this is not an easy thing for us to do because this was our everything, but without family you’ve got nothing and they need us right now.
We are keeping the same email address so if you need to contact us please do so at eatrelaxenjoy@aol.com. C’mon in and see us before it’s too late! We’d love the privilege to say goodbye in person.
/Sebastian Di Modica IV, Owner, Chef/
/Nichole Di Modica, Owner/
/Sebastiano Di Modica V, Future CEO/
Sebastian’s Restaurant”Truly from our hearts to all of yours, thank you.
April 2008, New Restaurant opens in Sebastian’s old location. More Info
Status: Closed
Extra
Sebastian’s can be found on Google Streetview.
Archive of the Restaurant Website before it was taken down
Reviews
Flickr photo of the restaurant closed
sir jorge:
July 30, 2008 at 4:25 pm
i saw the show last night, and was appalled by the owner and how he acted on the show. I guess it’s closed for a reason.
Trlsmn:
December 11, 2008 at 1:36 am
What I could see is Sebastian was playing big shot with his wife’s money. The guy is a legend in his own mind!
Mindy Haynes:
January 19, 2009 at 3:20 am
Having just watched the show on Sebastions I was appalled at that guy. He refused to listen, and his menu was a joke. I don’t see how they can say they always made fresh dough when he stood on camera showing the pre-made frozen dough. He seemed to be just an ego run amuck and then showed no gratitude for all the work the staff and Gordon had done. No wonder they closed. What a dolt.
Dave Zimmerman:
February 13, 2009 at 12:22 am
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Dave Zimmerman:
February 13, 2009 at 12:34 am
Sabastian is an ungrateful idiot. Now he has packed up and moved to another part of the country where he is certain to once again introduce his infamous 20 choice menu and rather than take responsibility himself is blaming family reasons. He is dumber than a lump of dough.
You gotta be dumb to sit down and sign a contract with Gordon Ramsey and then never take any of his advice.
Dolf Itler:
February 25, 2009 at 6:31 am
his wife was the vp for the olsen twins’ company, dualstar.
Jon:
March 19, 2009 at 8:44 am
I can’t wait to eat at one of Sebastian’s Frozen Food Franchise Restaurants.
Talk about delusions of grandeur!
James:
March 20, 2009 at 4:48 pm
She sure knows how to write a press release.
Doubt they’re going to put much heat on Bertucci’s, Boston.
JT:
March 29, 2009 at 12:09 am
Seriously, how can she say that they didn’t have a microwave, that they made stuff fresh, and her husband isn’t an arrogant A$%! Certainly couldn’t make that up, the dude did it right on camera with pride. Heck, he went back to using the dang microwave right on camera!! Couldn’t imagine a better restaraunt TO CLOSE!
robert:
March 31, 2009 at 6:41 pm
This place was garbage ate once got sick no lie.
Sebastian is such a loser
mike sears:
April 6, 2009 at 6:05 am
Amen! Ramsey called this one in the beginning! He told Sebastion he was the biggest idiot he ever worked with! I agree
Rick:
April 19, 2009 at 8:46 am
I ate at Sebastian’s before the episode aired and was appalled at the service, awful food, and lack of professionalism on the staff’s part. First off - the food tasted like someone microwaved a frozen pizza and dripped a lot of olive oil on top of it after coming out of the microwave oven. Gross as hell! Secondly - my party and I waited for over 30-minutes for someone to take our order and an additional 40-minutes to bring out our luke-warm food. The place wasn’t busy. The servers were too busy chatting with the other co-workers in the restaurant. One server kept going on about their audition or something like that; welcome to Hollywood where everyone wants to be in the movies. In the end - the server lost my credit card and tried to place the blame on me saying she had given it back to me - which she did not. The other staff people kept telling me, “Guess someone stole it.” Later that night - the assistant manager had called me and said that he found my lost credit card under their oven. No apologies. Thankfully - I had canceled the card. Sebastian called me the next day and was a pompous ass about it all. I was very frustrated and angry with the conversation because he kept getting psychotically defensive about my complaints. I wasn’t wanting to argue with the man but let him know about the terrible experience. Karma bit him in the rear. Local business people told me that Sebastian and his wife didn’t close their restaurant due to family but because of bad business, and Sebastian and his staff leaving fake good reviews on local city websites about their restaurant and food. After the episode aired - Sebastian’s had lost more and more customers and money. Goodbye to bad rubbish. Gordon Ramsey called Sebastian out on this show.
BBCAmericaWatcher:
May 26, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I got a definite vibe about Sebastian upon watching the show a couple times. One word: Stimulants. We’re talking Hollywood here, after all. Coke, crystal, crack, bennies, whatever. Arrogance, delusional grandiosity, paranoia, aggression, & motormouth-edness. Sums it up. Either that, or the guy is manic/bipolar, or, maybe, he’s just a natural spherical asshole. Personally, I can’t believe his wife puts up with his behavior and/or lets him piss away her money like that. But again, this is Hollywood — which is its own twisted little universe. Where Warped is “normal”, and Not Okay is somehow Okay.
James:
June 12, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Dude actually thought it was better to have half quality food as long as it meant he could greet the customers as they came in and sit down and have a glass of wine with them. Sebastian literally was the dumbest human being to ever grace the Earth, hands down. He even said “its like being an actor and having Al Pacino sit down and say hey let me help you with this role.” So basically hes saying as an actor when Pacino comes to help him he will either ignore him entirely, or do the exact opposite. FUcking moron man