Jimmy that is a simple thing. Lemonis while they overhaul their business. How many more seats can you pick up when you guys are busy . Maybe you pick up eight more seats. More importantly, their relationship. Jimmy basically every single thing ive ever said for you to do was, no, were not doing it that way. Were doing it my way. Lemonis . So they can heal from the devastating family tragedy that still hangs over everything that they do. Dante not everything has to be a fight. Lemonis we got to fix this tension between you guys. You lost your wife. You lost your mother. Do you guys want to lose each other . Im marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. Im not gonna write a check for somebody that doesnt have their [bleep] together. Its not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. Woman thank you. Lemonis do we have a deal . Man we have a deal. Lemonis lets rock and roll. Man 1 yeah man 2 lets do it. Lemonis this is the profit. I have a special
Jimmy that is a simple thing. Lemonis while they overhaul their business. How many more seats can you pick up when you guys are busy . Maybe you pick up eight more seats. More importantly, their relationship. Jimmy basically every single thing ive ever said for you to do was, no, were not doing it that way. Were doing it my way. Lemonis . So they can heal from the devastating family tragedy that still hangs over everything that they do. Dante not everything has to be a fight. Lemonis we got to fix this tension between you guys. You lost your wife. You lost your mother. Do you guys want to lose each other . Im marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. Im not gonna write a check for somebody that doesnt have their [bleep] together. Its not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. Woman thank you. Lemonis do we have a deal . Man we have a deal. Lemonis lets rock and roll. Man 1 yeah man 2 lets do it. Lemonis this is the profit. I have a special
Jimmy that is a simple thing. Lemonis while they overhaul their business. How many more seats can you pick up when you guys are busy . Maybe you pick up eight more seats. More importantly, their relationship. Jimmy basically every single thing ive ever said for you to do was, no, were not doing it that way. Were doing it my way. Lemonis . So they can heal from the devastating family tragedy that still hangs over everything that they do. Dante not everything has to be a fight. Lemonis we got to fix this tension between you guys. You lost your wife. You lost your mother. Do you guys want to lose each other . Im marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to help businesses. Im not gonna write a check for somebody that doesnt have their [bleep] together. Its not always easy, but i do it to create jobs, and i do it to make money. Woman thank you. Lemonis do we have a deal . Man we have a deal. Lemonis lets rock and roll. Man 1 yeah man 2 lets do it. Lemonis this is the profit. I have a special
And its always been a place for dreamers. But when you get on the ferry, and you land on Staten Island, it may be less hectic, but theres still a real sense of possibility. Its one reason that im excited about today. For two years, sammy lazoja has been bombarding me with emails asking for my help. Hes been hyping this restaurant and how unique it is. And how it sets the standard. But to be honest with you, its kind of ordinary. Sammy marcus. Its a pleasure to meet you. Lemonis are you sammy . How you doing . Nice to meet you. Sammy its a pleasure. Lemonis weve been emailing for what is it, two years now. Sammy two years. Lemonis . Youve been harassing me . Sammy marcus, this is my dream. This is this is it. Lemonis well, come around front. Sammy i originally did the buildout. I put a lot of my funds in here. I put my life savings in here. Lemonis how much have you put in . Sammy around 250,000. Covello sammy sammy this is my partner joe covello. Lemonis joe c. Covello joe c. , yes. Ni
Lemonis . Try some new approaches. Travis, allison, pete, and myself, well be partners in this business. And make some painful decisions. You want me to work a deal out with the landlord so it lets parlour off the hook . Paul yeah. Lemonis great. No. Because if i dont, both farrells and my money will be gone. Forever. My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everything is going to change. Everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This is the profit. Last year, i visited farrells ice cream parlour. Hi. A oncethriving National Chain that closed its doors in the 90s. This place is awesome. And was reopened in 2010 by mike fleming and paul kramer. This is really what you guys are known for, giant ice cream sundaes. Paul it is. Lemonis the new owners wasted no time