Dennis Fogg, owner of Uncle Andy's diner, chats with Don Greene in January while standing inside one of the diner's signature horseshoe-shaped counters. Customers have adapted to changes made by the Food Network show "Restaurant Impossible" but say they are glad the show left the horseshoe-shaped counters in place. The show installed the divider windows between the counters and the grill area.
Tom Buckley, a regular at Uncle Andy's diner in South Portland, eats breakfast there in January. Buckley likes most of the changes, such as the sign in the background, that the Food Network show "Restaurant Impossible" made to the restaurant.
Nona Geyerhahn, left, and Alison Skillings eat breakfast in a booth at Uncle Andy's diner in South Portland in January. The Food Network show "Restaurant Impossible" removed the booth seats and replaced them with small square tables but owner Dennis Fogg brought a few booths back out because customers like them. The show also installed two televisions, suggesting that Fogg show sports or 24-hour news channels. Instead, Fogg has a video of a fireplace on one TV and the other, seen in this photo, shows a looping slideshow of kids showing off their plates of custom-shaped pancakes.
Andrea Fogg, a waitress at Uncle Andy's diner in South Portland, makes tea at the diner in January. It has been six months since the Food Network show "Restaurant Impossible" did a $10,000 makeover of the restaurant. One change the show made was to install glass dividers, seen in this photo, between the horseshoe-shaped counters and the grill area.
Dennis Fogg, owner of Uncle Andy's diner in South Portland, listens to Robert Irvine, the host of the Food Network show "Restaurant Impossible," in June. Fogg stood tough when it came to continuing to make pancakes in any shape a child requests. Courtesy of the Food Network
Robert Irvine, host of "Restaurant Impossible," visits with fans outside Uncle Andy's diner in South Portland on June 10, 2014.
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