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What Happened to Levanti's Italian Restaurant After Kitchen Nightmares?

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As of September 2026, Levanti's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via gazettereview.com, February 2, 2022.

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What the source shows: Gazette Review reported that Levanti's Italian Restaurant closed for good in November 2013, about a year after its Kitchen Nightmares episode, and that the business was later sold to chef Rich Montini and reopened as Heirloom, which itself closed in 2018; a Yelp listing for the address remains marked permanently closed as of a September 2026 update.

  • Season / episode Season 6, Episode 8
  • Original air date
  • Address 690 3rd St, Beaver, PA 15009

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What happened after Kitchen Nightmares?

Levanti's Italian Restaurant opened in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1998, when Dino Fratangeli, fresh out of college, opened the business with his father Tony's life savings; his sister Tina later gave up her own flower shop to come help run the dining room. As business increased and then declined amid new competition, the siblings' working relationship deteriorated -- Dino left the business for roughly a year and a half over the conflict before returning -- and Tony had put in $250,000 of his own money by the time Ramsay arrived. The Kitchen Nightmares episode, filmed in mid-2012 and aired February 1, 2013, showed Ramsay finding an unclean kitchen, an olive oil so old it had gone rancid, a three-week-old dessert, and a steak he had ordered medium-rare that came out raw inside; Ramsay's on-air verdict, delivered during that visit, was that the food ranked among the poorest he had encountered while filming the series, a judgment specific to that visit rather than a lasting rating.

What has happened since: Gazette Review reported, on February 2, 2022, that Levanti's closure came in November 2013, about a year after the episode aired, with the restaurant's Yelp rating having fallen to 2.5 stars across 18 reviews by that point. The business was later sold to Rich Montini, an executive chef at PNC Park, who reopened the space under a new name, Heirloom, offering scratch-made items including tortillas, bratwurst sandwiches, crab cakes, and pasta. Heirloom's official Facebook page announced the sit-down restaurant would close in 2018, after five years in business, while continuing its catering operation; Gazette Review reported that as of 2026 the original Levanti's storefront remained unoccupied, with a photography studio and apartments having opened nearby. A Yelp listing associated with the address remains marked permanently closed as of a September 2026 update.

Featured on Kitchen Nightmares

Season / episode
Season 6, Episode 8
Original air date
Episode title
Levanti's Italian Restaurant
What was featured
Beaver, PA Italian restaurant undone by sibling conflict and raw, frozen food
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Levanti's Italian Restaurant

Frequently asked questions

Is Levanti's Italian Restaurant still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Levanti's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via gazettereview.com, February 2, 2022.

What happened to Levanti's Italian Restaurant after Kitchen Nightmares?

Levanti's Italian Restaurant opened in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1998, when Dino Fratangeli, fresh out of college, opened the business with his father Tony's life savings; his sister Tina later gave up her own flower shop to come help run the dining room. As of September 2026, Levanti's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via gazettereview.com, February 2, 2022.

Is Levanti's Italian Restaurant permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Levanti's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via gazettereview.com, February 2, 2022. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Levanti's Italian Restaurant located?

690 3rd St, Beaver, PA 15009. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Kitchen Nightmares featured Levanti's Italian Restaurant?

Season 6, Episode 8 of Kitchen Nightmares, first aired February 1, 2013. The episode is titled “Levanti's Italian Restaurant”.

Did the makeover last at Levanti's Italian Restaurant?

The episode first aired February 1, 2013. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 13 years later —: As of September 2026, Levanti's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via gazettereview.com, February 2, 2022.

What do reviews say since Kitchen Nightmares?

The Kitchen Nightmares episode, filmed in mid-2012 and aired February 1, 2013, showed Ramsay finding an unclean kitchen, an olive oil so old it had gone rancid, a three-week-old dessert, and a steak he had ordered medium-rare that came out raw inside; Ramsay's on-air verdict, delivered during that visit, was that the food ranked among the poorest he had encountered while filming the series, a judgment specific to that visit rather than a lasting rating. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Visit info

Address
690 3rd St, Beaver, PA 15009
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
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Sources

  • gazettereview.com — https://gazettereview.com/levantis-italian-restaurant-after-kitchen-nightmares/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/levantis-american-bistro-beaver

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