Pantaleone's New York Pizza

During its nearly three decades in business, Pantaleone's has survived boom and bust cycles -- but when the southeast Denver pizzeria failed to really bounce back from the last recession, owners Pete and Paulette Fafalios contacted Kitchen Nightmares -- and in summer 2013, show host Gordon Ramsay came to town to turn the restaurant inside out. Although the owners didn't listen to all of Ramsay's advice -- their place is still closed on Sundays, for example, and they ditched the delivery service -- for the most part, change has been very good to Pantaleone's, which not only updated its interior and improved its pizza, but also added some new entrees, including an incredible capellini with sauteed kale, tomatoes and sausage.