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'Restaurant: Impossible' Tears up Hoffman's Bistro Downtown
Buff Food Network host Robert Irvine was in town to remake Hoffman's Bistro and Patisserie, which has been open for a decade.
Take a good look at these before pictures...because after Tuesday at 6 p.m., it will all be different.
Ed Hoffman, who has owned at 1102 Pacific Ave., since 2001, was picked for a restaurant makeover by the Food Channel show Restaurant: Impossible.
On Sunday the Hollywood crew moved in, taking over the back parking lot and setting up lights, camera and action in the restaurant.
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Monday, they filmed and interviewed the last random diners eating in what will be the old Hoffman's. Tuesday at 6 p.m., after a $10,000 makeover, the first meals in the new place will be served.
Hoffman used to work at the Old Theater Cafe and continues its tradition of fine, European-style baked goods.
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The restaurant has a big lunch and breakfast crowd, but he wants to entice more people in for dinner. Here's the old dinner menu.
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