This season dives into how the Long Beach location, near Alamitos Bay, is helping the family train its restaurant staff while renovations continue on its San Pedro location set to open in 2025 at the West Harbor waterfront development, CEO Mike Ungaro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe storyline is how can the Long Beach location help keep people working [during the construction in San Pedro],\u201d Ungaro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKings of Fi$H\u201d Executive Producer Tim Regan Wasmundt previously worked on shows including \u201cIron Chef America,\u201d \u201cFood Network Star\u201d and \u201cBar Rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before making the jump to Prime Video, the show\u2019s seventh and final season of the web series<\/a> covered the challenges of the Long Beach location, which opened in February 2020 before shutting down roughly six weeks later because of pandemic-related restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mike\u2019s oldest daughter served as a hostess in the restaurant during the pandemic before moving to New York to pursue her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mike first noticed the location on East Marina Drive over two decades ago while bringing his daughter to a nearby pumpkin patch. In 2017, the family bought the restaurant property, which previously housed a Joe\u2019s Crab Shack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the next two-and-a-half years, crews added a fully renovated kitchen, a rebuilt bar and new tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat we were trying to do in Long Beach was give people sort of an elevated experience, but with the same taste, the same food and the same quality,\u201d Ungaro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boost your community’s voice; donate to the Post’s restaurant coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The family hired Studio McCormack to design the interior. Prior to starting Studio McCormack, founder Rick McCormack spent over 13 years as vice president of design for the Cheesecake Factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unique touches include cut-up shipping containers serving as the frame for the bathrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA lot of the decor is really aimed at giving you that feel that you\u2019re on the L.A. waterfront, but the view is obviously the Alamitos Bay so it\u2019s beautiful,\u201d Ungaro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Several members of the Ungaro family\u2019s fourth generation currently work at the Long Beach restaurant location, including one of Henry Ungaro\u2019s sons who serves as a kitchen supervisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With an all-new kitchen system also in place, the 500-seat location in Long Beach serves as the crash course for the kitchen staff that will run the 2,000 seat San Pedro location when it is fully built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLong Beach is the training ground for people that want to be in a leadership position and manage these new standard operating procedures that we\u2019re putting into place that are much more effective and efficient for a happy customer experience,\u201d Mike Ungaro said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two-story restaurant at 6550 E. 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