The restaurant shutdown/curfew due to the Coronavirus is just too much for the White Rooster in Toms River to handle.
Of course, you remember The White Rooster was featured on Gordon Ramsay’s television show, “24 Hours to Hell and Back”.
After the episode aired, business did improve, but still remained slow.
Today, Patty posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page that the White Rooster will officially be closing down.
We wish Patty and her family nothing but the best for the future.
As of today Caneda’s White Rooster will be closed and will not reopen. I ask that you continue to support small businesses and buy local because you are keeping someone’s dream alive. Life is so short and all we want to do is make it the best it can be. Some of us take a risk because there is nothing else that will make us complete and proud of ourselves. I am one of those people. I won’t stop dreaming. I won’t stop trying and I hope you will see me again……….someday. I was so close.
Thank you for all the love,
Patty Caneda.
I have a heavy heart. It was 12 years ago when my life took a very sad and difficult turn in the aftermath of a divorce and I was left with nothing.
It took me almost four years to find my home and career in this business and I have been going with all that I am ever since. Over the last 16 months with the generosity and support of Jay & Jeremy Grunin I was able to keep going on a scale I could only dream of. I am grateful to them for the opportunity. This is not an easy business and when you are in love with it you fight through every bad day and you keep dreaming and hoping it all works out. I built a team that I am so proud of and grateful for. Without their hard work and positive attitudes I wouldn’t have gained your support and appreciation for what we have tried to offer this community. They are stars in my heart always. My grandparents and my children have been my inspiration and motivation from the beginning. My love for food and serving you is my passion. This is who I am.
When I started my business at the shoppe I had only made empanadas twice in my life but I believed in my abilities and I went for it. I put blinders on and I have worked so hard.
I really tried.
Unfortunately there are so many things that have come to be that are out of my control and I have spent the last couple of weeks in a daze of sorts. I wanted this restaurant to be the change we welcomed and maybe I got it wrong. I still believe that there is something I can do to make a difference and my spirit won’t rest until I have accomplished that. For me, this was more than a business. It was my heart. I want to thank every single person who has supported my dream and shared the love. I am back to where I started 12 years ago with a clear understanding that this business is still where I belong. As of today Caneda’s White Rooster will be closed and will not reopen. I ask that you continue to support small businesses and buy local because you are keeping someone’s dream alive. Life is so short and all we want to do is make it the best it can be. Some of us take a risk because there is nothing else that will make us complete and proud of ourselves. I am one of those people. I won’t stop dreaming. I won’t stop trying and I hope you will see me again……….someday. I was so close.
Thank you for all the love,
Patty Caneda
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it was really nice inside . but it was a terrible location for that type of restaurant
Aww I’m sorry
Lori Hagen-Campanella Walsh Shalene Gallo
Please don’t put another hamburger place
Diana Lipman-Malko better than a vacant building and blight
Diana Lipman-Malko
Bank? Pharmacy? Maybe. Lol
I wanted to try the place but after seeing the petrified octopus ???? in that episode I decided to pass.
Miguel Clavijo Sandra Lee Clavijo
Dave Phillips Robin Arce
I don’t see how anyone can go to these restaurants after they are seen on these shows!
Hope Miller exactly. It gives them such a bad rep
Francine Dennis you’d think that but the places get busier usually
Always sad when a small business/restaurant closes
Laura Gustafson Graham
Ken Kaminski
Jae Mo
Fitz John
I wish her nothing but the best.
Nick Vanderpyl
Melanie Miller yeah she announced it this morning
Heather
Lol
Damn. Really wanted to try the Cuban sandwiches
Going on Gordon show was a mistake. It was down hill from there. I never had been to the restaurant but after seeing the show I would never have gone to the restaurant.
Midge Larkin Rovito I guess no one noticed the one chef from this restaurant ended up at the other restaurant in Manasquan that was also on that show
Midge Larkin Rovito if they didn’t do the show people would still be eating her rotting food.
Midge Larkin Rovito i agree. After seeing the rotten food i was like I’m good!
Jim Oelfke got it wrong. The chef from manasquan restaurant went to her restaurant
Barbara Sigley Silva ahh my mistake
Jim Oelfke no problem now that chef out of a job. The empanada place she had was great. She should of stood with that.
Barbara Sigley Silva true
Edie Elizabeth that true, so she did us a favor.
Jim Oelfke well the one chef was An asshole
And many more to follow
Pete Zito sadly
Only the beginning
This is not from the coronavirus
This place was on a show and it was disgusting. Its doors were closing a long time ago!
Mandy Marie exactly.
Mandy Marie yep ????
Mandy Marie place sucked and good luck on Fischer Blvd with some fake ass “fine dining”
Joan
Tammy Alonso
Loved the empanada store!
Claire De Pinto Oliveri that was about the only thing that was good there…sorry to say.
Terri Czerwinski I never went to the White Rooster…
Tim Bull Christa Bull
Charlie M Mckeon Jr. and so it begins
Best of Luck Patty Caneda. ???? I hope you find the dream you’ve been searching for and Succeed.
Michele
Gina Marullo i read it. You reap what you sew..
She was unqualified to run a restaurant. The good news is the next owner has a new building to start with.
Ryan Armstrong
Megan Armstrong just like on the episode blamed the failure on something else.. Glad we never went there
Michael Joseph Jachimowicz
Janet Lipham Esposito
No Elle
Sara Marie they weren’t good ????
just the beginning
She had no business running a restaurant, she scammed Grunin for millions ????.
Edie Elizabeth you are hilarious! It’s HIS building! Who scammed anyone? It’s called business. You are insane.
Sherri A. Bray
Guess I won’t be using the gift card I got
Chelsea Elizabeth Palzer hurry!
Chelsea Elizabeth Palzer eat the gift card literally it will taste better than anything in that dump
Rob Reese III
Giulia Reese whoa
Dan Dunn!!!!
Debbie Tallia!!!!
Sad for her but you can’t charge $15 for a tiny Cuban sandwich with hardly anything in it
Marci Mac-Muzik that is so true
Erin Foster
Stephanie Foster not surprised honestly ????♀️
Stephanie France-Sledzik ROn Sledzik
Gabriela Helena Vacchiano
Rachel DiCecco that’s sad ????
Rachael Pounds Pabon
sadly I’m not surprised
Christopher Nice Mary Campagna
Terri Czerwinski
Michele Sammie
Jen Decker Lmao it sucked anyway
Kim Brennan
The Place had no future anyhow food was not all that great.
Mario Gallego
????
Amber Lynn Battaglia
That was fast
Never stood a chance
Steve Brakes
After seeing that dirty kitchen I’m surprised this virus didn’t start in it
John Cavalier you do understand that was staged? Ask anyone who works there.
Christy Barber Staged to ruin a business
John Cavalier yep. They need a show. How fun is it if the place is clean?
Christy Barber They put way to much money in that place for fisher
Christy Barber And of course they would say it was staged they wouldn’t want you to know they kept it dirty
Think what you want to – all “reality” tv is somewhat staged. I personally think it’s sad when a member of our community loses their livelihood. All of the negative comments shows a persons true colors, like people just love for other to fail.
Christy Barber true. Most reality shows are staged and edited even House Hunters is. It seems all the restaurants he visits have a dirty kitchen or rotten food and so on, or there wouldn’t be a show.
Christy Barber I don’t not believe that it was staged but in doing so you destroyed your own business
Christy Barber Why would anybody go to some place that was that filthy after seeing it
Staged or not
John Cavalier if that was staged they went over board….that was one of the grosses episodes I watched ????????
John Cavalier yep. They need a show. How fun is it if the place is clean?
Christy Barber this is true I volunteered on extreme home makeover with ty Pennington and let me tell u staged isnt the word those designers did nothing
Terri Czerwinski Finally somebody understands why would you do that to your business even if it is staged all it’s going to do is make people grossed out
Christy Barber no proof of it
Went before the show and the food was ok. Went after the show and the food was excellent
Should’ve closed sooner food sucked and service sucked lady never deserved to open a restaurant
Abigail Murphy you ate there? How many times before or after the show?
Jeanette Hastie
Katie Martin so sad! We loved this place!
Chuck D Johnson
Who???
Good. Their food sucks and way overpriced. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass.
Joe D Vincent definitely overpriced
So obvious this was going to happen, they had no idea what they were doing
Called that one
Vincent Lombardo
Corrina Lombardo this is going to be the nail in the coffin for a lot of people especially shore restaurants
Sad that people feel it necessary to make such negative mean comments.
Annette Crawford Hall true. People can’t stop and think what this restaurant meant to her. Whether you liked the food or not, it was still someone’s dream. At least she went for it, which is more than a lot of these people can say. Patty is a very good person and I hate to see these comments.
Annette Crawford Hall like I said wannabe food critics with fake golden palates
Annette Crawford Hall agreed…mean spirited for sure! How about some compassion for the employees who just lost their jobs and will have a hard time having new ones in these uncertain times.
Patti Crimmins Kunzman I know . People cheer at others misfortunes. I feel bad for her and those that relied on the job.
This is do to the fact that Patty did not heed Chef Ramsey’s advice and continued to do business as usual in her own way. We went 2 weeks after the show aired, giving time for the influx of new diners, to die down. As a trained Chef (CIA) I found the restaurant and menu to be sub standard, especially after Chef Ramsey had been there to revive it. We didn’t see any of the menu items that Ramsey revamped or the newer ones he suggested. It’s a shame that it has come to the restaurant closing for good, but the business is NOT a rewarding one when you can’t keep the clientele returning. We were, quite frankly, totally disappointed in the foods quality and lack of competent servers. I know this is somewhat brutal , BUT. RIP
So sad to read this. We loved this place.
How much they selling it for?
Never ate there but wow! She sure must be loosing a boat load of money just on the building remodeling alone!
Jin Jin Jenny Smith you mean Jay Grunin lost money, over 3 million.
Edie Elizabeth really? How? Isn’t that HIS building he invested in and renovated? Isn’t that HIS liquor license? Ever heard of tax right offs? Only ones who lost are her and her employees. But please keep rejoicing. And I hope karma hits you right where you deserve it sweetie.
Kimmi Walker
Dina Marie Jones Pacita DeVera Mooney
Gina Como-Raheb
Joan Heaney Wilson
Crystal Guarnaccia-Noroski ????????????
Nina Blasi
Really… it was great when it first opened but a train wreck shortly after. Owners have no clue
Sue Ouellette Bonney
Becky Sherman oh well….crap
Like it needed the Coronavirus for an excuse to close ????
Adios
Oh my! No way! I’m so surprised by this! Such a shocker….????
When you air how dirty your place is, only fools will eat there once the cameras leave.
Duh
We didn’t get to use our Groupon…. I wonder if we get a refund
Marie
Marissa Dragotti
Brandon Koppenjan
Fiorino Butch Dicenso
Karen Feliciano
i liked it ????
Carlos Rivera
Heather Abrahamsen
Cristina Trecate-Bylsma
Finally, an end to the menu changes! Knew this coming before coronavirus.
Jessica Caruso
Honestly when she opened white rooster all I could think was money laundering… her old place had great food and was perfectly fine…. why make a huge jump from empanadas to fancy Cuban in an area with no Cubans??? Baffles me
Unfortunately not surprising. Overpriced for their market! Maybe a moderately priced latino restaurant…
Nice woman who was just trying to make a name with some good old fashion cuban food and of course there are the haters here on f.b and you know who you are. Sorry to see you go, You will rebound and be a better person for your next phase of your journey. Wish you very best and glad I got to call you a client but more than that a FRIEND. Now go kick some ass and show the haters that you won’t be knocked down and return even better..
Fiorino Butch Dicenso
We know ???? we are. Lol
Christine Antoschuk
Dana Krystine I knooowwww
Sorry to hear to that, I enjoyed your restaurant
I liked this place ????
Conor Duffield
Tim Perruso ????????
Penny Fiore, Carol Carone Stephenson, Stephanie Detore
Rachael Pounds Pabon I saw this afternoon ????
Good luck to you Patty and to all of your staff. What a horrible time to be faced with the fact you have no job to return to after this ends. Wishing you all the best.
And hoping karma has plans for all of you who are rejoicing in others misery. What a sad time to show zero compassion for your neighbors.
Sad to see you close, loved your food, good luck in all you do
Dana Romano-Bodziak
Karma if you ask me she was Rude to anyone who left a negative comment about the restaurant not very business like at all the place looked like a dive !!
Karen Vermeal never saw that
Shaquille Cannon all that , just to close . ????????♀️????????♀️
Jennifer Sardo Catusco
Knew it wouldn’t last
Heres a person that was selling the public rotten overpriced food and you feel sorry for her? Gtfoh
Earl Creveling and the show fixed it
Scott A Barnes yeah right
Earl Creveling guess you didn’t see the show. To spite the wannabe and irrelevant fake food critics. The food DID improve. Just sucks another local business had to die
Believe what you wanna believe.
Christine Hamilton Duane
Erin Michele I heard. I’m sad.
I’m sad to see this. Wonderful restaurant people and atmosphere
And cue the wannabe food critics with the fake golden palates…
Not shocking at all
She is blaming her having to close the restaurant on the Corona Virus, seriously?! I think there is a lot more than the virus, but OK…
Gwen Baer
Danielle Pickard I know I saw
Horrible place.. I waited over 2 hours for sandwiches ????
Never even heard of this place
This place is right up the street from my office. Went in one day and waited about 10mins and nobody noticed me to help me. So I walked out.
Why cant people just simply say I am so sorry that your businees had to close. Its not just the owners who are affected but the crew that worked there is too. Kicking someone when they are down is truly a reflection of your character, Especially with what is going on in the country right now. I commend the partners of this business in giving it a shot and going after their dreams. I can guarantee that those who are taking cheap shots live their lives in a dead end job making minimum wage. Best wishes to those at the White Rooster keep your heads high and keep reaaching for the stars…..
Craig Saltarelli why ? They had a big opportunity to change all around when they had Gordon Ramsay observering the restaurant and made a comeback for and all the sudden they want to close give me a fucking break that’s like smacking Gordon in the face ….
Craig Saltarelli the owner was a pos has multiple friends work there during the time of the show and all of them said they were not properly paid for there time and written in to Gordon she robbed her employees
Listen regardless of the rumors and thoughts of what they did wrong. It still doesn’t justify celebrating the demise of another, So what she did what she was thought was right for the business. Gordon Ramsey doesn’t give a shit about the places he visits. It’s a television show. It’s like saying the doctor on General Hospital cared about the patient he was taking care of. All I was saying is there is no reason to kick someone when they are down. That’s all
I’m so sad for you patty you really tried everything so so sorry
so she’s blaming the coronavirus because she’s closing , smh
What a shocker!
Never went once.
Poor service, over rated along being over priced.
It was trash! I’ll take the domino table though.
I will buy the place pls advise me !
Corey Gellis Tommy Riche Michael Vanacore Gregg Meoni Tracy Arntz William Evans Ryan Purul
Charlie V Coopey horrible meal
Jorge Reina
They spent too much opening that place.
Way to waste Gordon Ramsay’s time and money? This place was a dump. Toms River doesn’t know good food or restaurants unless it’s a national chain.
Josh Harris can’t even find good pizza or chinese in This town
too expensive for this community
I seen this show and it’s a shame Ramsey did so much for her
The place was filthy, poorly managed, and a waste of space, anyways! Terrible owner/manager with no experience, and to he|_|_ and back proved it!! They never left he|_|_
I love how she takes the blame off herself and blames covid-19
If anything you’ll get covid19, herpe$ or some other disease there
Antonio Francesco Carannante
Bye Bye!!!!! She enjoyed making selfie videos than running a business properly! She couldn’t even run the small restaurant. If you are only making empanadas and Cuban sandwiches, how is it you are always out of the pork for the Cuban? Happened 3 times. Always an excuse….a huge catering job. Well if you are making that much pork you should have knowledge to keep some for your store! How she thought a larger facility could work was delusional! Gordon totally wasted his time and money for this woman!
Elaine Hanley
Kimberly Maino yes I saw this.
Must have had much bigger problems only been 1 day. If you can’t go 1 day while still able to offer pick up to customers, discounted gift cards. That’s a sign of poor business managment. Nothing to do with corona virus.
Neil Nelson
Elizabeth Susan Harward I should try to find someone to let me run the place….lol
The employees here need to sue Phil Murphy
Over priced n not good
I don’t know anything about the restaurant or the owner but some of these comments are really nasty and unnecessary. The place is closed and the lady tried her best. If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it…how about some kindness and compassion?
Linda Myhren
She prob gave some favors for that $
Some of you all should practice social distancing for good. Seriously. In every way, even social media.
Dumb ass
They missed the price point for the area. It snowballed from there.