Restaurants on the Edge

A soccer star’s Malta fish cafe is fading until the experts give it color with a cuisine and design reflecting the island's eclectic culture.

A cafe in a scenic Hong Kong fishing village resembles a gift shop without shoppers. The solution: rebranding, a tastier menu and a lot of feng shui.

In Tobermory, Canada, the team takes a harborside bar and grill from foundering to fabulous with a fresh Caribbean menu and a sleek tiki patio style.

In Costa Rica’s Playas del Coco, the experts resuscitate a flailing seafood restaurant by turning up the vibrance with healthy local flavors.

An empty restaurant in the Austrian Alps features a global menu that's all over the place. To survive, it needs more regional fare — and more cowbell.

Unique regional dishes and a thoughtful rebuild elevate a bereft St. Lucia bolt-hole into a chic shack with an ambiance to match its idyllic view.

A star soccer player's Malta fish cafe is fading until the experts give it color with a cuisine and design reflecting the island's eclectic culture.

Restaurant owner Connie needs a transformation that draws in year-round customers if she's going to be able to keep the doors of the Creative Plate Eatery open.

As first-time restaurant owners in Turku, Finland, married couple Turo and Marina need a modern update to their stuffy yacht club eatery to set them on the path to success.

After a devastating brain injury, owner Heidi is suffering to keep her spa-turned-restaurant "Vu-Bistro" in business, despite its million-dollar view of the vast Arizona desert.

The Lookout Restaurant has an incredible view of the Costa Rican landscape, but, with no real identity or steady customer base, the couple running it finds themselves on the financial and emotional brink.

Married couple Miriam and Dave are frustrated that their failing restaurant is dipping into the profits of their adjoining boutique hotel in the Austrian Alps; experts reintroduce them to Tyrolean culture and cuisine.

A St. Croix eatery goes from dark man cave to bright beach bar with the additions of regional seafood and decor.