I don't own a restaurant but how can some people serve shitty food without tasting it is beyond belief but hey after watching kitchen nightmares I'm.not suprsied
Somethings way off , cause he definitely wasnt lying and always shows how the food looks and alot of its been REALLY questionable, i wanna know what tf is going on in these kitchens.
STL IS NOT JUST FERGUSON. Im born & raised northside STL city, all of these restaurants are terrible because we know not to go to them. Who gave you this list!?
@@hkinc54 lmfao. Yeah right. He saying it on the internet with millions of followers and nothing happening. Gotta love Fake Internet Gangsters. Get off the internet And get a Job 🤡
I used to work in a restaurant and my boss would say if you wouldn't eat the food the kitchen puts out don't send it out to customers. Tell the cooks to redo the order!
Everyone should leave Missouri and Never come back. Visited there once and lost brain cells just crossing the state line. KC was actually decent to be fair but this area called Branson in particular was like a caricature of Mad Magazine characters. Let’s keep it real Sexy Rid comes from STD… I mean STL so what do you seriously expect. I hope Bro does a pharmacy tour for the best antibiotics after this trip.
@@Zay0321 it definitely kills me every time I laugh from my soul when he says it, but in all fairness, I do agree with you. I think when he’s advising people to check this place out he’s also hoping that the owner or the cooks of these establishments will take his advice on the food
@sandrasausville9103 im not tryna make no excuses, but st louis really does have good food. Great food actually, there's just a lot of shitty places shouldn't even be in business lmao
He’s not lying. I have lived in stl. , my entire life and I’m fifty two years old. The food is trash. You are better off eating at home. The restaurant Sweetie Pies became a tourist attraction because of the show, but most people from Saint Louis didn’t eat there. The food was not good at all. If you know, you know.
The person likely has "taste duds". No restaurant anywhere - such Sweetie Pies- could have stayed open as long (with multiple locations at that) - serving consistently bad tasting food. 😂 WISDOM even suggests otherwise.
@@thefumexxlHe said city. NC is a whole state. He hasn’t reviewed the entire state of NC. Not trying to be funny either. I saw Charlotte was getting a lot of bad reviews but there were some spots he enjoyed. I haven’t seen one good review from St. Louis/Ferguson. Granted, I could have missed it. But again, I haven’t seen it.
@@msteachlove 1) You missed it. 2) Ferguson is technically its own city that is part of the greater St. Louis area, in part of St. Louis county, not the city of St. Louis. 3) I don't know where he's getting his recommendations from but it's clear it's the locals to Ferguson who don't know about the actually good food spots outside of their area.
@@NextSundanceSmh. Majority of people in Stl know that the city people have always thought they were superior over the stl county people. Each county municipality in Stl has their own government, but because it's in Stl county, people will still say St.Louis. The city doesn't have the best food, so stop with trying to act as if it does. He can go to a number of places in the city and the reviews will be the same as the ones that were bad. People referred these places because they thought they were good to them.
Honestly, who is making these suggestions? He's not trying anything that has been here for the long haul. He keeps going to places that most people I know have never heard of. I've been saying go get some "Chinamen and a St. Paul" but NOPE he keeps trying trash azz bbq that again no one eats. This is horrible. That's what you get for not listening! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You so right St.louis known for Chinese food and St.louis style pizza like Imo’s. if you want good chicken, go to Pops. I never had any of these places he went to except Red barbecue and it’s always been whack to me. If you want good steak, go to twisted tree.
I hope he has a video where he has tried the Chinese food here, I'm so tired of hearing ...he should've tried the Chinese food. We have the best rice. Then dude talking about Pop's chicken and fish, I've never heard people swear by them other than him in the comments.
😂Is it just me but do yall laugh when he laughs....I love it. I look forward to his videos daily. I be rolling on the floor and I love him❤ and how he keeps it real.
He doesn't need to be hit or charged, something far worse will happen. People will just stop showing up at his store and he'll have to call it quits and get a job.
Gosh, I got hooked on Kitchen Nightmares. The gentleman here sounds a lot like Ramsey on his show! No salt, lazy chefs, copious amounts of oil does not make a sauce. Nice video
-Ferguson is Ferguson. -St. Louis City is St. Louis City. -Ferguson is not St. Louis City. -Ferguson is in METRO St. Louis. That said, I hope at least ventured into St. Louis City to experience and measure/critique some dining options.
Because when I make waffles I know I'm gonna use syrup I just add vanilla extract and cinnamon to the batter. Gives it a great flavor and no added sugar!
People gotta realize he's going out of his way to go to these places, pays money out his pocket to order mad food, and makes these videos. Which why he's so honest about whether the food is good or bad. Restaurants have no reason to be mad at him for anything he says.
@@mr.whatever3810 I don't even think I was talking to you. That's disrespectful calling me a hater. Does that make you a cock gobbler? It sounded like you was gobbling. Ijs
I was just talkin’ wit my homeboy yesterday, alot a food joints, local or worlwide don’t taste tha same, or they don’t give a damn bout business no more.
Maaaan! All I can say is I agree!. Moved out here from AZ and heard sooo much about the barbecue restaurants out here and it's been straight " MID" at best. Not sure if it's inbreeding or what but the food so far has been "sack", only thing worse is the driving out here. I know I'm from the capital of "road rage" but DAMN! 😂 In my experience there's some pretty good oriental food and some decent Mexican food but the BQ is lacking, unless you know someone that known someone that cooks in the backyard.
@@leonc1051let's name the places you go back to eat at in Chicago. Don't get me wrong, Chicago has some great restaurants, but everywhere isn't great there either. As far as bbq, try different places, you can try the big name places, then try some of the other places that would prepare bbq like in your backyard.
I’m starting to think that you seek out these “bad” restaurants. This is why I stick to mike Chen and mark weins because if they don’t like the food they won’t post the video, there’s no sense in making these people’s lives worse by sending hate to their business. To add insult you’re doing it where one of your own was slaughtered in a city where pretty much everything is bad.
Crazy how he disses the food, says the owner should be smacked and charged with food crimes, gives the place a score of 2, and then says if we're in the area we should check it out. 😂
I've never seen so much food flying out of a car as I have since you went to St. Louis. The best food in St. Louis is probably being sold out of the trunk of a car.
I’m sure that the owners aren’t always around to taste and make sure the cooks are cooking, yes as the owner one should know whose in their kitchen but again can’t control thing when you aren’t there. Anyway good review.
Sad, but true. However, whomever is in charge of the kitchen needs to be on point and make sure the consistency stays the same, no deviations from the script. They showed on Sweetie Pie's how a few of the restaurants weren't following her recipes the way she made them and their food wasn't as good.
Check out a place called SweetArt Cafe. Owned and operated by black couple that have put in a lot of blood sweat and tears. I’m not even much a sweets person but I’ll binge myself into diabetes if I lived closer. She’s a hell of a baker and he’s a badass artist and their place has a good vibe.
Try creole with a splash of soul. It’s in St. Louis. They have good soul and creole food. They also have this thing called soul food Sundays. You should give it a try before you leave
There's a reason why ninety percent of restaurants closed in one year. Food sucks..
I'll call them fly by night businesses
🤣🤣🤣 Jesus @@joannwilson9097
I think the internet is affecting people business fr because this food reviewers can hurt food spots I like to watch these videos because I like food
I don't own a restaurant but how can some people serve shitty food without tasting it is beyond belief but hey after watching kitchen nightmares I'm.not suprsied
@@Cash2620not gonna lie most high ratings around my area I go is usually not that great I don't trust reviews anymore
Him: “Is that too much to ask?”
The guy outside his car: 👁️👄👁️
😂😂😂
Out the window it goes.
Who is sending my guy on a dummy mission for eating trash food? Someone needs to be held accountable!! This is crazy 🤦🏽♂️
Insane... Nasty work
Literally himself lol
That's St. Louis "food" for ya! As someone from Missouri, British food got better quality and flavor 😂
@@Zexx4😂😂😂
@@Zexx4what unseasoned restaurants u be going to??
The immediate chuckle after the first bite let's me know what kind of experience Chime about to have.....
I still get confused when he do that...cause usually ppl dont chuckle after 1st bite of trash. Lol 😂
@@jayc5756 Gotcha 🤣
He know the bullshit there on lol@@jayc5756
@@jayc5756gotta chuckle to keep from crying i guess
Lol
Man what are yall suggesting him?
Nothing good apparently
😮😂😂
I'm wondering that same thing
They don't want his ass here so they send em off 😂
Exactly!! Like who FRFR? I've never even heard of that place. 😂😂😂
Everyone trying their best to give this man food poisoning
They keep this up we’re going to get another round of those challenge videos he was doing😂
@@ayricaLCIt’s a Possibility!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ayricaLCnah this got me lmfaoo y’all better T tf up
Lol
Somethings way off , cause he definitely wasnt lying and always shows how the food looks and alot of its been REALLY questionable, i wanna know what tf is going on in these kitchens.
STL IS NOT JUST FERGUSON. Im born & raised northside STL city, all of these restaurants are terrible because we know not to go to them. Who gave you this list!?
Man frfr I’m from the north side too wall nut park like who told u the best spots in the county’s 😂 go to STL city’s spots
Y'all just except yall cookin is weak, unseasoned, bs.
@@JUSTinTx254Just like this ASSHOLE, you should know dummy, this ain't Saint Louis, this is the county. You f''king country bumpkin.
@@JUSTinTx254nah that’s yalls food in Texas 🤮
@@brittoncoil2518 Nobody and I mean NOBODY ever said "I need me some GOOD UP NORTH COOKIN" 😂 bc it doesn't exist.
The plane noise with the waffle
I’m dead 🤣
Follow with the "Doo'j" sound effect, like a plane crash landing.
0:33 When he hits that infamous laugh, time to pack the food up and toss it in the trash 🚮😂
Or give to a stray dog or cat 🤷🏽♀️
Screwing up biscuits and gravy is tantamount to blasphemy.
Smh
He don’t even be happy reviewing no more. Aint shit good to him lol
If the food sucks it sucks
naw hes gave plenty of recent spots good reviews. he just going to the wrong spots in missouri. its a hit and miss game with food.
Damn! St. Louis been nothing but a Big L so far. RIP. Lol 🤣
It's Ferguson not St.Louis
You’ll take a big L coming here saying that
@@hkinc54 lmfao. Yeah right. He saying it on the internet with millions of followers and nothing happening. Gotta love Fake Internet Gangsters. Get off the internet And get a Job 🤡
They have the St. Rams
@@spankbuda3769If you think the Rams are still in STL, I got an LA football team to sell ya 😂
"Check this place out" 😂
😂kills me every time 😅
I used to work in a restaurant and my boss would say if you wouldn't eat the food the kitchen puts out don't send it out to customers. Tell the cooks to redo the order!
I'm weak 😂😂😂😂😂 He's highly offended. He said catch a charge.
Leave st. louis and i mean LEAVE and NEVER EVER COME BACK to this place.
Ain't gotta tell him twice 😂
Trust me he's not impressed
Run simba. Runaway and never return.
🤣🤣🤣@loststone9700
Everyone should leave Missouri and Never come back. Visited there once and lost brain cells just crossing the state line. KC was actually decent to be fair but this area called Branson in particular was like a caricature of Mad Magazine characters. Let’s keep it real Sexy Rid comes from STD… I mean STL so what do you seriously expect. I hope Bro does a pharmacy tour for the best antibiotics after this trip.
Bruh, PLEASE stop telling folks to “try this place out” if you’re going to give it a booty score like that!😳😂💀
Na it’s his “THEY KILLED KENNY YOU BASTARD”😂
Can’t do that. Foods all subjective.
He’s doing his due diligence because some people may like it. Or the chefs weren’t on point. I don’t think he wants the business to fail
He says that so you can see for yourself that it's trash. So you can see he's not lying.
@@Zay0321 it definitely kills me every time I laugh from my soul when he says it, but in all fairness, I do agree with you. I think when he’s advising people to check this place out he’s also hoping that the owner or the cooks of these establishments will take his advice on the food
It’s entertaining when he get mad but I wish him better food in the future
Chimetime tired of y’all shit! 😂
Don’t go to Ferguson! The food is trash, the city is trash, & Darren Wilson worked there!
Salute
Yeah you 🗑️ He going to places we never heard of
Watch your mouth
You are everywhere lol
It's the Oakland/Detroit/Baltimore of the state of Missouri. Fent, crack, every drug you can think of with gangs hanging around at night
I think they have surpassed Charlotte in the worst food place to never go
Charlotte had some hits towards the end. This has been nothing but Ls and ight spots
@dm-uc5vknah Uk got trash food on lock💯
@sandrasausville9103 im not tryna make no excuses, but st louis really does have good food. Great food actually, there's just a lot of shitty places shouldn't even be in business lmao
Nah he just pulled up thinking he know something and don’t. No one eats in Ferguson except the new spot “The Hive” which is actually a newer spot.
@dm-uc5vk ok
Bro threw the waffle out the window 😂💀
💥
*Byuuuuuuuuu*
Chime’s evil chuckle never gets old. 😭🤣
"Is it too much to ask?"🤣🤣
This St Louis tour, is going too be know as the throwing food out the widow tour. LOL 🤣😢
He’s not lying. I have lived in stl. , my entire life and I’m fifty two years old. The food is trash. You are better off eating at home. The restaurant Sweetie Pies became a tourist attraction because of the show, but most people from Saint Louis didn’t eat there. The food was not good at all. If you know, you know.
😳😳😳😳😳I would’ve never known!!
Hey at least it helps u eat better thats a positive
You must not eat out much. There are plenty of places to eat that are good. You can travel the country and get the same results.
The person likely has "taste duds". No restaurant anywhere - such Sweetie Pies- could have stayed open as long (with multiple locations at that) - serving consistently bad tasting food. 😂
WISDOM even suggests otherwise.
𝖮𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝗇 𝖶 𝖥𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿𝖿.
St. Louis has to be the worst food city you’ve reviewed so far
he should of went to kc! they got plenty of bomb food spots all over.
NC was definitely worst.
@@thefumexxlHe said city. NC is a whole state. He hasn’t reviewed the entire state of NC. Not trying to be funny either. I saw Charlotte was getting a lot of bad reviews but there were some spots he enjoyed. I haven’t seen one good review from St. Louis/Ferguson. Granted, I could have missed it. But again, I haven’t seen it.
@@msteachlove 1) You missed it. 2) Ferguson is technically its own city that is part of the greater St. Louis area, in part of St. Louis county, not the city of St. Louis. 3) I don't know where he's getting his recommendations from but it's clear it's the locals to Ferguson who don't know about the actually good food spots outside of their area.
@@NextSundanceSmh. Majority of people in Stl know that the city people have always thought they were superior over the stl county people. Each county municipality in Stl has their own government, but because it's in Stl county, people will still say St.Louis. The city doesn't have the best food, so stop with trying to act as if it does. He can go to a number of places in the city and the reviews will be the same as the ones that were bad. People referred these places because they thought they were good to them.
Honestly, who is making these suggestions? He's not trying anything that has been here for the long haul. He keeps going to places that most people I know have never heard of. I've been saying go get some "Chinamen and a St. Paul" but NOPE he keeps trying trash azz bbq that again no one eats. This is horrible. That's what you get for not listening! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You so right St.louis known for Chinese food and St.louis style pizza like Imo’s. if you want good chicken, go to Pops. I never had any of these places he went to except Red barbecue and it’s always been whack to me. If you want good steak, go to twisted tree.
@@TheMRBIGTEL FRFR. I know he doesn't like thin crust pizza so I didn't even recommend Imo's. But come on why is he going here? 🤣🤣
I hope he has a video where he has tried the Chinese food here, I'm so tired of hearing ...he should've tried the Chinese food. We have the best rice. Then dude talking about Pop's chicken and fish, I've never heard people swear by them other than him in the comments.
Just get da hell out of St.Louis cause I don't know what else to say
😂😂😂
Biscuits and Gravy brought to you by Gordon Food Service. I guarantee
Exactly
Yeah he fed up, he was on one today 😅! The food looked mid, but dang he went tf in!!
When he threw the waffle out the window 😂😂
😂Is it just me but do yall laugh when he laughs....I love it. I look forward to his videos daily. I be rolling on the floor and I love him❤ and how he keeps it real.
Where are the people that recommended this place? Raise your hand
👀 🫡✋️
Go to Affton gyro&grill, zito deli, golden grain bakery, or berix all have great bosnian and Mediterranean food dishes
He doesn't need to be hit or charged, something far worse will happen. People will just stop showing up at his store and he'll have to call it quits and get a job.
People who are used to eating trash will still eat trash. They just won’t attract any new customers.
The food suck in STL area I see why they so violent!🤦🏾♂️
Pandemic really did mess up a lot of the good restaurants. Not to mention people being wild with they spots fir this man.
The whole world is violent no one cares about how you feel goofy
Nah people just fuckin trolling this man at this point
Gosh, I got hooked on Kitchen Nightmares. The gentleman here sounds a lot like Ramsey on his show! No salt, lazy chefs, copious amounts of oil does not make a sauce. Nice video
CHIME GIVING ST LOUIS THE BIDNESS😂😂😂😂
I honestly wonder if people are just suggesting these places for him to rip the place apart or the people really have poor taste in food.
A lot of people think they can cook but the restaurant business is one of the hardest business you can try and open.
Missouri has a culinary identity crisis.
😂😂😂
That's powdered, steam table gravy. I used to make that at Denny's back in the day 😂😂😂
That gravy looked like paste or Elmer's glue!! It looks like it also tastes like it!! Yuck
The hive cafe need to arrest u for littering on there property 😂
A lot of these restaurants do not care that's why I make my own food at home then I know that it will be good you feel me
The laughs you do after taking a bite 😂😂
St. Louis needed a week up call for a long time now. Thanks for your service Mr.ChimeTime. Sorry you had to go through this garbage.
All this dry and non seasoned food got me reaching for my Alkaline Water Bottle with a Glazed Honey bun with Peanut Butta on top 😮
@0:35 that laugh said it all 😂😅😅😅😅 .. damn ..... things wasn't this worse since Mr. Chime Time reviews in Houston Tx 😂😂😂
-Ferguson is Ferguson.
-St. Louis City is St. Louis City.
-Ferguson is not St. Louis City.
-Ferguson is in METRO St. Louis.
That said, I hope at least ventured into St. Louis City to experience and measure/critique some dining options.
Because when I make waffles I know I'm gonna use syrup I just add vanilla extract and cinnamon to the batter. Gives it a great flavor and no added sugar!
Bruh these suggestions are horrible. I’ve never heard of this place. Don’t go because these joints need to be called out.
People gotta realize he's going out of his way to go to these places, pays money out his pocket to order mad food, and makes these videos. Which why he's so honest about whether the food is good or bad. Restaurants have no reason to be mad at him for anything he says.
He getting paid from UA-cam to go and eat at places. It's not like if you or me are going out to eat and spending our hard earned money.
No one told him to come to stl to try Ferguson food.
@@hydro69311 he’s getting paid from UA-cam because he’s going out of his way to do it and you’re watching and interacting
@@hydro69311 That came later. He started off for years using his own money. You think he rolled out of bed successful? Hater.
@@mr.whatever3810 I don't even think I was talking to you. That's disrespectful calling me a hater. Does that make you a cock gobbler? It sounded like you was gobbling. Ijs
I was just talkin’ wit my homeboy yesterday, alot a food joints, local or worlwide don’t taste tha same, or they don’t give a damn bout business no more.
Get out of the North and come down south for some good southern melt in your mouth food
Pause
He’s literally from North Carolina 😂
Midwest
Well he always up north so I assume he's from up north or northeast lol
Throwing the waffle out the window took me out 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mayne, stay OUT OF FERGUSON
Black Ramsey Strikes again. 🤣🤣🤣
He jus threw the waffle 🧇 like damn he ain't even give it a chance
Chimetime: Is that too much to ask?
Random pedestrian: Wtf
Man I’m from STL & I love my city but I’ve been saying for years this just ain’t it overall 😭 just MID all around
if you toss it out the window, it must be pretty damn bad.
Completely ROASTS the place for 4 minutes plus, then says to come check it out lmfao, I love it!
It's always the evil laugh for me and I know what's coming next. That evil laugh needs to go into your intro😅
Bro the explosion when you roll doen the window had me rolling 😂
Maaaan! All I can say is I agree!. Moved out here from AZ and heard sooo much about the barbecue restaurants out here and it's been straight " MID" at best. Not sure if it's inbreeding or what but the food so far has been "sack", only thing worse is the driving out here. I know I'm from the capital of "road rage" but DAMN! 😂
In my experience there's some pretty good oriental food and some decent Mexican food but the BQ is lacking, unless you know someone that known someone that cooks in the backyard.
Big fact’s. Been here for three years and I go back to Chicago for a good meal once a month
@@leonc1051let's name the places you go back to eat at in Chicago. Don't get me wrong, Chicago has some great restaurants, but everywhere isn't great there either.
As far as bbq, try different places, you can try the big name places, then try some of the other places that would prepare bbq like in your backyard.
might gotta stop accepting these recommendations
Even when the restaurant sucks, I know your reviews are gonna be entertaining as hell. Keep up the great work!
Throwing that waffle out the window is… NVM 😂😂😂Lol 😂😂
These videos have provided me with a big reason NOT to go to St. Louis. If I do go, I wont have sh*t to eat frfr! 😂
Don’t go to Ferguson duh
St louis is so cooked like why is every joint in this place bad 😂😂😂
I’m starting to think that you seek out these “bad” restaurants. This is why I stick to mike Chen and mark weins because if they don’t like the food they won’t post the video, there’s no sense in making these people’s lives worse by sending hate to their business. To add insult you’re doing it where one of your own was slaughtered in a city where pretty much everything is bad.
"Shits gotten out of hand now"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
LMFAO!!!
Chime is lit. He on Fire. LOL!🤣😂🤣
Crazy how he disses the food, says the owner should be smacked and charged with food crimes, gives the place a score of 2, and then says if we're in the area we should check it out. 😂
all this gives me the impression that St. Louis people got no tastebuds!
These folks starving for good food....... Thank your de.s
I've never seen so much food flying out of a car as I have since you went to St. Louis. The best food in St. Louis is probably being sold out of the trunk of a car.
Your momma had you in the backseat of a car. The same car she conceived you in
Excellent review!! I dang sure ain’t gonna be eating there any time soon!!!! Thanks for another great review!!!
that chicken and waffles kinda looks like those tiktoks where they make realistic food out of slime/cake 😭
There’s the this ain’t hitting on sh*t chuckle!😂😂😂
You gotta go the south side Chime...
I'll send you a list..
Love that laugh!! 🤣 You know what's coming!🤭
St Louis has been a failure ... 😮
I’m sure that the owners aren’t always around to taste and make sure the cooks are cooking, yes as the owner one should know whose in their kitchen but again can’t control thing when you aren’t there. Anyway good review.
You gotta be there enough to check the quality of your food and cooks
Sad, but true. However, whomever is in charge of the kitchen needs to be on point and make sure the consistency stays the same, no deviations from the script. They showed on Sweetie Pie's how a few of the restaurants weren't following her recipes the way she made them and their food wasn't as good.
They're definitely recommending him bad places just to see him crash out😂
He ain't tried know Hood Rice yet. They rice THE BEST ‼️
Exactly why this man my Fav!Tells it exactly how it is! F your feelings if you’re offended👊🏽 💯
Don't nobody eat in Ferguson the food is garbage. Not sure who recommended these restaurants
People be putting him on the midiocrity just to get these heated reactions 😂
And waste his money. 😂😂
Whenever you hear 0:33 you know a roasting session finna start.
messing up breakfast iz wild af. I was wondering why those Biscuits & Gravy was served like that? I see why no one talks about the food up there
😆 damn you letting them know ain't you lol. Well Tell the truth then
Not booty juice..😂😂
When MrChimeTime starts laughing, it’s over.
Check out a place called SweetArt Cafe. Owned and operated by black couple that have put in a lot of blood sweat and tears. I’m not even much a sweets person but I’ll binge myself into diabetes if I lived closer. She’s a hell of a baker and he’s a badass artist and their place has a good vibe.
"is it too much to ask for?" Apparently it is 😂
You know Chime isn't happy when he suggests not only a smack, but charged, jailed AND probation!!😮
Try creole with a splash of soul. It’s in St. Louis. They have good soul and creole food. They also have this thing called soul food Sundays. You should give it a try before you leave