A Columbus-based painting company just got a national television spotlight, helping transform three Ohio restaurants for Fox's revived “Kitchen Nightmares,” though the story behind those makeovers is more complicated than a fresh coat of paint. 360° Painting of Columbus, owned by Mya and Tyree Pollard, assisted with renovations at 4 Star Diner in Cortland, Golden Girls Restaurant in Eastlake, and Lyla's Family Restaurant in Cuyahoga Falls — three Northeast Ohio eateries that each went through the show's signature emergency makeover process.
The Pollards are prepared to speak about what it means to see their work reach a national audience, according to WSYX, and they've said they understand the challenges of running a small business themselves. Before landing a spot on Fox, the couple had already worked on numerous local schools and parks across Columbus, according to the same report. That local track record, the station notes, is part of why the Pollards emphasize the importance of small businesses supporting one another.
Golden Girls and Lyla's Were Filmed in 2025
Golden Girls was filmed in June 2025, and filming activity at Lyla's was reported that month, according to Cleveland Magazine. The time between filming and broadcast meant the restaurants' fates were already unfolding in real life long before viewers ever saw the renovated dining rooms on screen. 4 Star Diner, run by owners Gus and Avgi, aired as the second episode of Season 10 on July 21, according to Wikipedia's entry on Kitchen Nightmares.
Lyla's Family Restaurant got its own two-part, two-hour episode on September 8, spotlighting founder Waleed El-qawlaq, who opened the Cuyahoga Falls restaurant in 2015 after immigrating to the United States in 1996, per Moviedelic's recap of the episode. Golden Girls in Eastlake aired its episode on September 1 — but by then, the restaurant had already been closed for about eight months.
Golden Girls Closed Before Its Episode Even Aired
Golden Girls Restaurant permanently shut down in January 2026, roughly six months after its renovation and well before its television debut, according to Kitchen Nightmares Updates. The show's broader history includes other featured restaurants that have permanently closed.
The disparity underscores a familiar tension for restaurants that get the reality-TV treatment: a renovated kitchen and a fresh paint job can generate buzz, but they don't guarantee survival against deeper financial or operational problems. 4 Star Diner and Lyla's remain open as of the Golden Girls closure report, while Eastlake's restaurant did not make it to its own broadcast premiere.
A Three-Year-Old Firm's Rapid Rise
360° Painting of Columbus is listed in a profile by the Better Business Bureau. In February 2026, the company was accepted into the 2026 Ohio Cohort of the Gilbane Rising Contractor Program, according to a post on the company's own blog.
Beyond national broadcast work, the firm has kept up its civic footprint in Central Ohio, including volunteer exterior painting for a local charity headquarters over the summer, according to a company Facebook post. For a three-year-old operation that has painted schools and parks around Columbus, the jump to national Fox programming marks a striking leap in visibility — even as one of its three television clients serves as a reminder that a paint job alone can't rescue a restaurant already on the brink.
