Kaila White

The Republic | azcentral.com

Amy's Baking Company in Scottsdale is receiving renewed attention after the owner was accused of waving a knife at a man while yelling at him Saturday evening at the restaurant.

A video from TMZ purportedly shows owners Samy and Amy Bouzaglo cursing and yelling outside of the Scottsdale restaurant. Amy restrains Samy, her husband, as he holds a long, silver item.

It was a silver pen and not a knife, Samy said Sunday.

Two men and a woman came into the restaurant Saturday evening and one of the men "was completely drunk and screamed, 'Do we have to seat ourselves?' " Samy said. Samy then asked the man to leave because he was too drunk, and the man began yelling at him and trying to touch Amy, he said.

"I didn't touch him, and he didn't touch me" or Amy, Samy said. They argued for a few minutes and the man left, he added.

Scottsdale police were called to the restaurant at 5 p.m. for an intoxicated man causing a disturbance. The man was gone by the time police arrived, but witnesses say Samy waved a knife while yelling at the man, according to police spokesman David Pubins.

No arrests were made but charges may be pending should the man be found, Pubins said.

According to Samy, the story will be set straight once TMZ airs another video Monday that Amy took of the incident.

The Bougazlos first received national attention in May 2013 after starring on Fox's "Kitchen Nightmares." In that episode, they were seen yelling expletives at customers, taking tips left for servers and arguing with the host, British chef Gordon Ramsay, who abandoned the restaurant for the first time in the show's history.

The incident comes just days before the restaurant is slated to debut changes, Samy said. They will be hosting a reopening Wednesday to premiere a new, cheaper menu, and Amy is releasing a cookbook in November.