Bar Rescue

Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to resuscitate Downey’s, a failing Irish pub in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To do that, he’ll have to inspire Dom, a one-time star chef turned negligent owner, who has let the bar go to ruin.

Bar expert Jon Taffer is called to Redondo Beach, CA, to save Kilkenny’s, an Irish pub on the decline. Though bar manager Carlos threatens Jon’s method and the pub’s success, owner Allie refuses to fire him.

Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to get The Blue Frog 22, a failing bar in Chicago, to grow up. To do that, hell need the mother-and-son owners, Mimi and John, to ditch the "Moms Basement" aesthetic thats dragging them down.

Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to take Champs, a dated sports bar in Burbank, CA out of retirement. To do that, he’ll need owner Joe to go on the offensive, and take control of his over-pouring bartenders.

Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to save automotive-themed Angry Ham’s Garage from stalling out. Rowdy owners and stonewalling city officials are all lurking right under the hood.

Located on a prime stretch of beach, The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar is still failing. Can Bar Expert Jon Taffer get a bevy of beautiful barmaids to fix this oceanfront eyesore instead of working on their suntans?

Mystique Lounge in West Palm Beach, Florida, has operated under the shadow of a murder for three years. Can bar expert Jon Taffer restore a positive mystique to this once-cursed venue?

Bar expert Jon Taffer is called in to save the family-run Black Sheep in the Irish-German community of Cheviot, Ohio. But Jon discovers that the bar may be beyond rescue due to the owners’ massive debt.

Bar expert Jon Taffer must rescue a bar owned by a former Naval Officer from total ruin. But when Jon discovers one of the owners isn’t pulling his weight, Jon shows him the door.

Despite beautiful bikini-clad bartenders, Extremes is less than a month from closing its doors.

Jon Taffer descends on a grotesque goth and rock bar in Austin, TX. Tasteless performances and cockroach infestations are the least of his problems as he spars with the worst bar owner to date.

A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.

The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.

Jon makes over one of the countrys first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner whos oblivious to whats going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.

Bad ventilation cause hot, moist burger smoke to fill Scottsdale’s least funny comedy club. Jon Taffer arrives to clear the air and use proven bar techniques to create bigger laughs and bigger profits for the troubled owners

North Carolina’s Cashmere Nightclub has a bad name, poor décor and an embarrassing manager, but when Jon learns that they are refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap booze, all hell breaks loose.

Jon heads to a Georgia sports bar and encounters an owner who’s incessant crying seems to prevent her noticing the massive employee theft issue occurring right under her nose.

A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.

Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their fathers retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.

Taffer makes two bars out of one in an attempt to save both a beachfront bar in Warwick, Rhode Island, and the owner’s marriage.

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Customers bringing in their own booze and bartenders flashing their boobs aren’t Jon’s biggest problems with this Tennessee watering hole. Taffer must ignite a lazy owner’s ingenuity to save the bar from going bust.

Jon attempts to turn around a Nashville bar with a dated concept. Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, but was replaced with an encore after the owner was involved in a fatal shooting.

Lights, sirens and handcuffs greet Jon before he even enters the door of this Kansas City bar. Sibling rivalry between two identical twins with identical huge egos present Taffer with one of his toughest rescues.

KCs Bar & Grill in Shawnee, Kansas

Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.

Jon visits a struggling biker bar owned by a former tax accountant.

Oasis Hookah bar in Omaha, NE is in dire straits. They serve toxic drinks and have terrible service. To top is all off, theres a dead rat somewhere in the building, but nobody knows where.

The End Zone Houston, TX Two muscle-bound meatheads cant see pec-to-pec on how to run their Houston bar. Now, their tempers and testosterone threaten to tear their friendship apart.

Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill, Yonkers, NY. Rowdy customers at a New York sports bar attack Taffers crew when they discover they are being served cheap booze at premium prices, prompting Jon to teach the importance of serving quality drinks and maintaining crowd control.

Laguna Lounge Jersey City, NJ A passionate Puerto Rican bar owner berates his staff and sons as the bar sinks further into debt. Can Taffer deflate the owners ego in order to save his bar?

Lickety Split Philadelphia, PA A former Philly detective-turned-bar owner hits the bottle hard after years of dark days on the force when Jon Taffer shows up to straighten him out.

Dirty Rooster Antioch, IL An outrageous lakeside bar owner spends more time swinging from the rafters than managing his bar, causing Taffer to abandon ship until the owner can face reality.

Packeys Pub Milwaukee, WI The American dream becomes a hard reality for this Irish bar owner after Taffer discovers he withheld employee paychecks to keep the business afloat.

Underground Wonder Bar Chicago, IL A hippy-dippy live music bar owner is more concerned with the spirit of wonderment than appealing to her trendy Chicago community, causing Taffer to enforce some tough love.

Heat Restaurant & Lounge Hollywood, FL Too busy dancing on the bar top to pour drinks, these out-of-control bartenders are in for a shock when Jon Taffer puts an end to the party.

Friar Tucks Pomona, CA Jon Taffer arrives at this castle-shaped bar to a surly owner with anger management issues whose attitude has pushed his staff to their breaking points.

The Holding Company San Francisco, CA Four bickering Irish sisters talk themselves in circles as their San Francisco bar takes a nosedive. Can Jon Taffer turn their luck around before they miss the boat on their American dream?

Mandala Lounge in San Mateo, California

Jon is called in to help a retired baseball player turned bar owner who struck out when he hired a boozy staff content to waste the bars profits.

Jon tries to help the owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, bar cool the temper of his stubborn chef and his overbearing stepdaughter turned business partner.

Jon tries to motivate the inattentive owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, music venue plagued by mismanagement and an ant infestation.

The eccentric owner of Brix Wine Bar is too busy being the life of the party to notice his business is withering on the vine.

A bar owner takes a less active role in his business after becoming convinced his bar is haunted.

A womanizing owner will lose his run-down Caribbean bar, and his wife, if he cant change his toxic behavior.

The obnoxious behavior of two feuding brothers threatens to put an end to the storied legacy of Royal Oaks, the oldest bar and barbecue joint in Youngstown, Ohio.

Former Judas Priest front man Tim "Ripper" Owens calls in Jon after discovering being a rock star and running a rock club are two very different skills.

Jon visits The Hooch, an X-rated bar where the foulmouthed owner wastes her husbands money and constantly berates her female staff.

A former psychologist turned bar owner attempts to run a Detroit jazz club, but her interfering family and lazy staff have her seeking counseling from Jon.

Jon returns to see if the McGowan brothers have cooled off their fiery relationship. He also takes on an angry stand-up comedy club owner from Stand Up, Scottsdale

Jon is tasked with getting the apathetic owner of Van Goghz to put down her vape pen and start engaging with customers.

Jon revisits the Dirty Rooster and ruffles the feathers of its owner, then he mediates a muscle-bound dispute between rival Texas bar owners.

Hes no stranger to unkempt bars, but Jon is absolutely disgusted by the rat, roach and raccoon problem inside Freaki Tiki.

Jon must help the owner of George & Dragon come to terms with his mothers death before he drinks away all his profits and the family legacy.

A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close its doors because of an owner whos busy being a nice guy rather than a wise guy.

After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.

Nasty nachos & goldfish races are on the menu at this sports pub. But in a Bar Rescue first, a staffing crisis hits before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees. Can Taffer right the ship before it drowns?

New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bars former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine whos right and whos wrong.

A lazy step-son fails to step into his new role as bar manager. And while his father can sell a car, it doesnt mean he can run a bar.

A spoiled owner is gifted a nightclub by his father. Can Taffer save this mice-infested tourist bar before the owner gives away all his profits?

The gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print loving ladies of The Handlebar; Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.

An absentee owner puts his marriage on the line by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female clientele. Can Taffer step in to save a crumbling relationship and a failed bar?

Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley over her blistering attitude and the civil strife with her daughters over the bars uniforms while a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.

In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge

Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar & more.

Its a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.

Its all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in show history at the bar whose owner is fighting foreclosure.

Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.

Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see whether husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and whether their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.

Taffer revisits 3 bars whose fortunes have turned for the worse after disasters have ravaged their futures, from the apocalypse themed bar The End to Chicago landmark The Abbey. Can Taffer develop a plan to help them get back on their feet?

When an old-school Memphis cigar man takes a stab at the bar business, he discovers hiring his millennial son wasnt quite what he had expected.

Jon visits a Cape Canaveral area bar frequented by local NASA astronauts; Jon attempts to get the bar back off the ground before a mother-daughter feud causes a failure to launch.

Jon reconnects with bar owners he’s helped in the past to see if they’ve changed their bad habits, which include drinking on the job and being addicted to canned meat.

A daughter must grapple with the loss of her father as she struggles to preserve his legacy and save his bar, Capn Odies Lounge.

The son of hardworking immigrants drives his late fathers neighborhood bar into the ground with a poorly planned renovation and a bad over-serving problem.

Jon provides a wake-up call to the owner of Barley Pops Bar & Grill, who developed a severe drinking problem after suffering a pair of tragedies.

Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughters managerial skills.

A storied L.A. music venue has fallen into disarray, and its up to Jon to revive the apathetic owners passion for his own business.

An industrious immigrant with a history of business success bites off more than he can chew when he buys Blue Water and takes a hands-off management approach.

An unappealing name is just the first of many problems plaguing Fatballs Sports Bar & Grill, where Jon must get a belligerent owner to accept responsibility.

Jon revisits bars The Tradewinds and 22 Klicks to see if their respective staffs are still working together or falling back into bad habits.

A novice owner opens a bar to help cover his sisters medical bills, but when he staffs it with his equally inexperienced relatives, the business quickly becomes a money pit.

Jon travels to San Antonio to help a bar owner whose life-of-the-party personality has set the standard for indulgent on-the-job drinking and unprofessional practices.

Jon attempts to rescue The Original Hideout in Tucson, Arizona, despite that owner Ramiro is $300,000 in debt and his brother Raoul is overwhelmed with his management duties.

Putting the future of the service industry to the test, Jon and the crew help students at UNLVs College of Hospitality prepare for a VIP cocktail party.

Two rockers in need of money decided to open Kiva in a Texas college town, but their inexperience and apathy have cost them $200,000.

Jon is called in to rescue LIV, a Las Vegas establishment lacking an identity, deprived of leadership and hampered by a chatty waitress with a heavy pour hand.

Jon is tasked with rescuing Gil & Ricks, a sports bar and pizzeria run by two surly, inexperienced owners who resent customers actually ordering their subpar pies.

Jenny McCarthy joins Jon to help the Thunderbolt Bar & Grill owner, an inexperienced man with poor leadership skills whose only ally is threatening to withdraw her services.

Jon tries to fix the negligent behavior at Harbor Point Club & Grill in Richardson, Texas, where owners drink the profits away and the staff struggles to get one order right.

The daughter of a longtime bar owner finds herself saddled with the responsibility of running his business after he abruptly passes away.

Mark and Ozzie face Jon Taffer a second time in hopes that he will rescue another one of their failing bars.

Jon arrives in Littleton, Colorado, to find a mother and son at odds over running the haphazardly decorated G.I. Jodis, which was originally conceived to honor the military.

T-Pain and Jon Taffer travel to historic Old Town Sacramento to resurrect an owner haunted by the ghosts of his past, as well as his failures as an owner.

After emptying his sick mothers life savings, a man is moments away from a meltdown; he is four days away from closing his dream bar.

VFW Post 6216 - Albuquerque, NM * Jon sets out on a rescue close to his heart when he attempts to boost membership and raise funds for a struggling New Mexico VFW post.

The Grant Bar & Lounge - Tracy, CA * Jon goes to Northern California to save The Grant Bar for a know-it-all owner who blames everybody but himself for the failures of his establishment.

Jon travels to Oakland, CA, to help Marshawn Lynch turn around his bar, Rob Bens, by teaching the NFL star to treat his staff less like family and more like a team.

Jon heads to Pepes Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Canyon Lake, CA, to help a once-bustling bar thats now a ghost town and open the disconnected owners eyes.

Jon heads to the Silver Dollar in Chula Vista, CA, where the unresolved tensions between the father and son owners have led to operational issues and neglect.

In his hometown of Las Vegas, Jon rescues a beloved party bar that blames their downfall on the pandemic until Jon discovers the truth.

In his second re-rescue, Jon returns to Champagnes Cafe to help the struggling bar survive the pandemic and maintain its Las Vegas legacy.

For his 200th rescue, Jon rescues a family who bought a Mexican restaurant at the height of the pandemic and put their daughters future on the line to chase the bright lights of Vegas.

A gay bar in Las Vegas is on the verge of closing after losing all of its entertainment options due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A premiere billiards hall in Las Vegas is at risk of closing after its owner struggles to recover from the effects of the pandemic and an inept manager.

After a series of devastating losses, Jon must help an owner and her staff get back on track from their personal tragedies as well as a global pandemic.

In Dunwoody, Ga., Jon Taffer tries to help a former hospitality professional regain his passion for the industry and save his flailing bar.

In the heart of Texas, Jon must help an owner figure out how to be a better boss and help her personal assistant step up to lead the bar.

Jon helps an owner who battled childhood illness and the loss of his father learn how to run a bar and manage a business.

Jon heads to Tampa, Fla., to help save an owner who has suffered personal loss and health scares while trying to single-handedly keep his struggling bar afloat.

A riverside bar in Florida is struggling to stay afloat due to a manager with no experience, a staff co-mingling and a wildly out-of-line menu for their community.

Jon heads to Sanford, Florida to revitalize a retro-arcade bar that is falling apart and an owner who has an excuse for everything.

Jon brings in his team of culinary and bar experts to revamp a 1950s-themed bar in Arvada, CO, for a soft-spoken owner, her hardworking staff and her entitled ex-husband.

Jon brings his experienced team to Charlotte, NC, to fix the issues at 360 Lounge Reloaded, where the helpless owner is losing up to $20,000 a month and the respect of his staff.

The owner of Blue Sports Grille in Loveland, CO, is in danger of losing his marriage and retirement dreams if Jon cant get him to step up, make changes and create an identity for his bar.

While trying to tackle a pest-infested bar with an absentee owner in Hickory, NC, Jon finds that its driven staff offers a glimpse of hope.

Jon heads to Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, to save a community-centered bar from going under at the hands of an absentee owner and rookie manager.

Jon rescues a VFW on its last legs before the bars 75th Anniversary.

Jon must save a former travel agent turned bar owner and her family business before it crashes and burns.

In Jacksonville, Florida, Jon Taffer aims to rescue a bar that is suffering from a severe identity crisis and lack of leadership.

Jon Taffer sends legendary mixologist, Phil Wills to rescue a filthy bar in Oxnard, California and help a newlywed couple realize their dreams.

Jon Taffer heads to St. Augustine, Florida to help a military vet rescue his struggling bar amidst poor sales and an unruly staff.

Jon sends hospitality protégé, Dustin Drai, to Glendale, Arizona to rescue a local institution whose current owner is treating the bar as his personal hangout and giving away free drinks.

In Downey, Jon tasks Phil Wills to help an iconic live music venue get back on its feet after years of neglect and mismanagement.

Jon Taffer sends Ashish Alfred to Port St. Lucie, Florida to help three brothers save a bar they bought with no knowledge or experience of how to run it.

Jon Taffer heads to Margate, FL to fix a dive bar whose owners have not changed anything in the bar for over 20 years - including their smoking policy.

Jon Taffer heads to Port St. Lucie, FL to help two partners save their failing bar, regain their confidence, and learn how to properly run a business.

For his 250th rescue, Jon Taffer heads to Pompano Beach, FL to help a seasoned bar veteran fix his family issues so that he can take a step closer to retirement.

Jon Taffer attempts to rescue a bar in Kingwood, Texas, whose owners have neglected both the business and the staff over the last several years.

Jon Taffer needs to rescue a failing bar in Houston, TX whose owner turned his life upside down to buy a bar near an ailing lifelong friend.

Mixologist Phil Wills travels to Holly, Michigan to help rescue a bar whose failure has impacted an entire family and threatens to break themapart.

Rescuing a failing business in Houston, Texas after its owner buys a bar as a surprise for her husband, only to realize that he is anything but happy.

Danny Trejo travels to Macclenny, Florida to rescue a struggling pizza joint whose owner is reluctant to let her daughter take charge.

An owner in St. Louis, Missouri needs help preserving the legacy of the bar that was passed along to her by her late fiancé.

Jon Taffer is called upon to help a bar owner in Milwaukee, WI whose strained relationship with her pregnant daughter jeopardizes both her bars future and their familys well-being.

Jon Taffer sends mixologist Phil Wills to Toledo, OH to help rescue an ailing owner who lets his untrained staff take advantage of his kindness andhard work.

Jon Taffer travels to Worden, IL to rescue a bar for an owner who inherited the business from his father but relies on an untrained manager to secure its future success.