He’s not here to take names. He’s here to take over.
Original title
Bar Rescue
Released
7/17/2011
Origin country
US
Genre
Reality
Production companies
MTV Entertainment Studios, 3 Ball Productions, Eyeworks USA
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
9
Number of episodes
289
Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant
In this special 'lost' episode, Taffer takes on a hot-tempered New Jersey bar owner who can't stop kicking customers and employees out of his bar. Originally filmed in June of 2010, this episode was the pilot of the series.
Nightlife expert Jon Taffer counts down the ten worst owners he's encountered from the first three seasons of Bar Rescue.
Nightlife expert Jon Taffer counts down the ten most disgusting bars he's encountered from the first three seasons of Bar Rescue.
Nightlife expert Jon Taffer counts down his ten angriest moments from the first three seasons of Bar Rescue.
Nightlife expert Jon Taffer counts down his ten toughest rescues from the first three seasons of Bar Rescue.
Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to class up Angels, a failing biker bar in Corona, California. To do that, he’ll have to transform their rowdy clientele, scantily-clad bikini bartenders and strip club persona.
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.
Legendary Chicago music venue The Abbey Pub is a family-owned bar on its last legs. When bar expert Jon Taffer tries to return the pub to its original glory, he discovers that two of the sibling managers don’t see eye-to-eye.
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 breathe new life into failing Philadelphia champagne bar Swanky Bubbles. To accomplish that, he'll need to deal with a playboy owner, a sprawling menu, and the worst bar layout in America.
Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to get The Blue Frog 22, a failing bar in Chicago, to grow up. To do that, he'll need the mother-and-son owners, Mimi and John, to ditch the "Mom's Basement" aesthetic that's dragging them down.
Bar expert Jon Taffer heads to Boston to help Bill, the owner of The Chicken Bone, avoid financial ruin. Bill, a former customer who took over the Bone, learned the hard way that running a bar is much tougher than it looks.
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 goes toe-to-toe with a former baseball player turned bar owner as he tries to revive the Canyon Inn, a decaying bar on its last legs.
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.
Bar expert Jon Taffer must patch holes in a sinking Pirate-themed bar in Silver Spring, MD. But mutiny is in the air when Jon forces the pirate staff to cater to the city's corporate clientele.
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?
Bar expert Jon Taffer must fix a dirty, binge-drinking bar owned by two fraternity brothers in Fells Point, Maryland. But the rescue gets derailed when Jon discovers the building is about to collapse.
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 has his hands full with a failing dive bar in Orange, CA. When he discovers the owner is incapable of running the bar, Jon must pin his hopes on the owner’s untested but eager daughter.
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 make a former strip club turned music venue profitable. But when the bar’s staff is found to be contributing to the financial problems, Jon must convince the owner to take a stand.
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.
Bar expert Jon Taffer must save a failing former smoker’s haven in Laguna Niguel, California from burning out for good. However, the bar’s gang of hard-drinking regulars aren’t about to give up...
Despite beautiful bikini-clad bartenders, Extremes is less than a month from closing its doors.
For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.
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.
Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.
A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.
A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.
The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.
The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.
Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.
Horses defecating inside this Arizona bar are the least of Jon Taffer’s problems. He must contend with drunk owners, a family in turmoil, and a bank foreclosure if he hopes to save this business.
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
An aggressive Las Vegas bar owner tries to pick up Nicole Taffer, sending Jon into a rage. Can he set this owner’s wandering eyes straight and save a once famous blues bar without coming to blows first?
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.
Two buxom sisters have driven their biker bar in Pawcatuck, Connecticut into a ditch. Can Jon get these party women to stop binge drinking and focus on the real assets of their bar?
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.
Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.
A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.
13 miles from Fort Bragg, Cliques suffers from a juvenile name and a repugnant reputation. Jon puts a bar's owners through a personal bar boot camp to attract the local military personnel.
Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.
Jon visits a struggling blue-collar joint in Las Vegas, where he deals with the strained friendship between the two classically trained chefs who own and operate it.
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.
Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.
Jon has a few shocks to deliver to two former members of the music industry who have opened a horror-themed bar that is dying on its feet.
Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.
Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.
After a near-fatal heart attack, Artie, the owner of Alibi in Las Vegas, lost his zeal for the work, and it's up to Jon to help him get it back.
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.
This golf-themed bar is a swing and a miss and its horrendous sanitary conditions are completely out of bounds. Jon must clean house and get rid of the filth as well as the staff responsible for making his expert sick.
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.
A sports bar with no TV's isn't Jon's biggest problem at this Missouri establishment. Taffer must get brawling buckle bunny bartenders and their spineless owner to unite in one common cause: Gut the competition!
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.
A heavy drinking owner of an Irish sports bar is the subject of a hostile takeover… by his co-owners!
KC's Neighborhood Bar & Grill is a rowdy members- only bar in Kansas whose profits have been going up in smoke thanks to the over-generous retired manager, lack of hygiene and an infestation of raccoons.
A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?
Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.
Issues at a family-run bar include a forceful patriarch and an impending disaster in the kitchen.
Jon visits a struggling biker bar owned by a former tax accountant.
Too busy canoodling to notice his staff is sinking, a manager treats his bar like a romantic playground, forcing Taffer to demand inside help from the bartenders.
Oasis Hookah bar in Omaha, NE is in dire straits. They serve toxic drinks and have terrible service. To top is all off, there's a dead rat somewhere in the building, but nobody knows where.
The owner of a struggling Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer’s experts.
Two muscle-bound meatheads can't see pec-to-pec on how to run their Houston bar. Now, their tempers and testosterone threaten to tear their friendship apart.
Thanks to an ill-advised promotion and sloppy maintenance, a nightclub is overrun by mosquitos, fruit flies and unruly minors.
Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill, Yonkers, NY. Rowdy customers at a New York sports bar attack Taffer's 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.
Rhythm & Brews, Staten Island, NY. A Staten Island bar that is overrun by customers who are cooking their own food and getting their drinks, due to the employees poor work ethic and the owner's hands off approach in running the bar. Jon must re-ignite the owner's fire and teach the staff why they need to do their own work.
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 owner's ego in order to save his bar?
Jack's Ale House Sunnyside, NY Three loud-mouthed firefighting brothers struggle to keep their Queens bar afloat. Can Taffer calm the sparks before this family implodes?
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.
Plush Glenside, PA A rescue turns testy when Taffer enlists the help of the bar owner's ex-wife and former manager.
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.
Y-Not III Milwaukee, WI A third generation Milwaukee bar owner puts his father’s legacy on the line by living off his family instead of trying to cut his own piece of the pie.
Packey's 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.
Second Base Orange, CA In a first-ever re-rescue, Jon Taffer returns to Second Base Bar & Grill to find a disengaged owner who has let the bar deteriorate. Will Jon save this bar once again?
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.
Toucans Oceanside Bar & Grill Hollywood, FL This failing beachfront bar is shut down after rodents invade the kitchen, but Taffer is brought to tears upon discovering what the owners have endured.
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.
Sandbar Sports Grill Coconut Grove, FL Jon Taffer has his hands full with the owner of an outdated college sports bar who is more interested in managing his fantasy football team than running a business.
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 Los Angeles Brewing Company Los Angeles, CA Celebrity guest Maria Menounos joins Jon Taffer at this Los Angeles beer bar where a million dollar debt and decision to keep or sell the business has triggered a family divide.
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?
Jon revisits Solids & Stripes, Pat's Cocktails, MoonRunners Saloon and Corporate Bar & Grill to see if the hotheaded owners of these once-failing bars are keeping their cools.
Mandala Lounge in San Mateo, California
A family-owned bar is put at risk when a son's excessive drinking and poor management choices begin to attract X-rated clientele.
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 bar's profits.
Before he can save their failing bar, Jon must navigate the turbulent business partnership between an ex-pilot and his ex-girlfriend
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.
Taffer is assisted by Alexander Siddig and Iddo Goldbert, the stars of TUT, to help him rescue a Moroccan bar with an identity crisis.
Jon tries to motivate the inattentive owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, music venue plagued by mismanagement and an ant infestation.
Jon checks in on some of the most stubborn owners he's ever worked with, including the owner of O Face, where Jon previously walked out without completing the rescue.
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.
Jon is tasked with rescuing a Chicago sports bar that's heavy on managers and light on respect for the owner.
A bar owner takes a less active role in his business after becoming convinced his bar is haunted.
Jon checks in on four previously rescued bars, including Dimples and 22 Klicks, to see if the owners have a better grasp of the reality of their businesses.
A womanizing owner will lose his run-down Caribbean bar, and his wife, if he can't change his toxic behavior.
A lackadaisical owner may lose more than his Irish pub if Jon isn't able to help him take charge and end the fighting among his bartenders.
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.
After giving their artsy, irresponsible landlord a share of the bar, the brothers behind Martini Brothers Burger Bar are at their wits' end and ready to call Jon for help.
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.
In a struggling military bar, a distrustful owner spends her time spying on her staff instead of watching the bottom line.
Jon visits The Hooch, an X-rated bar where the foulmouthed owner wastes her husband's money and constantly berates her female staff.
At an Ann Arbor, MI, college alumni bar, Jon is forced to deal with a hotheaded owner whose fiery temper keeps his staff on edge and his million-dollar debt on ice.
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.
In a Bar Rescue first, Jon helps a failing strip club saddled with a disinterested staff, a skeevy vibe and an off-putting name: Chix on Dix.
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
The feud between the owners of Mac & Chester's SRO has led to a bifurcation of their business and attracted a dysfunctional, rowdy clientele.
Jon is tasked with getting the apathetic owner of Van Goghz to put down her vape pen and start engaging with customers.
An explosive conflict breaks out among the owners of Dale 1891 when Jon discovers one of them has been siphoning off profits.
Jon revisits the Dirty Rooster and ruffles the feathers of its owner, then he mediates a muscle-bound dispute between rival Texas bar owners.
A successful St. Louis, MO, restaurateur risks everything when she decides to add a downtown sports bar to her portfolio and put her out-of-control nephew in charge.
He's no stranger to unkempt bars, but Jon is absolutely disgusted by the rat, roach and raccoon problem inside Freaki Tiki.
Jon heads back to MT Bottle to put a fork in their gravy dispute, then he finds out what the owners of Piratz have planned for the future.
Jon must help the owner of George & Dragon come to terms with his mother's death before he drinks away all his profits and the family legacy.
Jon schools the clueless owner of Grinders, whose unauthorized and unsafe renovation has the city threatening to shut the place down.
Jon reveals which of his rescues has been most successful, tests the luck of Campbell's Irish Pub and revisits The Lister and its infamous "porn couch."
A former doctor decides to run The Bridge Lounge, his father's once-successful bar, but runs into trouble when the BP oil spill devastates the local customer base.
After convincing his friends to invest their life savings, the rookie bar owner of Cirivello's has turned a community staple into a money pit and now faces a hostile takeover.
The timid owner of City Bistro in St. Louis, MO, looks the other way as her raunchy bartenders flash customers to drum up business.
Jon is called in to help the failing owner of Baseline Sports Bar, whose sexually exploitive spaghetti wrestling events have driven away female customers.
Jon has a hard time getting through to the owner of the Black Light District, who's convinced fixing up his rancid dive would be a betrayal of his punk rock credo.
The owner of The Gallopin' Goose ruined his marriage and his bar's reputation when he had an illicit affair that resulted in a child.
A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close its doors because of an owner who's busy being a nice guy rather than a wise guy.
In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.
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.
Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
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?
Taffer must fix an out-of-control staff and the owner’s freeloading friends. But a violent physical fight threatens this sports bar’s rescue potential.
New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine who's right and who's wrong.
A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.
A lazy step-son fails to step into his new role as bar manager. And while his father can sell a car, it doesn't mean he can run a bar.
A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs a rescue of his own, before he drinks away his profits and angers his bartender girlfriend past the point of no return.
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?
A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.
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 abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
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 faces his most resistive owner yet after a lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent of this World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.
Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley over her blistering attitude and the civil strife with her daughters over the bar's uniforms while a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.
An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step
In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge
After suffering a stroke, this bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy. Can Taffer save this bayou bar before it sinks?
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.
Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
It's 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.
Jon Taffer tries to convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.
It's 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.
A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.
Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.
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.
Jon Taffer tries to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.
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?
A son takes over the failing family business and must battle his belligerent father, a volatile cook, and a filthy kitchen before Jon Taffer shuts it all down.
When an old-school Memphis cigar man takes a stab at the bar business, he discovers hiring his millennial son wasn't quite what he had expected.
Two scientists struggle with the correct formula to run a successful bar.
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.
A Navy vet finds himself in over his head when he relies on his unqualified friend to manage his failing Mississippi dive bar.
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 soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.
A daughter must grapple with the loss of her father as she struggles to preserve his legacy and save his bar, Cap'n Odie's Lounge.
A frenetic bar owner with no prior bar experience drives the Copper Rocket Pub into the ground by bringing in carnivalesque entertainment.
The son of hardworking immigrants drives his late father's neighborhood bar into the ground with a poorly planned renovation and a bad over-serving problem.
Taffer revisits The Local and finds family turmoil as Mimi is still a thorn in her son's side, while Todd and Elise of Mac & Chesters update Taffer on their marriage and bar.
Jon provides a wake-up call to the owner of Barley Pop's Bar & Grill, who developed a severe drinking problem after suffering a pair of tragedies.
Jon looks back at some of his most successful turnarounds and asks the audience to share some of their favorite rescue memories.
Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.
Jon brings in culinary expert Aaron McCargo Jr. and mixologist Mia Mastroianni to help a Florida couple's bar bounce back after years of failure under their son's management.
A storied L.A. music venue has fallen into disarray, and it's up to Jon to revive the apathetic owner's passion for his own business.
Jon reconnects with bar owners Mark Wilson and Ozzie Ardavani to find out what's in store for their relationship, then checks in with La Luz's Edith and Juan Pablo Martinez.
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.
Jon returns to Puerto Rico, where he used to live, to rescue a bar destroyed by Hurricane Maria and to help revive the rest of the community.
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 heads to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee to rescue The Wanted Saloon, whose remote location is just the first of many challenges.
Jon revisits bars The Tradewinds and 22 Klicks to see if their respective staffs are still working together or falling back into bad habits.
Nostalgia drives a successful bar owner to purchase a dive bar he patronized in his youth, but his focus on his primary business causes the second bar to slide into chaos.
A novice owner opens a bar to help cover his sister's medical bills, but when he staffs it with his equally inexperienced relatives, the business quickly becomes a money pit.
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, a brother and sister find themselves in over their heads in damages to their previously successful Asian fusion restaurant Shibo.
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 save sports bar RJ's Replays, which is full of potential but failing due to poor management, and mend the owner's relationships with his wife and parents.
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.
A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a Crossroads.
Putting the future of the service industry to the test, Jon and the crew help students at UNLV's College of Hospitality prepare for a VIP cocktail party.
The owner of the Recovery Room in San Antonio treats running a bar like a never-ending party, but her reckless ways may soon end the party, her business and her marriage.
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 attempts to rescue Eliphino, a Las Vegas dive dar struggling because of an owner who makes bad decisions and more enemies than friends.
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.
The owners of the China Grove Trading Post bought the bar to provide for their daughter's future, but her spoiled, lazy attitude threatens to sink the whole business.
Jon is tasked with rescuing Gil & Rick's, a sports bar and pizzeria run by two surly, inexperienced owners who resent customers actually ordering their subpar pies.
Jon tries to help the owner of New England's Ale House Grille, a single mom who's become reliant on a rude, incompetent manager since her husband left.
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.
To save the Whiskey Girl Saloon in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Jon must get an inexperienced co-owner to abandon his hard-partying alter ego, Rick Roundhouse.
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.
Two best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their bar.
The daughter of a longtime bar owner finds herself saddled with the responsibility of running his business after he abruptly passes away.
After a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner sees his profits go up in smoke.
Mark and Ozzie face Jon Taffer a second time in hopes that he will rescue another one of their failing bars.
n affluent Aurora, CO, an undisciplined singer turned bar owner has allowed his bloated ego to destroy his business and family, and Jon's team must repair the damage.
Jon arrives in Littleton, Colorado, to find a mother and son at odds over running the haphazardly decorated G.I. Jodi's, which was originally conceived to honor the military.
The owner of Utah's The Fifth realized too late that running a successful bar wasn't as easy as his dad made it look, and now he's poised to squander his family's legacy.
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.
A retired Vietnam vet bought a bar and bowling center as a tribute to his father, but the business is heading into the gutter. Now, his family's legacy is at stake, as his business is in danger of shutting down for good.
After emptying his sick mother's life savings, a man is moments away from a meltdown; he is four days away from closing his dream bar.
Jon is in Midvale, Utah, to meet The Union owner Bill, who is over $500,000 in debt and hasn't picked up any of the bar knowledge required to help his staff.
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.
Jon is brought in to save The Sandbar in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but before he can save the failing beach-themed bar, he has to figure out who the actual owner is first.
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.
An inexperienced bar owner calls on Jon after hiring a hard-partying manager with no industry knowledge to run Broadway Club in Tooele, Utah.
Jon travels to Oakland, CA, to help Marshawn Lynch turn around his bar, Rob Ben's, by teaching the NFL star to treat his staff less like family and more like a team.
Jon does reconnaissance at Kalaveraz Cocina-Cantina in Escondido, CA, and finds an owner so in over his head that he's resorted to not paying his staff.
Jon heads to Pepe's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Canyon Lake, CA, to help a once-bustling bar that's now a ghost town and open the disconnected owners' eyes.
Jon arrives at Bottoms Up to discover a staff running wild, a manager lacking courage to control his staff, and an owner ready to sell her bar.
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.
Jon tries to help an owner who is unable to take control of her own bar and explosive chef due to her crippling fear of failure and change.
An owner who is fighting cancer and his always-tense manager try to work together to save their failing bar in the heart of San Diego's Gaslamp District from closing its doors for good.
Jon heads to Phoenix, AZ to help a veteran bar owner who's borrowed money from her entire family to fund her failing business.
In his hometown of Las Vegas, Jon rescues a beloved party bar that blames their downfall on the pandemic until Jon discovers the truth.
Jon helps the owner of Capo's Restaurant and Speakeasy in Las Vegas, who suffered personal and professional loss during the pandemic, restore the former glory of his mobster-themed bar.
In his second re-rescue, Jon returns to Champagne's Cafe to help the struggling bar survive the pandemic and maintain its Las Vegas legacy.
Jon heads to Cork and Thorn, an offbeat Las Vegas hangout, to convince the artistic owner to focus less on her passion for flower arrangements and more on erasing her $200,000 debt.
For his 200th rescue, Jon rescues a family who bought a Mexican restaurant at the height of the pandemic and put their daughter's future on the line to chase the bright lights of Vegas.
Jon Taffer must save an ambitious but rookie family-run brewery that was forced to open during the pandemic.
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.
Jon heads to Pahrump, Nevada to save a VFW hall from permanently closing its doors and to help its commanding officer step away to take care of his ailing wife.
A premiere billiards hall in Las Vegas is at risk of closing after it's owner struggles to recover from the effects of the pandemic and an inept manager.
Jon Taffer tries to help a struggling married couple save their karaoke bar in downtown Las Vegas and get back on track with their goals to start a family.
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.
Jon attempts to rescue a bar in Maricopa, Ariz., whose owner has squandered a half a million-dollar investment from his parents.
In Dunwoody, Ga., Jon Taffer tries to help a former hospitality professional regain his passion for the industry and save his flailing bar.
Jon heads to Texas to help a husband and wife rescue their failing bar and learn how to be better partners in business.
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.
After losing their father and stepmom, three sisters find themselves unexpectedly owning a bar that they never learned how to run.
Jon helps an owner who battled childhood illness and the loss of his father learn how to run a bar and manage a business.
In the heart of Atlanta, Jon helps an owner seize her second chance in life by saving her struggling bar and managing her staff.
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.
In Ybor City, Fla., Jon helps rescue a bar owner who made some questionable choices on the theme, decor, and menu in her bar.
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.
In Gibsonton, Fla., Jon must help rescue not only a failing bar but a broken marriage after the Covid pandemic destroyed both their business and their relationship.
Jon heads to Sanford, Florida to revitalize a retro-arcade bar that is falling apart and an owner who has an excuse for everything.
The owner of JJ's Sports Bar & Grill in Highland, CA, must take a hard look at his behavior if he wants Jon's help to save his failing family business amidst post-pandemic financial stress behavior.
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 heads to Meridian, Idaho, where he confronts the staff of The Hideaway Bar & Grill for enabling the owner's questionable behavior, which is impacting the business.
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.
Jon visits Colorado Cork & Keg in Castle Rock, CO, where the idle owner of the beer bar plays pool and socializes with customers as his wife and untrained staff pick up his slack.
The owner of Blue Sports Grille in Loveland, CO, is in danger of losing his marriage and retirement dreams if Jon can't get him to step up, make changes and create an identity for his bar.
Jon heads to Loveland, CO, to help an overworked, overbearing owner who is buried in debt take a step back, delegate tasks and let his hardworking staff shine.
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 helps distant owner Joe revitalize his late friend Raja's pizzeria and sports bar in the hopes of leaving the business to Raja's daughter and son.
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 must help a businessman who bought a bar attached to a bowling alley but had never stepped foot in a bar.
Jon rescues a VFW on its last legs before the bar's 75th Anniversary.
Jon tries to save a firehouse-themed bar outside of Boise, Idaho and confronts an owner with excuses for everything.
Jon must save a former travel agent turned bar owner and her family business before it crashes and burns.
Jon heads to Gilbert, Arizona to help an owner who has dedicated her life to a bar that has a dangerously dirty kitchen and an untrained bar staff.
In Jacksonville, Florida, Jon Taffer aims to rescue a bar that is suffering from a severe identity crisis and lack of leadership.
Jon heads to Fountain Hills, Ariz., to help a married couple protect their investment in a bar that is being run into the ground by their friend and business partner.
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 attempts to rescue a bar in Tucson, Arizona whose owner has let the bar fall into disrepair despite the efforts of her skilled staff.
Jon Taffer heads to St. Augustine, Florida to help a military vet rescue his struggling bar amidst poor sales and an unruly staff.
In Banning, California, a failing bar has caused a major rift between a brother and sister, and Jon Taffer must find a way to help them repair the damage.
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.
Jon heads to Palm Desert to help rescue a 20 year old bar that has failed to ever make a profit while navigating a complicated web of relationships.
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 rescues a bar in Boca Raton, FL whose owner is failing to achieve the same success he found in the music industry as he is in the bar.
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 comes to the rescue of a nearly 100 year old VFW Post that was decimated from Covid and struggles to hang on amidst a dwindling membership and decaying building.
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 sends his long-time expert, Phil Wills to lead the rescue of a bar in San Marcos, California that is suffering from an identity crisis.
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.
Jon appoints hospitality expert Dustin Drai to Apache Junction, Arizona to rescue a small town bar whose owners have no experience in operations, design, or service.
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 sends Phil Wills and Danny Trejo to Houston, TX to rescue a business whose owner prefers to drink in the bar while his retired wife is left to pick up the pieces.
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 sends Phil Wills & Danny Trejo to Cleveland, TX to help a pair of friends rescue their bar and their friendship amidst family fights and dying cockroaches.
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.
Jon Taffer heads to Kenosha, Wisc. to rescue a long-standing bar whose owner has failed to update the business over the past 30 years.
A historic bar in Sheboygan, Wisc. faces closure because of an owner with a bad attitude whose staff is afraid to speak out against him.
Jon Taffer visits Fond du Lac in Wisconsin to help a husband and wife rescue their bar and move on from the death of their son.
Chef Jason Santos goes to Chesterfield, Michigan to rescue an owner who drinks excessively in his own bar while his kids try to make the bar successful.
Jon Taffer heads to Milwaukee, WI to rescue a family whose goal of running a New Orleans inspired frozen daiquiri bar is wildly off the mark.
Mixologist Phil Wills travels to Holly, Michigan to help rescue a bar whose failure has impacted an entire family and threatens to break themapart.
A bar in St. Clair, Missouri whose owners are a pair of estranged brothers have let the business collapse amidst their fighting and now need helpsaving it.
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.
In East Alton, Illinois, an owner struggles to hold on to the bar that was left to her by her late husband; her daughter struggles to manage the business.
Danny Trejo travels to Macclenny, Florida to rescue a struggling pizza joint whose owner is reluctant to let her daughter take charge.
Visiting Smithton, Illinois to help a failing business; dealing with married owners who are at their breaking point because one is working two jobs to support them while the other is mismanaging every aspect of the bar.
An owner in St. Louis, Missouri needs help preserving the legacy of the bar that was passed along to her by her late fiancé.
Phil Wills goes to Inkster, Minnesota to help three lifelong friends save their neighborhood bar and their friendship.
Jon Taffer is called upon to help a bar owner in Milwaukee, WI whose strained relationship with her pregnant daughter jeopardizes both her bar's future and their family's well-being.
In Carlyle, IL a cajun-themed bar needs rescuing due to its out of control food costs and untrained management and staff.
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 sends Dustin Drai to Goodells, MI to help an owner save his struggling business after his previous two bars also closed down from his mismanagement.
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.
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