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Bar Rescue

  • TV-PG
  • 2011–
  • 10 seasons
  • Reality
  • 7.9

He’s not here to take names. He’s here to take over.

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

Episodes

16 episodes
  1. 1Sactown Going Down

    43 minMar 1, 2020

    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.

  2. 2Gutterball!

    43 minMar 8, 2020

    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.

  3. 3Breaking Brandon

    43 minMar 15, 2020

    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.

  4. 4Still Bill

    43 minMar 22, 2020

    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.

  5. 5Saving Post 6216

    43 minMar 29, 2020

    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.

  6. 6Life's a Beach

    43 minApr 5, 2020

    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.

  7. 7Taken for Granted

    43 minApr 12, 2020

    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.

  8. 8Come Home to Roost

    43 minApr 19, 2020

    An inexperienced bar owner calls on Jon after hiring a hard-partying manager with no industry knowledge to run Broadway Club in Tooele, Utah.

  9. 9Beast Rescue

    43 minApr 26, 2020

    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.

  10. 10Raging Turkey

    43 minMay 3, 2020

    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.

  11. 11In the Rough

    43 minMay 17, 2020

    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.

  12. 12Bottoms Up, Going Down

    43 minMay 31, 2020

    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.

  13. 13A Silver Dollar Saved Is a Silver Dollar Earned

    43 minJun 7, 2020

    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.

  14. 14Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill

    43 minJun 14, 2020

    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.

  15. 15The Gaslamp Redemption

    43 minSep 6, 2020

    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.

  16. 16The Mother of All Failures

    43 minSep 13, 2020

    Jon heads to Phoenix, AZ to help a veteran bar owner who's borrowed money from her entire family to fund her failing business.

Where to watch Bar Rescue

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Series cast

Jon TafferSelf301 episodes

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