Bar Rescue

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Episode 1

Turtle on Its Back

2013-02-10 · 43m

For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.

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Episode 2

Rock N Roaches

2013-02-17 · 43m

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.

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Episode 3

Bro's Got to Geaux!

2013-02-24 · 43m

Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.

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Episode 4

Tears for Beers

2013-03-03 · 43m

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

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Episode 5

Empty Pockets

2013-03-10 · 43m

A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.

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Episode 6

Jon T, He Don't Like It

2013-03-17 · 43m

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

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Episode 7

In a Pinch

2013-03-24 · 43m

The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.

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Episode 8

Karaoke Katastrophe

2013-03-31 · 43m

Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.

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Episode 9

A Horse Walks Into a Bar

2013-04-07 · 43m

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.

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Episode 10

★ 10.0

Meat Sauna

2013-04-14 · 43m

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

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Episode 11

Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife

2013-07-07 · 43m

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?

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Episode 12

★ 9.0

Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle

2013-07-14 · 43m

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.

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Episode 13

Two Flew Over the Handlebars

2013-07-21 · 43m

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?

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Episode 14

There's No Crying in the Bar Business

2013-07-28 · 43m

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.

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Episode 15

Play Some Janet Jackson!

2013-08-04 · 43m

Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.

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Episode 16

Characters Assassination

2013-08-11 · 43m

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

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Episode 17

Corking the Bunghole

2013-08-18 · 43m

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.

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Episode 18

A Bar Full of Bull

2013-08-25 · 43m

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

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Episode 19

Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas

2013-09-08 · 43m

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.

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Episode 20

Barely Above Water

2013-09-15 · 43m

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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Episode 21

Crappy Cantina

2013-10-06 · 43m

Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.

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Episode 22

Jon of the Dead

2013-10-13 · 43m

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.

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Episode 23

Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids

2013-10-20 · 43m

Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.

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Episode 24

Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy

2013-10-27 · 43m

Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.

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Episode 25

Drunk & Dirty Dolls

2013-11-03 · 43m

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.

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Episode 26

Empty Bottles Full Cans

2013-11-10 · 43m

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.

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Episode 27

Hole in None

2013-11-17 · 43m

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.

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Episode 28

Music City Mess

2013-11-24 · 43m

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.

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Episode 29

Brawlin Babes

2013-12-08 · 43m

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!

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Episode 30

Twin vs. Twin

2013-12-15 · 43m

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.

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Episode 31

Hostile Takeover

2014-03-09 · 43m

A heavy drinking owner of an Irish sports bar is the subject of a hostile takeover… by his co-owners!

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Episode 32

Critters and Quitters

2014-03-16 · 43m

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.

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Episode 33

Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed

2014-03-23 · 43m

A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?

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Episode 34

Scoreboard To Death

2014-03-30 · 43m

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

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Episode 35

Grow Some Meatballs!

2014-04-06 · 43m

Issues at a family-run bar include a forceful patriarch and an impending disaster in the kitchen.

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Episode 36

Taxed Out in Texas

2014-04-13 · 43m

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

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Episode 37

When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons

2014-04-20 · 43m

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.

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Episode 38

I Smell A Rat

2014-04-27 · 43m

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.

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Episode 39

Scary Mary's

2014-05-04 · 43m

The owner of a struggling Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer’s experts.

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Episode 40

Muscle Madness

2014-05-11 · 43m

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.

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