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Bar Rescue
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
- Created by:
- Darrin Reed
- Cast:
- Jon Taffer
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- Spike, Paramount Network
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 6
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Put It on Cody’s Tab
2018-03-11 · 43mA 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.
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E02
Episode 2
Close, But No Cigar
2018-03-18 · 43mWhen 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.
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E03
Episode 3
Weird Science
2018-03-25 · 43mTwo scientists struggle with the correct formula to run a successful bar.
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Episode 4
Ground Control to Major Jon
2018-04-01 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 5
Mississippi Rears
2018-04-08 · 43mA Navy vet finds himself in over his head when he relies on his unqualified friend to manage his failing Mississippi dive bar.
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Back to the Bar: Don't Call It a Comeback
2018-04-15 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 7
Pole Without a Purpose
2018-04-22 · 43mA soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.
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Episode 8
An Ode to the Cap'n
2018-04-29 · 43mA 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.
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Episode 9
Crazy Little Thing Called Selman
2018-05-06 · 43mA frenetic bar owner with no prior bar experience drives the Copper Rocket Pub into the ground by bringing in carnivalesque entertainment.
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Episode 10
Caving In
2018-05-13 · 43mThe 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.
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Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face
2018-05-20 · 43mTaffer 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.
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Episode 12
Down and Out in Las Vegas
2018-06-03 · 43mJon 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.
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Back to the Bar: The Power of Bacon and Beer
2018-06-10 · 43mJon looks back at some of his most successful turnarounds and asks the audience to share some of their favorite rescue memories.
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Episode 14
Father Knows Best
2018-06-17 · 43mJon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.
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Episode 15
Phishing for Answers
2018-06-24 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 16
Not Cleared for Takeoff
2018-07-01 · 43mA 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.
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Back to the Bar: Tough Love
2018-07-08 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 18
Fish Out of Blue Water
2018-07-15 · 43mAn 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.
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Episode 19
Operation Puerto Rico
2018-07-22 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 20
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fatballs
2018-07-29 · 43mAn unappealing name is just the first of many problems plaguing Fatballs Sports Bar & Grill, where Jon must get a belligerent owner to accept responsibility.
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Episode 21
The Unwanted Saloon
2018-08-05 · 43mJon heads to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee to rescue The Wanted Saloon, whose remote location is just the first of many challenges.
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Back to the Bar: The Tradewinds of Change
2018-08-12 · 43mJon revisits bars The Tradewinds and 22 Klicks to see if their respective staffs are still working together or falling back into bad habits.
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Episode 23
Star Lite, Star Not So Brite
2018-08-19 · 43mNostalgia 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.
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Episode 24
There Will Be Family Blood
2018-08-26 · 43mA 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.
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Episode 25
The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico
2019-03-03 · 43mAfter 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.
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Episode 26
Dalia’s Inferno
2019-03-10 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 27
Don’t Cry for Me Jon Taffer
2019-03-17 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 28
Owner on the Run
2019-03-24 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 29
Twerking 9 to 5
2019-03-31 · 43mA twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a Crossroads.
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Episode 30
Back to School
2019-04-07 · 43mPutting 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.
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Episode 31
Tanked and Toasty
2019-04-14 · 43mThe 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.
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Episode 32
Miles from Success
2019-04-21 · 43mTwo rockers in need of money decided to open Kiva in a Texas college town, but their inexperience and apathy have cost them $200,000.
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Episode 33
Uncivil War
2019-04-28 · 43mJon attempts to rescue Eliphino, a Las Vegas dive dar struggling because of an owner who makes bad decisions and more enemies than friends.
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Episode 34
LIV'n on a Prayer
2019-05-05 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 35
Big Trouble in Little China Grove
2019-05-12 · 43mThe 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.
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Episode 36
Pie Hard
2019-05-19 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 37
Driving Miss Tara
2019-06-02 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 38
All Blaze, No Glory
2019-07-14 · 43mJenny 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.
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Episode 39
Reckless Roundhouse
2019-07-21 · 43mTo 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.
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Episode 40
John and Bert Bought a Bar
2019-07-28 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 41
Green Walls and Donkey Balls
2019-08-04 · 43mTwo best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their bar.
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Episode 42
Doreen's Dilemma
2019-08-11 · 43mThe daughter of a longtime bar owner finds herself saddled with the responsibility of running his business after he abruptly passes away.
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Episode 43
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bar
2019-08-18 · 43mAfter a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner sees his profits go up in smoke.
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Episode 44
So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer
2019-08-25 · 43mMark and Ozzie face Jon Taffer a second time in hopes that he will rescue another one of their failing bars.
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Episode 45
The Sound of Failing Music
2019-09-15 · 43mn 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.
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Episode 46
Saving G.I. Jodi
2019-09-22 · 43mJon 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.
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Episode 47
Get Off Your Ass!
2019-09-29 · 43mThe 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.
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