Bar Rescue

2013 • Paramount Network

4.8

720 reviews

TV-14

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Season 3 episodes (39)

1 Turtle On It's Back

2/10/13

For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence. Can bar expert Jon Taffer get these delusional owners to ditch their copy-cat ways and start thinking for themselves?

2 Rock N Roaches

2/17/13

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.

3 Bro's Got To Geaux!

2/24/13

Bar Expert Jon Taffer must rescue a rundown college bar with a bad reputation for serving minors. But can he get the owner and his bartender buddies to ditch their frat boy ways and focus on the business?

4 Tears For Beers

3/3/13

Bar Expert Jon Taffer fights to save a terminally hip bar on 6th St in Austin, TX that is too cool for its own customers. If he fails it will not only cost a husband & wife their business but possibly their marriage.

5 Empty Pockets

3/10/13

Bar Expert Jon Taffer must rescue a pool hall in Denver from closing, but a prideful immigrant owner stands in his way. Can Jon help him fulfill his American Dream or will it continue to be a nightmare?

6 Jon T, He Don't Like It

3/17/13

10 years ago, The Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado was an urban hotspot. Now it is a relic. Bar Expert Jon Taffer must breathe new life into this dying nightclub otherwise it will become extinct for good.

7 In a Pinch

3/24/13

Lona's Wardlow Station has locals upset over a controversial lobster tank game. Can Bar Expert Jon Taffer bring peace to this blue-collar community?

8 Karaoke Katastrophe

3/31/13

At Dimples, America's first karaoke bar, Jon Taffer must deal with dated décor, an angry chef, and an oblivious owner... who's also a hoarder.

9 A Horse Walks Into a Bar

4/7/13

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.

10 Meat Sauna

4/14/13

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.

11 Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife

7/7/13

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?

12 Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle

7/14/13

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.

13 Two Flew Over The Handlebars

7/21/13

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?

14 There's No Crying in the Bar Business

7/28/13

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.

15 Play. Some. Janet. Jackson!

8/4/13

Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner. Can Jon rescue one of Sin City's most famous landmarks?

16 Characters Assassination

8/11/13

Charters Quarters might be the worst bar concept ever, but it's only 1 of the problems Jon must overcome at this confused establishment run by a family of Yankees in heart of Dixie.

17 Corking the Bunghole

8/18/13

13 miles from Fort Bragg, Cliques suffers from a juvenile name and a repugnant reputation. Jon puts the owners through his personal bar boot camp in the hopes of making it the R&R choice destination for local military personnel.

18 A Bar Full of Bull

8/25/13

A rickety mechanical bull fails to attract customers in this salty New England whaling community. Can Jon right this ship and prevent two siblings from sinking the bar and their father's retirement?

19 Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas

9/8/13

Hammers is a watering hole for blue-collar locals, owned and operated by two classically trained chefs and former friends. Taffer arrives to discover that both their business and their friendship appear beyond repair.

20 Barely Above Water

9/15/13

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.

21 Crappy Cantina

10/6/13

Two brothers have drained their parents' retirement fund by opening an ill-conceived death-metal concert bar. Taffer arrives to run off the metal-head clientele & straighten out this festering mosh pit of failure.

22 Jon of the Dead

10/13/13

Underworld is a "horror" bar run by 2 rocker-burnouts who managed to surpass their music industry failure with an even bigger failure in the bar biz. Jon attempts to transform this hive of scum & villainy into a profit center.

23 Grandpa Got Run Over By His Grandkids

10/20/13

William invested $4 million on a Vegas bar to secure his kids & grandkids' futures. In return they use it as their private boozing & breeding grounds, wasting millions in the process. Can Jon turn this family tragedy around?

24 Hurricane Jon Vs. Hurricane Sandy

10/27/13

It's the biggest rescue in series history: resurrect the hurricane battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach, NY. But with the summer season fast approaching, Jon races to repair the structure & retrain the staff in time.

25 Drunk & Dirty Dolls

11/3/13

This Vegas motorsports bar has come off the track thanks to an inept owner & a staff of busty cougars. Can Jon create a new & classy concept to tap into the largest single & divorced MILF population in the country?

26 Empty Bottles Full Cans

11/10/13

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.

27 Hole in None

11/17/13

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.

28 Brawlin' Babes

12/8/13

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!

29 Twin vs. Twin

12/15/13

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.

30 Hostile Takeover

3/9/14

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

31 Critters and Quitters

3/16/14

A raccoon infestation threatens to exterminate this member's only bar in Kansas.

32 Punch-Drunk & Trailer-Trashed

3/23/14

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

33 Scoreboard to Death

3/30/14

Taffer is joined by celebrity guests Maria Menounos & Adam Carolla as he takes over a failing sports bar, wrangles with an incompetent owner and deals with an undertrained staff.

34 Grow Some Meatballs!

4/6/14

At a family run bar, a brother and sister are locked in conflict with their explosive father. But while Taffer struggles to train an inexperienced staff, disaster is about to ignite in the kitchen.

35 Taxed Out in Texas

4/13/14

Torn apart by a dysfunctional staff and a bad reputation, a tax accountant turned bar owner struggles to keep his biker bar afloat.

36 When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons

4/20/14

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.

37 I Smell a Rat

4/27/14

Profits are going up in smoke due to the overwhelming odors and frat house behavior at this hookah bar.

38 Scary Mary's

5/4/14

The lecherous owner of a dying Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer's experts.

39 Muscle Madness

5/11/14

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.

About this show

Jon Taffer embarks on a cross-country tour of the worst drinking establishments in America. Bad drinks, wild staffs and wasted owners conspire against him and his experts as they give failing businesses one last shot at success.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

720 reviews

Mike “Mash” Callahan

April 26, 2015

Have you ever even looked at building codes or not stuck the bar you rescued with a over priced bill? Because that is just what you do. You ruin great places and force them out of business!

17 people found this review helpful

John Pestka

January 13, 2015

As a bar aficionado and a hopeful future bar owner, I find this show absolutely fascinating and highly entertaining. Jon Taffer is knowledgable and very tough, but he also can connect with the bar owners on an emotional level when necessary. The bar transformations are just incredible to watch, from the facility to the staff getting trained by true experts. And the show always pays off with the big reveal that 99% of the time has the owners and the employees in awe, many times crying tears of joy. Love the show and would recommend it to anyone, even teetotalers.

46 people found this review helpful

Terry Schmierer

November 25, 2014

John Taffer is tuff. Enjoy watching him and his cohurst take a bar and change it to better. He wholes nothing back, he straight forward. Keep up the great work you do helping people in trouble with there business.

1 person found this review helpful

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