Bar Rescue

2013 • Paramount Network
4.8
721 reviews
TV-14
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Season 5 episodes (32)

1 The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
8/7/16
Las Vegas's last classic dive bar with mob ties is about to close its doors due to an owner who's too busy being a nice guy to act like a wiseguy.
2 Wheels of Misfortune
8/14/16
In a desert town, Taffer collides with a hometown hero who operates a bar out of a roller rink, a local landmark that is one wipe-out away from crashing for good.
3 Whipped Into Shape
8/21/16
After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner rolls the dice on a fetish night in order to whip up new business. Will it be a decision he's quick to regret when Taffer takes over?
4 Antisocial Media
9/18/16
Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
5 How to Train Your Goldfish
9/25/16
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?
6 Win, Lose or Brawl
10/2/16
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.
7 Listen Y'all it's Sabatoge
10/9/16
Season-only
New bar owners accuse their manager – and the bar's former owner – of sabotaging their business to steal it back.
8 Gettin' Jigger With It
10/16/16
A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, leave brother and sister bar owners at war with each other.
9 Chase Lounge
10/23/16
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.
10 Zero Drunk Thirty
9/28/16
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.
11 Ice, Mice, Baby
9/28/16
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?
12 Punk as a Drunk
11/12/16
A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.
13 Back to the Bar: Drunky McDrunkerton Returns
11/20/16
Biker-gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print lovin' ladies of The Handlebar, while Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.
14 Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
1/13/17
An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity and risks a potential deal to take over this craft beer bar from his landlord.
15 I Know What You Did Last Summit
1/20/17
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?
16 Struck Out at the Dugout
1/26/17
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.
17 Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water
3/12/17
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.
18 All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
3/19/17
An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step.
19 Bar Over Troubled Water
3/26/17
In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by flooding in Louisiana.
19 Bar Over Troubled Water
3/26/17
In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by flooding in Louisiana.
20 Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
4/2/17
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?
21 Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
4/9/17
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.
22 Casually Tapped Out
7/2/17
In Bar Rescue first, Taffer must resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt-out firefighter who owns it.
23 Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
6/11/17
Its a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump where he must save the failing bar of a man who might lose his sight forever.
24 Mother Doesn't Know Best
7/23/17
Jon Taffer must 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.
25 Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls
7/30/17
It's all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in Bar Rescue history at the bar who's owner is fighting foreclosure.
26 Silence of the Ants
8/6/17
This Long Beach dive bar is infested with more than just bar problems, they've got bug problems.
27 Daddy Dearest
8/13/17
Jon Taffer arrives in the nick of time to save this family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
28 Pool House Rock
3/26/23
Jon confronts an owner who moved his family to pursue his lifelong dream of opening a bar, only for his wife to do all the work.
29 Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls
9/3/17
Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see if husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and if their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.
30 The Unlucky Leprechaun
8/8/17
Jon Taffer has to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.
31 Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions
9/17/17
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?

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
721 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!
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Di McShane
October 1, 2014
I've watched all seasons of Bar Rescue, I've even purchased a few earlier seasons and play them when I feel like having BR marathons. JT comes on so strong and hard initially. Then you realize that he is that way because he actually cares and can give these owners some of his knowledge and know-how to help change their life and businesses. The show is amazing,same goes for the whole staff,production crew, Mr Taffer and all his sponsors ,and people responcible for putting out the show. Thank you all !
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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.
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