Bar Rescue (2011)

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

Jon Taffer descends on a grotesque goth and rock bar in Austin, TX. Tasteless performances and cockroach infestations are the least of his…

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

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

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

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

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

Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivio…

Horses defecating inside this Arizona bar are the least of Jon Taffer’s problems. He must contend with drunk owners, a family in turmoil, a…

Bad ventilation cause hot, moist burger smoke to fill Scottsdale’s least funny comedy club. Jon Taffer arrives to clear the air and use pro…

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…

North Carolina’s Cashmere Nightclub has a bad name, poor décor and an embarrassing manager, but when Jon learns that they are refilling pre…

Two buxom sisters have driven their biker bar in Pawcatuck, Connecticut into a ditch. Can Jon get these party women to stop binge drinking…

Jon heads to a Georgia sports bar and encounters an owner who’s incessant crying seems to prevent her noticing the massive employee theft i…

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

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

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 b…

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

Jon visits a struggling blue-collar joint in Las Vegas, where he deals with the strained friendship between the two classically trained che…

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.

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

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.

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

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

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…

Customers bringing in their own booze and bartenders flashing their boobs aren’t Jon’s biggest problems with this Tennessee watering hole.…

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 ge…

Jon attempts to turn around a Nashville bar with a dated concept. Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, bu…

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…

Lights, sirens and handcuffs greet Jon before he even enters the door of this Kansas City bar. Sibling rivalry between two identical twins…

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

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…

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

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

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

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

Too busy canoodling to notice his staff is sinking, a manager treats his bar like a romantic playground, forcing Taffer to demand inside he…

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…

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

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…