The BEST episodes of Bar Rescue
Every episode of Bar Rescue ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bar Rescue!
Bars mean money, but they also mean stress if they aren't properly run. Jon Taffer is a bar and nightclub owner who has started, flipped, or owned over 600 bars and clubs in his career and currently owns one of the most highly respected consulting firms in the bar and nightclub industry. Jon will travel around the country and employ his expertise to return struggling bars to the cash cows they once were. Everything from the science of the perfect pour, to the height of the bar stools is a key factor in making a bar the hottest place in town.
#1 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Season 4 - Episode 46 - Aired 5/15/2016
The Bridge Lounge Tarpon Springs, Florida. A former doctor decides to run The Bridge Lounge, his father's once-successful bar, but runs into trouble when the BP oil spill devastates the local customer base.
#2 - Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2014
Jack's Ale House - Sunnyside, NY Three loud-mouthed firefighting brothers struggle to keep their Queens bar afloat. Can Taffer calm the sparks before this family implodes?
#3 - Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/14/2013
Cashmere Raleigh, NC 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.
#4 - Spoiled Brat Party
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2014
Y-Not III Milwaukee, WI A third generation Milwaukee bar owner puts his father’s legacy on the line by living off his family instead of trying to cut his own piece of the pie.
#5 - Hogtied Ham's
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/2011
Angry Ham's Garage - Framingham, MA Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to save automotive-themed Angry Ham’s Garage from stalling out. Rowdy owners and stonewalling city officials are all lurking right under the hood.
#6 - Meat Sauna
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2013
Stand Up Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ 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.
#7 - Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/7/2013
Sand Dollar Las Vegas, NV 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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#8 - Characters Assassination
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/11/2013
Characters Quarters Garner, NC Characters 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.
#9 - A Bar Full of Bull
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/25/2013
Libad's New Bedford, MA 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?
#10 - Tiki Curse
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2012
The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar - Fort Lauderdale, FL Located on a prime stretch of beach, The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar is still failing. Can Bar Expert Jon Taffer get a bevy of beautiful barmaids to fix this oceanfront eyesore instead of working on their suntans?
#11 - A Horse Walks Into a Bar
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/7/2013
Kid Chilleen's Black Canyon City, AZ 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.
#12 - Turtle on Its Back
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2013
Turtle Bay New Orleans, LA 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?
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#13 - Put it on Cody’s Tab
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/2018
Game Time Sports Grille - Arlington, TN A 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.
#14 - Barely Above Water
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/15/2013
Marley's On The Beach Warwick, RI 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.
#15 - Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/8/2013
The Hammer Las Vegas, NV 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.
#16 - Corking the Hole
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/18/2013
Cliques Hope Mills, NC 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 destination of choice for local military personnel.
#17 - Play Some Janet Jackson!
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/4/2013
Gipsy Las Vegas, NV 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?
#18 - There's No Crying in the Bar Business
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/28/2013
Barlow's Bar & Grill Tucker, GA 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.
#19 - Two Flew Over the Handlebars
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/21/2013
The Handlebar Café Pawcatuck, CT 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?
#20 - Murphy's Mess
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2012
J.A. Murphy's - Fells Point, MD Bar expert Jon Taffer must fix a dirty, binge-drinking bar owned by two fraternity brothers in Fells Point, Maryland. But the rescue gets derailed when Jon discovers the building is about to collapse.
#21 - Fallen Angels
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/17/2011
It’s up to Jon to save a failing biker bar that’s become more strip club than cocktail lounge thanks to its rowdy clientele.
#22 - Bro's Got to Geaux
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/24/2013
TJ Quills New Orleans, LA 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?
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#23 - Karaoke Katastrophe
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/31/2013
Dimples Burbank, CA 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.
#24 - Tears for Beers
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/3/2013
The Brixton Austin, TX 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.
#25 - Bikini Bust
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/2012
Extremes - Orange, CA Despite beautiful bikini-clad bartenders, Extremes is less than a month from closing its doors. Can Bar Expert Jon Taffer successfully use the sexually-charged atmosphere to create a profitable bar?