The BEST episodes of Bar Rescue season 3

Every episode of Bar Rescue season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bar Rescue season 3!

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.

Last Updated: 11/4/2024Network: Paramount NetworkStatus: Ended
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Characters Assassination
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8.16
187 votes

#1 - 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.

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Meat Sauna
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8.04
194 votes

#2 - 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.

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Hurricane Jon Vs Hurricane Sandy
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8.00
48 votes

#3 - Hurricane Jon Vs Hurricane Sandy

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/27/2013

Bungalow Bar Rockaway Beach, NY 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.

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Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
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7.99
141 votes

#4 - 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.

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Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
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7.98
173 votes

#5 - 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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A Horse Walks Into a Bar
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7.96
217 votes

#6 - 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.

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A Bar Full of Bull
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7.95
164 votes

#7 - 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?

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Barely Above Water
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7.90
186 votes

#8 - 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.

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Play Some Janet Jackson!
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7.89
216 votes

#9 - 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?

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Turtle on Its Back
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7.89
249 votes

#10 - 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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Corking the Hole
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7.89
194 votes

#11 - 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.

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star
7.83
42 votes

#12 - Music City Mess

Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/25/2013

BoondoxXx BBQ Nashville, TN A country music snob with an explosive personality turns to Jon for help. Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, but was replaced with an encore after the owner was accused of fatally shooting a patron, and then claimed the shooting was in self-defense. However, it aired unintentionally three hours later in a late-night "encore slot" due to a technical/human error.

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I Smell A Rat
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7.83
48 votes

#13 - I Smell A Rat

Season 3 - Episode 38 - Aired 4/27/2014

Oasis Hookah Bar Omaha, NE Oasis Hookah Bar is in dire straits. They serve toxic drinks and have terrible service. To top it all off, there's a dead rat somewhere in the building, but nobody knows where.

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There's No Crying in the Bar Business
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7.83
172 votes

#14 - 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.

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Two Flew Over the Handlebars
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7.79
194 votes

#15 - 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?

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Karaoke Katastrophe
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7.79
224 votes

#16 - 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.

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Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
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7.77
168 votes

#17 - 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.

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Jon T, He Don't Like It
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7.75
235 votes

#18 - Jon T, He Don't Like It

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/17/2013

Kasbah Aurora, CO 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.

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Bro's Got to Geaux
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7.75
230 votes

#19 - 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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Tears for Beers
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7.74
224 votes

#20 - 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.

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Empty Pockets
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7.74
232 votes

#21 - Empty Pockets

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/10/2013

Zanzibar Denver, CO 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?

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Punch-Drunk & Trailer Trashed
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7.60
65 votes

#22 - Punch-Drunk & Trailer Trashed

Season 3 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/23/2014

OFace Bar Council Bluffs, IA A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?

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In a Pinch
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7.50
220 votes

#23 - In a Pinch

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/24/2013

Lona's Wardlow Station Long Beach, CA Lona's Wardlow Station has locals upset over a controversial lobster tank game. Can Jon Taffer bring peace and profitability back to this blue-collar watering hole?

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Twin Vs. Twin
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7.49
71 votes

#24 - Twin Vs. Twin

Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/15/2013

RG's Lounge Independence, MO 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.

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Crappy Cantina
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7.49
109 votes

#25 - Crappy Cantina

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/6/2013

Rocky Point Cantina Tempe, AZ 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.

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