The BEST episodes of Bar Rescue season 5
Every episode of Bar Rescue season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bar Rescue season 5!
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 - Casually Tapped Out
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/2/2017
Casual Tap - Chicago, IL Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
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#2 - Ice, Mice, Baby
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/6/2016
Fort One - San Francisco, CA 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?
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#3 - Wheels of Misfortune
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/2016
The Wheel House Bar - Hemet, CA In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.
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#4 - Antisocial Media
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/2016
Celebrities Sports Grill - Yucaipa, CA Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
#5 - Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/16/2017
Paddy's Irish Pub - Pahrump, NV It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, NV where he must save the failing bar of a man who might lose his sight forever.
#6 - The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2016
Champagne's Cafe - Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas' 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.
#7 - Chase Lounge
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/23/2016
The Tradewinds - Cotati, CA 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.
#8 - Gettin' Jigger With It
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/16/2016
Sam Jordan's - Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA Jon visits a historical bar owned by a brother and sister in conflict over profits and responsibilities.
#9 - Zero Dark Drunky
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/30/2016
Brickhouse Bar & Grill - Colorado Springs, CO 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.
#10 - How to Train Your Goldfish
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/25/2016
YNot Sports Pub & Grub - Everett, WA 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?
#11 - I Know What You Did Last Summit
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/26/2017
Summit House Grill And Tap - Lakewood, CO An absentee owner threatens his marriage by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female patrons.
#12 - Win, Lose, or Brawl
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2016
Russell City Grill & Sports Bar - Hayward, CA 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.
#13 - Silence of the Ants
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/6/2017
Liquid Lounge - Long Beach, CA A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.
#14 - Punk as a Drunk
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/13/2016
Triple Nickel Tavern - Colorado Springs, CO Tragedy overwhelms an owner and puts his bar in jeopardy, but he draws Jon's ire after roughhousing with his employees.
#15 - Daddy Dearest
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/13/2017
Sidelines Sports Grill & Bar - Mount Dora, FL Jon helps a family run bar that's on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
#16 - Struck Out at the Dugout
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/5/2017
The Dugout - Chicago, IL Jon faces a lackluster and stubborn landlord forced to become a Chicago sports bar owner after a previous tenant stopped paying rent.
#17 - Listen Y'all It's Sabotage
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/9/2016
Schafer's Bar & Grill - Sumner, WA New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine who's right and who's wrong.
#18 - Whipped Into Shape
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/21/2016
City Bar - Las Vegas, NV After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.
#19 - All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/19/2017
Speakeasy Bar & Grill - Kenner, Louisiana. The owner of a bar experiences an emotional breakdown and is brought to the brink of tears when her establishment begins to suffer from a series of setbacks that puts its opportunity to succeed in the future at potential risk.
#20 - Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 8/20/2017
Rockin' Rhonda's Lounge - Sanford, FL It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a crumbling bar with a crumbling floor.
#21 - Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' to Do
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2017
Desi Romano's Sports Bar & Grill - Chalmette, LA After suffering a stroke, a bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy.
#22 - Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/2017
St8 Pub - Englewood, Colorado. An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
#23 - Mother Doesn't Know Best
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/23/2017
Jack's Place - Las Vegas, NV Jon Taffer tries to 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.
#24 - The Unlucky Leprechaun
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/10/2017
Lucky Leprechaun Irish Saloon - Davenport, FL 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.
#25 - Bar Over Troubled Water
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2017
Big Mike's Sports Bar & Grill - Denham Springs, LA Taffer rescues a successful bar, and the beacon of a community, that was destroyed by flooding in Louisiana.