The WORST episodes of Bar Rescue
Every episode of Bar Rescue ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Father Knows Best
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/2018
No Name Saloon - Edgewater, FL A demanding father struggles to hand over the reins to his daughter or control his unruly customers at this failing biker bar in Central Florida.
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Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/5/2018
The Wanted Saloon - Dickson, TN Jon heads to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee to rescue The Wanted Saloon, whose remote location is just the first of many challenges.
#3 - Don't Cry for Me Jon Taffer
Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/17/2019
RJ'S Replay - Tucson, AZ Jon attempts to save sports bar RJ's Replays, which is full of potential but failing due to poor management, and mend the owner's relationships with his wife and parents.
#4 - Not Cleared for Takeoff
Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/2018
The Airliner - Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, CA Jon must help reignite a bar owner's passion for his notorious East LA music venue.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fatballs
Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/29/2018
Fatballs - Jacksonville, FL Jon Taffer tries to rescue a Jacksonville sportsbar with a horrible reputation and an even worse name that leaves the bar without a single customer.
#8 - Un-Civil War
Season 6 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/28/2019
Eliphino - Las Vegas, NV A Las Vegas dive bar with an unused kitchen struggles at the hands of an owner who either can't or won't ask for help and who makes more enemies than friends. Jon Taffer could be his greatest friend and rescue his business... or his worst nightmare if the owner doesn't change his ways.
#9 - Till Debt Do Us Part
Season 4 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/4/2015
Caribe Night Club - San Diego, California A womanizing owner and his enraged wife struggle with their run-down Caribbean bar; Taffer tries to turn the bar around before the business hits the rocks and the owner's wife bails.
#10 - Ripper's Rookie House
Season 4 - Episode 33 - Aired 11/1/2015
Ripper's Rock House - Akron, Ohio Rock legend and former Judas Priest front man turned bar owner calls on Jon Taffer to amp up his struggling live music venue before he's forced to pull the plug on the entire business.
#11 - Ants with Wings, Bro!
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 7/26/2015
Tonic Lounge - Portland, Oregon Motivating the inattentive owner of a failing Portland music venue that has an ant infestation.
#12 - Momster's Ball
Season 4 - Episode 49 - Aired 7/17/2016
Baseline Sports Bar Tempe, Arizona. Jon is called in to help the failing owner of Baseline Sports Bar, whose sexually exploitive spaghetti wrestling events have driven away female customers.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Pole Without a Purpose
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2018
Club Platinum - Las Vegas, NV A gentleman's club in Las Vegas, Nev., is in need of some gentlemen.
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#15 - Rescue on the River
Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/2022
AJ’s on the River – Gibsonton, FL – A riverside bar in Florida is struggling to stay afloat due to a manager with no experience, a staff co-mingling and a wildly out-of-line menu for their community.
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#16 - Game Over
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/12/2022
Throwbacks – Sanford, FL – Jon heads to Sanford, Florida to revitalize a retro-arcade bar that is falling apart and an owner who has an excuse for everything.
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Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/21/2019
Kiva Lounge and Bar - San Marcos, TX Two burnout rockers have lost $200,000 just two years into owning their bar. Now Jon has to make them face the music and grow up before their lights turn off for good.
#18 - Magically Atrocious
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/15/2022
Cerealholic Cafe & Bar – Ybor City, FL – In Ybor City, Florida, Jon helps rescue a bar owner who made some questionable choices on the theme, decor, and menu in her bar.
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#19 - Sour Lemons and Bitter Business
Season 4 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/25/2015
Martini Brothers Burger Bar - Youngstown, Ohio Bitter owners clash with their landlord and partner, who would rather paint fruit in the name of art, than fight to save this failing Ohio burger bar.
#20 - Mandala Down
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2015
Mandala Lounge - San Mateo, CA A self-proclaimed “nightlife expert” afflicted by mounting debt and a ballooning ego butts heads with Jon Taffer as he battles to show him the error of his ways.
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Season 6 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/12/2019
The China Grove Trading Post - China Grove, TX When the owners of a country bar, a couple on the brink of retirement, can't stop enabling their belligerent daughter, Jon must get them to face facts.
#22 - How to Train the Dragon
Season 4 - Episode 44 - Aired 4/24/2016
George & Dragon Phoenix, AZ Jon must help the owner of George & Dragon come to terms with his mother's death before he drinks away all his profits and the family legacy.
#23 - 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.
#24 - When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons
Season 3 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/20/2014
Pat's Cocktails North Hollywood, CA Too busy canoodling to notice his staff is sinking, a manager treats his bar like a romantic playground, forcing Taffer to demand inside help from the bartenders.
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#25 - 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.
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