Bar Rescue (2011)
Jon Taffer offers his professional expertise—at no charge—to desperately failing bars in order to save them from closing.
Cast: Jon Taffer, P.J. King
The Mother of All Failures
Jon heads to Phoenix to help a veteran bar owner who borrowed money from her family.
Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill
Jon tries to help an owner who is unable to take control of her own bar or her explosive chef due to her crippling fear of failure and change.
A Silver Dollar Saved Is a Silver Dollar Earned
Jon heads to the Silver Dollar in Chula Vista, CA, where the unresolved tensions between the father and son owners have led to operational issues and neglect.
Bottoms Up, Going Down
Jon arrives at Bottoms Up to discover a staff running wild, a manager lacking courage to control his staff, and an owner ready to sell her bar.
In the Rough
Two absentee owners see their bar as more of an investment than a business and refuse to engage with the staff or customers until Jon Taffer comes to intervene.
Raging Turkey
Jon Taffer helps a defiant owner take responsibility for his failures in order to save himself from ruin.
Beast Rescue
Jon travels to Oakland, CA, to help Marshawn Lynch turn around his bar, Rob Ben's, by teaching the NFL star to treat his staff less like family and more like a team.
Come Home to Roost
A bar owner's drunk antics chase away customers and force her husband and their investor to pick up the slack.
Taken for Granted
Jon goes to Northern California to save The Grant Bar for a know-it-all owner who blames everybody but himself for the failures of his establishment.
Life's a Beach
Jon attempts to rescue The Sandbar as an investor and owner battle over control of a sinking bar.
Saving Post 6216
Jon sets out to boost membership and raise funds for a struggling New Mexico VFW post; a rescue that is close to his heart.
Still Bill
Deep in debt to his in-laws, a passive, clueless bar owner evokes the wrath of Jon and his own staff.
Breaking Brandon
After emptying his sick mother's life savings, a man is moments away from a meltdown; he is four days away from closing his dream bar.
Gutterball!
A retired Vietnam vet's family's legacy is at stake. He bought a bar and bowling center as a tribute to his father, but the business is heading into the gutter and in danger of shutting down for good.
Sactown Going Down
T-Pain and Jon Taffer travel to historic Old Town Sacramento to resurrect an owner haunted by the ghosts of his past, as well as his failures as an owner.