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Chef Jason Santos goes to Chesterfield, Michigan to rescue an owner who drinks excessively in his own bar while his kids try to make the bar successful.

A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?

Jon heads to Loveland, CO, to help an overworked, overbearing owner who is buried in debt take a step back, delegate tasks and let his hardworking staff shine.

Phil Wills goes to Inkster, Minnesota to help three lifelong friends save their neighborhood bar and their friendship.

A successful St. Louis, MO, restaurateur risks everything when she decides to add a downtown sports bar to her portfolio and put her out-of-control nephew in charge.

Jon revisits the Dirty Rooster and ruffles the feathers of its owner, then he mediates a muscle-bound dispute between rival Texas bar owners.

Jon revisits Solids & Stripes, Pat's Cocktails, MoonRunners Saloon and Corporate Bar & Grill to see if the hotheaded owners of these once-failing bars are keeping their cools.

Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.

The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.

A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.

VFW Post 6216 - Albuquerque, NM * Jon sets out on a rescue close to his heart when he attempts to boost membership and raise funds for a struggling New Mexico VFW post.

A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.

Two muscle-bound meatheads can't see pec-to-pec on how to run their Houston bar. Now, their tempers and testosterone threaten to tear their friendship apart.

For his 200th rescue, Jon rescues a family who bought a Mexican restaurant at the height of the pandemic and put their daughter's future on the line to chase the bright lights of Vegas.

Jon comes to the rescue of a nearly 100 year old VFW Post that was decimated from Covid and struggles to hang on amidst a dwindling membership and decaying building.

An inexperienced bar owner calls on Jon after hiring a hard-partying manager with no industry knowledge to run Broadway Club in Tooele, Utah.

A gay bar in Las Vegas is on the verge of closing after losing all of its entertainment options due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jon heads to Phoenix, AZ to help a veteran bar owner who's borrowed money from her entire family to fund her failing business.

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

Jon attempts to turn around a Nashville bar with a dated concept. Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, but was replaced with an encore after the owner was involved in a fatal shooting.

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.

An owner who is fighting cancer and his always-tense manager try to work together to save their failing bar in the heart of San Diego's Gaslamp District from closing its doors for good.

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.

In Jacksonville, Florida, Jon Taffer aims to rescue a bar that is suffering from a severe identity crisis and lack of leadership.

A retired Vietnam vet bought a bar and bowling center as a tribute to his father, but the business is heading into the gutter. Now, his family's legacy is at stake, as his business is in danger of shutting down for good.

While trying to tackle a pest-infested bar with an absentee owner in Hickory, NC, Jon finds that its driven staff offers a glimpse of hope.

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.

Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.

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.

For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.

Jon is in Midvale, Utah, to meet The Union owner Bill, who is over $500,000 in debt and hasn't picked up any of the bar knowledge required to help his staff.

In his hometown of Las Vegas, Jon rescues a beloved party bar that blames their downfall on the pandemic until Jon discovers the truth.

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.

Laguna Lounge Jersey City, NJ A passionate Puerto Rican bar owner berates his staff and sons as the bar sinks further into debt. Can Taffer deflate the owner's ego in order to save his bar?

13 miles from Fort Bragg, Cliques suffers from a juvenile name and a repugnant reputation. Jon puts a bar's owners through a personal bar boot camp to attract the local military personnel.

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.

A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a Crossroads.

Bar expert Jon Taffer has his hands full with a failing dive bar in Orange, CA. When he discovers the owner is incapable of running the bar, Jon must pin his hopes on the owner’s untested but eager daughter.

Jon heads to Palm Desert to help rescue a 20 year old bar that has failed to ever make a profit while navigating a complicated web of relationships.

Jon tries to help an owner who is unable to take control of her own bar and explosive chef due to her crippling fear of failure and change.

Jon does reconnaissance at Kalaveraz Cocina-Cantina in Escondido, CA, and finds an owner so in over his head that he's resorted to not paying his staff.

Jon Taffer attempts to rescue a bar in Kingwood, Texas, whose owners have neglected both the business and the staff over the last several years.

Bar expert Jon Taffer heads to Boston to help Bill, the owner of The Chicken Bone, avoid financial ruin. Bill, a former customer who took over the Bone, learned the hard way that running a bar is much tougher than it looks.

Jon Taffer descends on a grotesque goth and rock bar in Austin, TX. Tasteless performances and cockroach infestations are the least of his problems as he spars with the worst bar owner to date.

Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.

In the heart of Atlanta, Jon helps an owner seize her second chance in life by saving her struggling bar and managing her staff.

Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.

Jon Taffer attempts to rescue a bar in Tucson, Arizona whose owner has let the bar fall into disrepair despite the efforts of her skilled staff.

Jon Taffer needs to rescue a failing bar in Houston, TX whose owner turned his life upside down to buy a bar near an ailing lifelong friend.

In Gibsonton, Fla., Jon must help rescue not only a failing bar but a broken marriage after the Covid pandemic destroyed both their business and their relationship.

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

Jon helps the owner of Capo's Restaurant and Speakeasy in Las Vegas, who suffered personal and professional loss during the pandemic, restore the former glory of his mobster-themed bar.

Jon heads to Fountain Hills, Ariz., to help a married couple protect their investment in a bar that is being run into the ground by their friend and business partner.

The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.

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?

Jon Taffer sends his long-time expert, Phil Wills to lead the rescue of a bar in San Marcos, California that is suffering from an identity crisis.

Despite beautiful bikini-clad bartenders, Extremes is less than a month from closing its doors.

Bar expert Jon Taffer is called in to save the family-run Black Sheep in the Irish-German community of Cheviot, Ohio. But Jon discovers that the bar may be beyond rescue due to the owners’ massive debt.

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?

Jon Taffer sends Phil Wills & Danny Trejo to Cleveland, TX to help a pair of friends rescue their bar and their friendship amidst family fights and dying cockroaches.

Jon heads to Gilbert, Arizona to help an owner who has dedicated her life to a bar that has a dangerously dirty kitchen and an untrained bar staff.

Jon heads to Meridian, Idaho, where he confronts the staff of The Hideaway Bar & Grill for enabling the owner's questionable behavior, which is impacting the business.

Dirty Rooster Antioch, IL An outrageous lakeside bar owner spends more time swinging from the rafters than managing his bar, causing Taffer to abandon ship until the owner can face reality.

Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.

Jon returns to see if the McGowan brothers have cooled off their fiery relationship. He also takes on an angry stand-up comedy club owner from Stand Up, Scottsdale

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.

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.

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.

Jon Taffer tries to help a struggling married couple save their karaoke bar in downtown Las Vegas and get back on track with their goals to start a family.

Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to resuscitate Downey’s, a failing Irish pub in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. To do that, he’ll have to inspire Dom, a one-time star chef turned negligent owner, who has let the bar go to ruin.

Jon Taffer visits Fond du Lac in Wisconsin to help a husband and wife rescue their bar and move on from the death of their son.

A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.

In his second re-rescue, Jon returns to Champagne's Cafe to help the struggling bar survive the pandemic and maintain its Las Vegas legacy.

This golf-themed bar is a swing and a miss and its horrendous sanitary conditions are completely out of bounds. Jon must clean house and get rid of the filth as well as the staff responsible for making his expert sick.

The Grant Bar & Lounge - Tracy, CA * 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.

Jon has a hard time getting through to the owner of the Black Light District, who's convinced fixing up his rancid dive would be a betrayal of his punk rock credo.

Jon Taffer heads to Milwaukee, WI to rescue a family whose goal of running a New Orleans inspired frozen daiquiri bar is wildly off the mark.

Bar expert Jon Taffer is called to Redondo Beach, CA, to save Kilkenny’s, an Irish pub on the decline. Though bar manager Carlos threatens Jon’s method and the pub’s success, owner Allie refuses to fire him.

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.

Jon heads to Texas to help a husband and wife rescue their failing bar and learn how to be better partners in business.

A premiere billiards hall in Las Vegas is at risk of closing after it's owner struggles to recover from the effects of the pandemic and an inept manager.

Packey's Pub Milwaukee, WI The American dream becomes a hard reality for this Irish bar owner after Taffer discovers he withheld employee paychecks to keep the business afloat.

Jon must save a former travel agent turned bar owner and her family business before it crashes and burns.

Mixologist Phil Wills travels to Holly, Michigan to help rescue a bar whose failure has impacted an entire family and threatens to break themapart.

A bar in St. Clair, Missouri whose owners are a pair of estranged brothers have let the business collapse amidst their fighting and now need helpsaving it.

Rescuing a failing business in Houston, Texas after its owner buys a bar as a surprise for her husband, only to realize that he is anything but happy.

In East Alton, Illinois, an owner struggles to hold on to the bar that was left to her by her late husband; her daughter struggles to manage the business.

Danny Trejo travels to Macclenny, Florida to rescue a struggling pizza joint whose owner is reluctant to let her daughter take charge.

Visiting Smithton, Illinois to help a failing business; dealing with married owners who are at their breaking point because one is working two jobs to support them while the other is mismanaging every aspect of the bar.

It's all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in show history at the bar whose owner is fighting foreclosure.

Taffer revisits 3 bars whose fortunes have turned for the worse after disasters have ravaged their futures, from the apocalypse themed bar The End to Chicago landmark The Abbey. Can Taffer develop a plan to help them get back on their feet?

Jon reconnects with bar owners Mark Wilson and Ozzie Ardavani to find out what's in store for their relationship, then checks in with La Luz's Edith and Juan Pablo Martinez.

Taffer revisits The Local and finds family turmoil as Mimi is still a thorn in her son's side, while Todd and Elise of Mac & Chesters update Taffer on their marriage and bar.

Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar & more.

Jon looks back at some of his most successful turnarounds and asks the audience to share some of their favorite rescue memories.

Jon Taffer sends mixologist Phil Wills to Toledo, OH to help rescue an ailing owner who lets his untrained staff take advantage of his kindness andhard work.

Jon heads back to MT Bottle to put a fork in their gravy dispute, then he finds out what the owners of Piratz have planned for the future.

Jon revisits bars The Tradewinds and 22 Klicks to see if their respective staffs are still working together or falling back into bad habits.

Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see whether husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and whether their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.

A storied L.A. music venue has fallen into disarray, and it's up to Jon to revive the apathetic owner's passion for his own business.

Jon reveals which of his rescues has been most successful, tests the luck of Campbell's Irish Pub and revisits The Lister and its infamous "porn couch."

Jon attempts to rescue The Original Hideout in Tucson, Arizona, despite that owner Ramiro is $300,000 in debt and his brother Raoul is overwhelmed with his management duties.

In Downey, Jon tasks Phil Wills to help an iconic live music venue get back on its feet after years of neglect and mismanagement.

The gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print loving ladies of The Handlebar; Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.

Jon reconnects with bar owners he’s helped in the past to see if they’ve changed their bad habits, which include drinking on the job and being addicted to canned meat.

n affluent Aurora, CO, an undisciplined singer turned bar owner has allowed his bloated ego to destroy his business and family, and Jon's team must repair the damage.

Jon Taffer is called upon to help a bar owner in Milwaukee, WI whose strained relationship with her pregnant daughter jeopardizes both her bar's future and their family's well-being.

Jon is tasked with rescuing a Chicago sports bar that's heavy on managers and light on respect for the owner.

A lackadaisical owner may lose more than his Irish pub if Jon isn't able to help him take charge and end the fighting among his bartenders.

Taffer is assisted by Alexander Siddig and Iddo Goldbert, the stars of TUT, to help him rescue a Moroccan bar with an identity crisis.

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.

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.

The owner of Blue Sports Grille in Loveland, CO, is in danger of losing his marriage and retirement dreams if Jon can't get him to step up, make changes and create an identity for his bar.

Putting the future of the service industry to the test, Jon and the crew help students at UNLV's College of Hospitality prepare for a VIP cocktail party.

Jon helps an owner who battled childhood illness and the loss of his father learn how to run a bar and manage a business.

A womanizing owner will lose his run-down Caribbean bar, and his wife, if he can't change his toxic behavior.

Jon heads to Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, to save a community-centered bar from going under at the hands of an absentee owner and rookie manager.

An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step

Jon attempts to rescue a bar in Maricopa, Ariz., whose owner has squandered a half a million-dollar investment from his parents.

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.

Jon brings in culinary expert Aaron McCargo Jr. and mixologist Mia Mastroianni to help a Florida couple's bar bounce back after years of failure under their son's management.

A bar owner takes a less active role in his business after becoming convinced his bar is haunted.

Taffer faces his most resistive owner yet after a lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent of this World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.

After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, a brother and sister find themselves in over their heads in damages to their previously successful Asian fusion restaurant Shibo.

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.

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.

Jon is tasked with getting the apathetic owner of Van Goghz to put down her vape pen and start engaging with customers.

The obnoxious behavior of two feuding brothers threatens to put an end to the storied legacy of Royal Oaks, the oldest bar and barbecue joint in Youngstown, Ohio.

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.

Jon is tasked with rescuing Gil & Rick's, a sports bar and pizzeria run by two surly, inexperienced owners who resent customers actually ordering their subpar pies.

Jon visits The Hooch, an X-rated bar where the foulmouthed owner wastes her husband's money and constantly berates her female staff.

Jon is called in to help the failing owner of Baseline Sports Bar, whose sexually exploitive spaghetti wrestling events have driven away female customers.

In the heart of Texas, Jon must help an owner figure out how to be a better boss and help her personal assistant step up to lead the bar.

After a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner sees his profits go up in smoke.

Nostalgia drives a successful bar owner to purchase a dive bar he patronized in his youth, but his focus on his primary business causes the second bar to slide into chaos.

The eccentric owner of Brix Wine Bar is too busy being the life of the party to notice his business is withering on the vine.

It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.

After a near-fatal heart attack, Artie, the owner of Alibi in Las Vegas, lost his zeal for the work, and it's up to Jon to help him get it back.

Jon Taffer sends legendary mixologist, Phil Wills to rescue a filthy bar in Oxnard, California and help a newlywed couple realize their dreams.

Jon Taffer sends Ashish Alfred to Port St. Lucie, Florida to help three brothers save a bar they bought with no knowledge or experience of how to run it.

Jon Taffer heads to Kenosha, Wisc. to rescue a long-standing bar whose owner has failed to update the business over the past 30 years.

A historic bar in Sheboygan, Wisc. faces closure because of an owner with a bad attitude whose staff is afraid to speak out against him.

The feud between the owners of Mac & Chester's SRO has led to a bifurcation of their business and attracted a dysfunctional, rowdy clientele.

Jon tries to help the owner of New England's Ale House Grille, a single mom who's become reliant on a rude, incompetent manager since her husband left.

Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.

A former psychologist turned bar owner attempts to run a Detroit jazz club, but her interfering family and lazy staff have her seeking counseling from Jon.

An absentee owner puts his marriage on the line by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female clientele. Can Taffer step in to save a crumbling relationship and a failed bar?

A sports bar with no TV's isn't Jon's biggest problem at this Missouri establishment. Taffer must get brawling buckle bunny bartenders and their spineless owner to unite in one common cause: Gut the competition!

A frenetic bar owner with no prior bar experience drives the Copper Rocket Pub into the ground by bringing in carnivalesque entertainment.

An industrious immigrant with a history of business success bites off more than he can chew when he buys Blue Water and takes a hands-off management approach.

It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.

Jon heads to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee to rescue The Wanted Saloon, whose remote location is just the first of many challenges.

The owner of the Recovery Room in San Antonio treats running a bar like a never-ending party, but her reckless ways may soon end the party, her business and her marriage.

Jon Taffer tries to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.

Jon tries to save a firehouse-themed bar outside of Boise, Idaho and confronts an owner with excuses for everything.

In Banning, California, a failing bar has caused a major rift between a brother and sister, and Jon Taffer must find a way to help them repair the damage.

Jon appoints hospitality expert Dustin Drai to Apache Junction, Arizona to rescue a small town bar whose owners have no experience in operations, design, or service.

After a series of devastating losses, Jon must help an owner and her staff get back on track from their personal tragedies as well as a global pandemic.

In Ybor City, Fla., Jon helps rescue a bar owner who made some questionable choices on the theme, decor, and menu in her bar.

Jon tries to motivate the inattentive owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, music venue plagued by mismanagement and an ant infestation.

Bar expert Jon Taffer attempts to breathe new life into failing Philadelphia champagne bar Swanky Bubbles. To accomplish that, he'll need to deal with a playboy owner, a sprawling menu, and the worst bar layout in America.

A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.

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.

Jon is called in to help a retired baseball player turned bar owner who struck out when he hired a boozy staff content to waste the bar's profits.

A soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.

Jon travels to San Antonio to help a bar owner whose life-of-the-party personality has set the standard for indulgent on-the-job drinking and unprofessional practices.