Episode 1
Turtle on Its Back
43m
For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.
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Bar Rescue
2011TV-PG10 seasons8.0 / 10
He’s not here to take names. He’s here to take over.
Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant
Season 3 episodes
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Episode 2
Rock N Roaches
43m
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.
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Episode 3
Bro's Got to Geaux!
43m
Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.
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Episode 4
Tears for Beers
43m
A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.
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Episode 5
Empty Pockets
43m
A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.
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Episode 6
Jon T, He Don't Like It
43m
The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.
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Episode 7
In a Pinch
43m
The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.
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Episode 8
Karaoke Katastrophe
43m
Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.
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Episode 9
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
43m
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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Episode 10
Meat Sauna
43m10.0 / 10
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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Episode 11
Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
43m
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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Episode 12
Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
43m9.0 / 10
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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Episode 13
Two Flew Over the Handlebars
43m
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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Episode 14
There's No Crying in the Bar Business
43m
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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Episode 15
Play Some Janet Jackson!
43m
Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.
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Episode 16
Characters Assassination
43m
A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.
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Episode 17
Corking the Bunghole
43m
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.
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Episode 18
A Bar Full of Bull
43m
Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.
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Episode 19
Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
43m
Jon visits a struggling blue-collar joint in Las Vegas, where he deals with the strained friendship between the two classically trained chefs who own and operate it.
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Episode 20
Barely Above Water
43m
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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Episode 21
Crappy Cantina
43m
Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.
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Episode 22
Jon of the Dead
43m
Jon has a few shocks to deliver to two former members of the music industry who have opened a horror-themed bar that is dying on its feet.
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Episode 23
Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids
43m
Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.
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Episode 24
Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy
43m
Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.
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Episode 25
Drunk & Dirty Dolls
43m
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.
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Episode 26
Empty Bottles Full Cans
43m
Customers bringing in their own booze and bartenders flashing their boobs aren’t Jon’s biggest problems with this Tennessee watering hole. Taffer must ignite a lazy owner’s ingenuity to save the bar from going bust.
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Episode 27
Hole in None
43m
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.
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Music City Mess
43m
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.
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Episode 29
Brawlin Babes
43m
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!
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Episode 30
Twin vs. Twin
43m
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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Episode 31
Hostile Takeover
43m
A heavy drinking owner of an Irish sports bar is the subject of a hostile takeover… by his co-owners!
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Episode 32
Critters and Quitters
43m
KC's Neighborhood Bar & Grill is a rowdy members- only bar in Kansas whose profits have been going up in smoke thanks to the over-generous retired manager, lack of hygiene and an infestation of raccoons.
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Episode 33
Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed
43m
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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Episode 34
Scoreboard To Death
43m
Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.
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Episode 35
Grow Some Meatballs!
43m
Issues at a family-run bar include a forceful patriarch and an impending disaster in the kitchen.
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Episode 36
Taxed Out in Texas
43m
Jon visits a struggling biker bar owned by a former tax accountant.
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Episode 37
When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons
43m
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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Episode 38
I Smell A Rat
43m
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.
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Episode 39
Scary Mary's
43m
The owner of a struggling Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer’s experts.
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Episode 40
Muscle Madness
43mfinale
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.
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More about Bar Rescue
Cast
Jon TafferSelfCredits
- Created by
- Darrin Reed
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Reality
- Episodes
- 301
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
SpikeUnited States
Paramount NetworkUnited States
3 Ball ProductionsUnited States
MTV Entertainment StudiosUnited States- Eyeworks USAUnited States
Themes
intenserenovation
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