An owner spent his life savings on a run down bar, and attempted a fetish night to bring in more clientele, but has to face defiance and drama from members of his staff.
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?
The new owners of a Washington bar are accusing their manager, also the former owner, of attempting to destroy the business from the inside. One of the owners snap when one of the bartenders storm out and quit.
A historic San Francisco bar, founded by legendary boxer Sam Jordan, is in dire need of saving. Profits are divided and the children of the late ring fighter can't work with each other.
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.
After receiving a nightclub from his successful father, a spoiled bar owner drains profits while his employees are barely making anything, and allows mice and filth within the establishment.
After a series of family tragedies, a former punk musician allows his inexperienced staff to cost him money. His obscene roughhousing with his workers ignites Taffer.
Jon is brought to a craft beer bar to help an owner who lacks in staff, drinks away profits, and takes advantage of his mother's generosity before the landlord evicts him from the establishment.
An owner, returning from his absence, nearly ruins his marriage by drinking away profits, goofing off, and flirting with female patrons. Can Jon fix the bar and the marriage?
After evicting a tenant who refused to pay rent, a drunken owner degrades his sports bar, allows flies to scour the establishment. His ego, constant drinking, and excuses push the staff to their breaking point.
After the 2016 flood damage in Louisiana, an owner of a successful bar who is desperate to restore his establishment is seeking Jon's help to get his business up and running again.
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 Taffer must 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.
Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see if husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and if their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.