Bar Rescue

Thursday, October 31

Murphy's Mess

Season 2 • Episode 3

Jon must fix a rat-infested bar owned by two fraternity brothers in Fells Point, Md.

Thursday, October 31

Take Me Out of the Bar Game

Season 4 • Episode 22

A retired professional baseball player's intoxicated staff is giving away his profits.

Thursday, October 31

Brawlin' Babes

Season 3 • Episode 29

Jon must get fighting bartenders and their spineless owner to unite.

Thursday, October 31

Thugs with Mugs

Season 4 • Episode 2

Customers attack Taffer's crew after discovering they're being served cheap booze at premium prices.

Thursday, October 31

Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead

Season 5 • Episode 14

An owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.

Thursday, October 31

So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer

Season 6 • Episode 44

Mark and Ozzie hope that Jon will rescue another one of their failing bars.

Thursday, October 31

Close, But No Cigar

Season 6 • Episode 2

A man takes a stab at the bar business and discovers hiring his son wasn't what he had expected.

Thursday, October 31

Personal Assistant, Professional Failure

Season 8 • Episode 15

Jon must help an owner figure out how to be a better boss and help her personal assistant.

Thursday, October 31

Deadliest Kitchen

Season 9 • Episode 1

An owner who dedicates her life to a bar with a dangerously dirty kitchen and untrained staff.

Friday, November 1

The Blue Frog Sings the Blues

Season 1 • Episode 6

The Blue Frog 22 is a failing bar in Chicago.

Friday, November 1

Play. Some. Janet. Jackson!

Season 3 • Episode 15

Jon looks to save Las Vegas' first gay nightclub from its verbally abusive and intoxicated owner.

Friday, November 1

The Perks of Being a Wallpaper

Season 5 • Episode 1

A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close because of an owner who's too nice.

Friday, November 1

Hard Heads and Softballs

Season 4 • Episode 43

Taffer helps two feuding bar owners; one is ready to leave and the other's marriage is on the line.

Friday, November 1

Star Lite, Star Not So Brite

Season 6 • Episode 23

An absentee owner turns his back while profits go down the drain at his beer-only bar.

Friday, November 1

The Unwanted Saloon

Season 6 • Episode 21

Jon Taffer must turn an aspiring musician into a responsible bar owner.

Friday, November 1

Beast Rescue

Season 7 • Episode 9

NFL legend Marshawn Lynch calls for help to get his family in line at his bar, Rob Ben's.

Friday, November 1

JJ's Sports Bust

Season 8 • Episode 24

A family-owned bar is struggling due to the owner's on-the-job behavior.

Friday, November 1

Missing the Marc

Season 9 • Episode 6

Jon Taffer heads to St. Augustine, Florida to help a military vet rescue his struggling bar.

Saturday, November 2

Bromancing the Stone

Season 4 • Episode 15

An outdated sports bar with an owner who is more interested in fantasy football than business.

Sunday, November 3

The Napoleon Complex

Season 8 • Episode 27

Jon must teach a former engineer and his staff how to properly run a nightclub.

Sunday, November 3

In a Pinch

Season 3 • Episode 7

The locals are upset over a controversial lobster tank game.

Sunday, November 3

Green Walls and Donkey Balls

Season 6 • Episode 41

Two pals act more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their bar.

Monday, November 4

Bikini Bust

Season 2 • Episode 10

Jon must save a bar that is soon closing down despite beautiful bikini-clad bartenders.

Monday, November 4

Empty Bottles Full Cans

Season 3 • Episode 26

Customers bring their own alcohol and women flash the patrons at a Tennessee bar.

Monday, November 4

Dragon Lady

Season 4 • Episode 44

An apathetic owner would rather vape in the corner than engage with customers at her bar.

Monday, November 4

Pole Without a Purpose

Season 6 • Episode 7

A gentleman's club in Las Vegas, Nev., is in need of some gentlemen.

Monday, November 4

The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico

Season 6 • Episode 25

Owners find themselves in over their heads after Hurricane Maria destroyed their bar.

Monday, November 4

Punk as a Drunk

Season 5 • Episode 12

A former punk rocker's constant roughhousing with the employees draws Taffer's ire.

Monday, November 4

An Ode to the Cap'n

Season 6 • Episode 8

A daughter must grapple with the loss of her father as she struggles to keep his bar afloat.

Monday, November 4

Ninja Karaoke's Swan Song

Season 8 • Episode 10

Jon Taffer tries to help a struggling married couple save their karaoke bar in downtown Las Vegas.

Monday, November 4

Till the Wagon Wheels Fall Off

Season 9 • Episode 21

Jon Taffer sends Phil Wills and Danny Trejo to Texas, to help a pair of friends save their bar.

Tuesday, November 5

Fallen Angels

Season 1 • Episode 1

Jon Taffer attempts to rescue a biker bar that is struggling with a scandalous reputation.

Tuesday, November 5

To Protect and to (Over) Serve

Season 4 • Episode 6

Straightening out a former Philly detective who now owns a bar and hits the bottle hard.

Tuesday, November 5

A Bar Full of Bull

Season 3 • Episode 18

Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with an old mechanical bull.

Tuesday, November 5

Shamrocks and Shenanigans

Season 4 • Episode 33

Taffer attempts to help the idle owner of a failing Irish bar with battling bartenders.

Tuesday, November 5

Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do

Season 5 • Episode 20

After suffering a stroke, a bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy.

Tuesday, November 5

Put It on Cody's Tab

Season 6 • Episode 1

A son takes over the failing family business and must battle his belligerent father.

Tuesday, November 5

Ace's Wild

Season 8 • Episode 14

Jon heads to Texas to help a husband and wife rescue their failing bar.

Tuesday, November 5

Life's a Beach

Season 7 • Episode 6

Rescuing The Sandbar; as an investor and owner battle over control of a sinking bar.

Tuesday, November 5

Rescue on the River

Season 8 • Episode 21

A riverside bar in Florida is struggling to stay afloat due to a manager with no experience.

Wednesday, November 6

A Perla in the Rough

Season 9 • Episode 8

Jon sends Dustin Drai to rescue a local bar whose owner is treating it as his personal hangout.

Wednesday, November 6

From Camo to Cocktail

Season 9 • Episode 13

Jon comes to the rescue of a nearly 100 year old VFW Post that was decimated from Covid.

Wednesday, November 6

Spare Me Another Chance

Season 8 • Episode 34

Jon must help a businessman who bought a bar attached to a bowling alley.

Wednesday, November 6

Taffer's Top 10: Worst Owners

Counting down the ten worst owners encountered during the first three seasons.

Wednesday, November 6

Critters and Quitters

Season 3 • Episode 32

A members-only bar in Kansas has a raccoon infestation.

Wednesday, November 6

Drunk on Punk

Season 4 • Episode 57

A resistant owner refuses to give up on his punk music obsession to obtain financial success.

Wednesday, November 6

Characters Assassination

Season 3 • Episode 16

Jon deals with a slew of problems at a bar run by a family of Yankees in the heart of Dixie.

Wednesday, November 6

Unnecessary Toughness

Season 4 • Episode 39

The owner of a college alumni bar keeps his staff on edge with his fiery temper.

Wednesday, November 6

Gettin' Jigger With It

Season 5 • Episode 8

A historical landmark bar pits brother and sister against one another.

Wednesday, November 6

The Sound of Failing Music

Season 6 • Episode 45

A longtime performer must choose between his career and his responsibilities.

Wednesday, November 6

Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill

Season 7 • Episode 14

An owner who is unable to control her bar due to her crippling fear of failure and change.

Wednesday, November 6

Quick-Sandtown Rescue

Season 8 • Episode 18

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

Wednesday, November 6

Wildkats Wild Collapse

Season 9 • Episode 2

In Jacksonville, Fla., Jon Taffer aims to rescue a bar with a lack of leadership.

Thursday, November 7

Owner Ousted

Season 2 • Episode 8

Jon discovers that one owner isn't pulling his weight, and shows him the door.

Thursday, November 7

I Smell a Rat

Season 3 • Episode 38

Overwhelming odors and frat house behavior at this hookah bar are causing profits to go up in smoke.

Thursday, November 7

Jon T, He Don't Like It

Season 3 • Episode 6

Jon helps to revive a former nightclub hotspot in Colorado.

Thursday, November 7

Too Many Managers, Not Enough Man

Season 4 • Episode 29

Battling a management-heavy staff that disrespects its owner at a suburban Chicago sports bar.

Thursday, November 7

Win, Lose or Brawl

Season 5 • Episode 6

Taffer tries to corral an out-of-control staff and the owner's freeloading friends.

Thursday, November 7

Ice, Mice, Baby

Season 5 • Episode 11

A spoiled owner was gifted a nightclub by his father, but a mice infestation is hurting business.

Thursday, November 7

Owner on the Run

Season 6 • Episode 28

A pair of brothers can't see eye to eye on how the business is run, so one of them takes a run.

Thursday, November 7

Breaking Brandon

Season 7 • Episode 3

After emptying his sick mother's life savings, a man is four days away from closing his dream bar.

Thursday, November 7

Pool House Rock

Season 8 • Episode 28

Jon confronts an owner whose wife does all the work in his bar.

Friday, November 8

Downey's and Out

Season 1 • Episode 2

Jon Taffer attempts to resuscitate Downey's, a failing Irish pub in Philadelphia.

Friday, November 8

On the Rocks

Season 2 • Episode 9

Jon must save a failing former smoker's haven in California from burning out for good.

Friday, November 8

Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids

Season 3 • Episode 23

A bar owner's adult grandchildren use it as their own personal playground.

Friday, November 8

Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's

Season 5 • Episode 28

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

Friday, November 8

Loose Lips Loose Tips

Season 4 • Episode 18

Four Irish sisters bicker as their San Francisco bar struggles; trying to turn their luck around.

Friday, November 8

Crazy Little Thing Called Selman

Season 6 • Episode 9

Taffer tries to tame the rocket-like owner of the famed Cooper Rocket before he does himself in.

Friday, November 8

The Mother of All Failures

Season 7 • Episode 16

Jon heads to Phoenix to help a veteran bar owner who borrowed money from her family.

Friday, November 8

Long Live a Legacy

Season 8 • Episode 32

Jon heads to Moreno Valley, Calif., to save the legacy of a pizza and sports bar.

Friday, November 8

Lost in the Sauce

Season 9 • Episode 20

Jon Taffer attempts to rescue a bar whose owners have neglected both the business and the staff.

Saturday, November 9

The Lost Episode

Taking on a hot-tempered New Jersey bar owner who can't stop kicking people out of his bar.

Saturday, November 9

Jason's Last Call

Season 9 • Episode 3

Jon heads to Fountain Hills, Ariz., to help a married couple protect their investment in a bar.

Monday, November 11

Low Five Dive

Season 9 • Episode 5

Jon Taffer attempts to rescue a bar in Arizona whose owner has let the bar fall into disrepair.

Monday, November 11

Hole in None

Season 3 • Episode 28

A bar with a golf theme needs major help to fix its horrendous sanitary conditions.

Monday, November 11

Drunk & Dirty Dolls

Season 3 • Episode 25

A motorsports bar with a busty staff of cougars requires a new gimmick to thrive.

Monday, November 11

Getting Freaki at the Tiki

Season 4 • Episode 48

Jon Taffer's discovery of a used condom at a rundown Florida tiki bar redefines owner neglect.

Monday, November 11

Whipped Into Shape

Season 5 • Episode 3

After gambling away his savings, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.

Monday, November 11

Miles From Success

Season 6 • Episode 32

Two burned-out rockers lose $200,000 just two years into owning their bar.

Monday, November 11

Stix and Stones May Break Your Bar

Season 6 • Episode 43

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

Monday, November 11

In the Rough

Season 7 • Episode 11

Two absentee owners refuse to engage with the staff or customers until Jon Taffer intervenes.

Monday, November 11

Wreck It Ralph

Season 8 • Episode 12

Jon attempts to rescue a bar whose owner has squandered a half a million-dollar investment.

Monday, November 11

Till Failure Do You Part

Season 8 • Episode 22

In Gibsonton, Fla., Jon must help rescue not only a failing bar but a broken marriage.

Tuesday, November 12

Tiki Curse

Season 2 • Episode 2

Jon tries to get a bevy of beautiful barmaids to stop The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar from failing.

Tuesday, November 12

Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder

Season 4 • Episode 5

Three loud-mouthed firefighting brothers struggle to keep their Queens bar afloat.

Tuesday, November 12

Turtle on Its Back

Season 3 • Episode 1

Jon tries to save a Bourbon Street bar in New Orleans from its delusional owners.

Tuesday, November 12

Land of the Beer and Home of the Misbehaved

Season 4 • Episode 47

A restaurant owner could lose everything as her nephew and manager run her bar into the ground.

Tuesday, November 12

Bar Over Troubled Water

Season 5 • Episode 19

Taffer rescues a successful bar, and the beacon of a community, that was destroyed by flooding.

Tuesday, November 12

John and Bert Bought a Bar

Season 6 • Episode 40

Inexperienced bar owners have one shot with Jon Taffer to save their failing business.

Tuesday, November 12

Driving Miss Tara

Season 6 • Episode 37

Tara hires a general manager not only to help her save a failing bar, but to fill a personal void.

Tuesday, November 12

Two Tickets to Paradise Cantina

Season 8 • Episode 1

Jon rescues a party bar that blames its downfall on the pandemic, until Jon discovers the truth.

Tuesday, November 12

Long Island Mess

Season 9 • Episode 19

Jon Taffer sends Phil Wills and Danny Trejo to Houston, Texas, to rescue a business.

Wednesday, November 13

Long Island Mess

Season 9 • Episode 19

Jon Taffer sends Phil Wills and Danny Trejo to Houston, Texas, to rescue a business.

Wednesday, November 13

Swanky Troubles

Season 1 • Episode 5

Swanky Bubbles is a failing champagne bar in Philadelphia.

Wednesday, November 13

Rock 'N Roaches

Season 3 • Episode 2

A cockroach infestation plagues a grotesque rock bar in Austin, Texas.

Wednesday, November 13

Bug Bite

Season 4 • Episode 1

A nightclub resorts to an 18-and-over night to get a crowd and ends up liable for unruly teenagers.

Wednesday, November 13

Blowing Royal Smoke

Season 4 • Episode 34

Feuding brothers drive away customers at the oldest bar and BBQ joint in Youngstown, Ohio.

Wednesday, November 13

Storming the Castle

Season 4 • Episode 16

A castle-shaped bar with an owner whose attitude is pushing staff to their breaking points.

Wednesday, November 13

Daddy Dearest

Season 5 • Episode 27

A family run bar is on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.

Wednesday, November 13

Liv'n on a Prayer

Season 6 • Episode 34

Liv can't find her business identity in order to survive in the highly competitive Vegas market.

Wednesday, November 13

Bottoms Up, Going Down

Season 7 • Episode 12

Jon arrives at Bottoms Up to discover a staff running wild and an owner ready to sell her bar.

Wednesday, November 13

Outta Touch, Outta Time

Season 8 • Episode 25

Jon encounters an unruly husband of an owner who is on the brink of closing her bar in Arvada, Colo.

Thursday, November 14

Barely Above Water

Season 3 • Episode 20

Taffer tries to save a marriage and a bar by splitting one bar into two.

Thursday, November 14

When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons

Season 3 • Episode 37

A manager treats his bar like a romantic playground. Taffer demands inside help from the bartenders.

Thursday, November 14

Beach Rats

Season 4 • Episode 13

Taffer is brought to tears after finding out what the owners of a beachfront bar have endured.

Thursday, November 14

El Moronte!!

Season 4 • Episode 4

Deflating the ego of a passionate Puerto Rican bar owner who berates his staff and sons.

Thursday, November 14

How to Train Your Goldfish

Season 5 • Episode 5

A staffing crisis hits a sports pub, leaving the owners without any employees.

Thursday, November 14

Not Cleared for Takeoff

Season 6 • Episode 16

Jon must help reignite a bar owner's passion for his notorious East LA music venue.

Thursday, November 14

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fatballs

Season 6 • Episode 20

Jon tries to rescue a Jacksonville sports bar with a horrible reputation and an even worse name.

Thursday, November 14

Put This Fire Out

Season 8 • Episode 36

Jon tries to save a firehouse-themed bar outside of Boise, Idaho.

Thursday, November 14

A Drunk, a Fruit Fly, and a Knight Walk into a Bar

Season 9 • Episode 4

Mixologist Phil Wills rescues a filthy bar in Oxnard, Calif.; helping a newlywed couple.

Friday, November 15

A Drunk, a Fruit Fly, and a Knight Walk into a Bar

Season 9 • Episode 4

Mixologist Phil Wills rescues a filthy bar in Oxnard, Calif.; helping a newlywed couple.

Friday, November 15

Hogtied Ham's

Season 1 • Episode 10

Jon tries to save automotive-themed Angry Ham's Garage.

Friday, November 15

Vulgar Vixens

Season 4 • Episode 38

Jon confronts a foul-mouthed owner in a failing Michigan bar with a confusing theme.

Friday, November 15

Scoreboard to Death

Season 3 • Episode 34

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

Friday, November 15

A Dash of Bitters

Season 4 • Episode 7

Taffer uses the help of an owner's ex-wife and former manager to help turn a bar around.

Friday, November 15

Casually Tapped Out

Season 5 • Episode 22

Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar owned by burnt out firefighter.

Friday, November 15

Don't Cry for Me Jon Taffer

Season 6 • Episode 27

On the verge of tears and closing his bar, the owner can't seem to get either together.

Friday, November 15

The Gaslamp Redemption

Season 7 • Episode 15

An owner who is fighting cancer and his manager try to work together to save their failing bar.

Friday, November 15

Working to Death

Season 8 • Episode 19

Jon heads to Tampa, Fla., to help save an owner who has suffered personal loss and health scares.

Friday, November 15

Thank You for (Not) Smoking

Season 9 • Episode 14

Heading to fix a dive bar whose owners have not changed the smoking policy.

Saturday, November 16

Thank You for (Not) Smoking

Season 9 • Episode 14

Heading to fix a dive bar whose owners have not changed the smoking policy.

Saturday, November 16

Second Base, Third Strike

Season 4 • Episode 11

Taffer returns to Second Base Bar and Grill to find an owner has let the bar deteriorate.

Saturday, November 16

Big Trouble in Little China Grove

Season 6 • Episode 35

A Texas couple on the brink of retirement can't stop enabling their belligerent daughter.

Sunday, November 17

Hurricane Jon vs. Hurricane Sandy

Season 3 • Episode 24

A bar battered by Hurricane Sandy races to reopen for the summer season.

Sunday, November 17

Spoiled Brat Party

Season 4 • Episode 9

A third generation bar owner in Milwaukee is living off his family.

Sunday, November 17

Doreen's Dilemma

Season 6 • Episode 42

The daughter of a longtime bar owner must learn her father's business after he abruptly passes away.

Sunday, November 17

Changing of the Guards

Season 8 • Episode 35

Jon rescues a VFW on its last legs before the bar's 75th Anniversary.

Sunday, November 17

From Camo to Cocktail

Season 9 • Episode 13

Jon comes to the rescue of a nearly 100 year old VFW Post that was decimated from Covid.