Jon Taffer
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Bar Rescue
Season 6
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Episode 143 min2018-03-11
Put It on Cody’s Tab
A son takes over the failing family business and must battle his belligerent father, a volatile cook, and a filthy kitchen before Jon Taffer shuts it all down.
Episode 243 min2018-03-18
Close, But No Cigar
When an old-school Memphis cigar man takes a stab at the bar business, he discovers hiring his millennial son wasn't quite what he had expected.
Episode 343 min2018-03-25
Weird Science
Two scientists struggle with the correct formula to run a successful bar.
Episode 443 min2018-04-01
Ground Control to Major Jon
Jon visits a Cape Canaveral area bar frequented by local NASA astronauts; Jon attempts to get the bar back off the ground before a mother-daughter feud causes a failure to launch.
Episode 543 min2018-04-08
Mississippi Rears
A Navy vet finds himself in over his head when he relies on his unqualified friend to manage his failing Mississippi dive bar.
Episode 643 min2018-04-15
Back to the Bar: Don't Call It a Comeback
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.
Episode 743 min2018-04-22
Pole Without a Purpose
A soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.
Episode 843 min2018-04-29
An Ode to the Cap'n
A daughter must grapple with the loss of her father as she struggles to preserve his legacy and save his bar, Cap'n Odie's Lounge.
Episode 943 min2018-05-06
Crazy Little Thing Called Selman
A frenetic bar owner with no prior bar experience drives the Copper Rocket Pub into the ground by bringing in carnivalesque entertainment.
Episode 1043 min2018-05-13
Caving In
The son of hardworking immigrants drives his late father's neighborhood bar into the ground with a poorly planned renovation and a bad over-serving problem.
Episode 1143 min2018-05-20
Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face
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.
Episode 1243 min2018-06-03
Down and Out in Las Vegas
Jon provides a wake-up call to the owner of Barley Pop's Bar & Grill, who developed a severe drinking problem after suffering a pair of tragedies.
Episode 1343 min2018-06-10
Back to the Bar: The Power of Bacon and Beer
Jon looks back at some of his most successful turnarounds and asks the audience to share some of their favorite rescue memories.
Episode 1443 min2018-06-17
Father Knows Best
Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.
Episode 1543 min2018-06-24
Phishing for Answers
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.
Episode 1643 min2018-07-01
Not Cleared for Takeoff
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.
Episode 1743 min2018-07-08
Back to the Bar: Tough Love
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.
Episode 1843 min2018-07-15
Fish Out of Blue Water
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.
Episode 1943 min2018-07-22
Operation Puerto Rico
Jon returns to Puerto Rico, where he used to live, to rescue a bar destroyed by Hurricane Maria and to help revive the rest of the community.
Episode 2043 min2018-07-29
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fatballs
An unappealing name is just the first of many problems plaguing Fatballs Sports Bar & Grill, where Jon must get a belligerent owner to accept responsibility.
Episode 2143 min2018-08-05
The Unwanted Saloon
Jon heads to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee to rescue The Wanted Saloon, whose remote location is just the first of many challenges.
Episode 2243 min2018-08-12
Back to the Bar: The Tradewinds of Change
Jon revisits bars The Tradewinds and 22 Klicks to see if their respective staffs are still working together or falling back into bad habits.
Episode 2343 min2018-08-19
Star Lite, Star Not So Brite
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.
Episode 2443 min2018-08-26
There Will Be Family Blood
A novice owner opens a bar to help cover his sister's medical bills, but when he staffs it with his equally inexperienced relatives, the business quickly becomes a money pit.
Episode 2543 min2019-03-03
The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico
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.
Episode 2643 min2019-03-10
Dalia’s Inferno
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.
Episode 2743 min2019-03-17
Don’t Cry for Me Jon Taffer
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.
Episode 2843 min2019-03-24
Owner on the Run
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.
Episode 2943 min2019-03-31
Twerking 9 to 5
A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a Crossroads.
Episode 3043 min2019-04-07
Back to School
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.
Episode 3143 min2019-04-14
Tanked and Toasty
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.
Episode 3243 min2019-04-21
Miles from Success
Two rockers in need of money decided to open Kiva in a Texas college town, but their inexperience and apathy have cost them $200,000.
Episode 3343 min2019-04-28
Uncivil War
Jon attempts to rescue Eliphino, a Las Vegas dive dar struggling because of an owner who makes bad decisions and more enemies than friends.
Episode 3443 min2019-05-05
LIV'n on a Prayer
Jon is called in to rescue LIV, a Las Vegas establishment lacking an identity, deprived of leadership and hampered by a chatty waitress with a heavy pour hand.
Episode 3543 min2019-05-12
Big Trouble in Little China Grove
The owners of the China Grove Trading Post bought the bar to provide for their daughter's future, but her spoiled, lazy attitude threatens to sink the whole business.
Episode 3643 min2019-05-19
Pie Hard
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.
Episode 3743 min2019-06-02
Driving Miss Tara
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.
Episode 3843 min2019-07-14
All Blaze, No Glory
Jenny McCarthy joins Jon to help the Thunderbolt Bar & Grill owner, an inexperienced man with poor leadership skills whose only ally is threatening to withdraw her services.
Episode 3943 min2019-07-21
Reckless Roundhouse
To save the Whiskey Girl Saloon in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Jon must get an inexperienced co-owner to abandon his hard-partying alter ego, Rick Roundhouse.
Episode 4043 min2019-07-28
John and Bert Bought a Bar
Jon tries to fix the negligent behavior at Harbor Point Club & Grill in Richardson, Texas, where owners drink the profits away and the staff struggles to get one order right.
Episode 4143 min2019-08-04
Green Walls and Donkey Balls
Two best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their bar.
Episode 4243 min2019-08-11
Doreen's Dilemma
The daughter of a longtime bar owner finds herself saddled with the responsibility of running his business after he abruptly passes away.
Episode 4343 min2019-08-18
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bar
After a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner sees his profits go up in smoke.
Episode 4443 min2019-08-25
So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer
Mark and Ozzie face Jon Taffer a second time in hopes that he will rescue another one of their failing bars.
Episode 4543 min2019-09-15
The Sound of Failing Music
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.
Episode 4643 min2019-09-22
Saving G.I. Jodi
Jon arrives in Littleton, Colorado, to find a mother and son at odds over running the haphazardly decorated G.I. Jodi's, which was originally conceived to honor the military.
Episode 4743 min2019-09-29
Get Off Your Ass!
The owner of Utah's The Fifth realized too late that running a successful bar wasn't as easy as his dad made it look, and now he's poised to squander his family's legacy.