Bar Rescue

Saturday, November 15

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.

Saturday, November 15

Bad to the Bone

Season 1 • Episode 7

Bar expert Jon Taffer sets off to help Bill, the owner of The Chicken Bone, avoid financial ruin.

Saturday, November 15

Wheels of Misfortune

Season 5 • Episode 2

Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a landmark close to closing for good.

Sunday, November 16

Brokedown Palace

Season 4 • Episode 25

Actors Alexander Siddig and Iddo Goldberg help Taffer rescue a Moroccan bar with an identity crisis.

Sunday, November 16

Punch-Drunk & Trailer-Trashed

Season 3 • Episode 33

A family's feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Outrageous antics force an extreme decision.

Sunday, November 16

Sticky Situation

Season 4 • Episode 21

A son's excessive drinking at a family-owned bar results in bad management decisions.

Sunday, November 16

Ground Control to Major Jon

Season 6 • Episode 4

Jon attempts to help a Cape Canaveral area bar frequented by local NASA astronauts.

Sunday, November 16

Taken for Granted

Season 7 • Episode 7

Jon goes to Northern California to save a bar for an arrogant owner who blames everyone but himself.

Sunday, November 16

Boca Re-Tune

Season 9 • Episode 11

Rescuing a bar in Boca Raton, whose owner is failing to achieve success.

Monday, November 17

Empty Pockets

Season 3 • Episode 5

Jon tries to help an owner of a Denver pool hall fulfill his American Dream.

Monday, November 17

How to Train the Dragon

Season 4 • Episode 50

After the loss of his mother, the owner of this pub has coped poorly by drinking away profits.

Monday, November 17

Rock 'N Roaches

Season 3 • Episode 2

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

Monday, November 17

Gettin' Jigger With It

Season 5 • Episode 8

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

Monday, November 17

Fish Out of Blue Water

Season 6 • Episode 18

A Chinese immigrant must battle his emotional manager to save his dream beach bar.

Monday, November 17

Caving In

Season 6 • Episode 10

A mother and son find themselves at odds on how to save their failing bar.

Monday, November 17

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.

Monday, November 17

Penalty on the Bar

Season 8 • Episode 13

Jon Taffer tries to help a former hospitality professional regain his passion for the industry.

Monday, November 17

CSI: Los Cocos

Season 9 • Episode 12

Ashish Alfred goes to Port St. Lucie, Florida to help three brothers save a bar.

Tuesday, November 18

Mississippi Rears

Season 6 • Episode 5

A Navy vet relies on his unqualified friend to manage his failing Mississippi dive bar.

Tuesday, November 18

Feels Bad at Philgoods

Season 9 • Episode 18

Jon Taffer heads to Florida, to help a bar veteran fix his family issues.

Tuesday, November 18

Murphy's Mess

Season 2 • Episode 3

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

Tuesday, November 18

The Unlucky Leprechaun

Season 5 • Episode 30

Jon Taffer tries to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways.

Tuesday, November 18

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.

Tuesday, November 18

Struck Out at the Dugout

Season 5 • Episode 16

A landlord gets into the sports bar business when a tenant refuses to pay rent on a Chicago hangout.

Tuesday, November 18

The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico

Season 6 • Episode 25

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

Tuesday, November 18

Raging Turkey

Season 7 • Episode 10

Jon Taffer helps a defiant owner take responsibility for his failures.

Tuesday, November 18

JJ's Sports Bust

Season 8 • Episode 24

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

Tuesday, November 18

Jimmy Meet World

Season 9 • Episode 23

Heading to Kenosha, Wisc., to rescue a bar whose owner has failed to update the business.

Tuesday, November 18

Hideaway From Reality

Season 8 • Episode 26

Jon faces an owner unwilling to own up to his mistakes and failures.

Wednesday, November 19

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.

Wednesday, November 19

Fallen Angels

Season 1 • Episode 1

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

Wednesday, November 19

Take Me Out of the Bar Game

Season 4 • Episode 22

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

Wednesday, November 19

All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down

Season 5 • Episode 18

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

Wednesday, November 19

A Bar to Take Pride In

Season 8 • Episode 7

A gay bar in Las Vegas is on the verge of closing after losing all of its entertainment options.

Wednesday, November 19

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.

Wednesday, November 19

Bar Over Troubled Water

Season 5 • Episode 19

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

Wednesday, November 19

Saving GI Jodi

Season 6 • Episode 46

An overworked woman needs her son to step up and fill the void left by her former right-hand man.

Wednesday, November 19

Horseshoe Bend It Like "Bar Rescue"

Season 8 • Episode 33

Jon must save a small country bar in rural Idaho from going under.

Wednesday, November 19

Losing the Playoffs

Season 9 • Episode 9

Jon heads to Palm Desert, CA to help rescue a 20-year-old bar, that has never made a profit.

Thursday, November 20

Thank You for (Not) Smoking

Season 9 • Episode 14

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

Thursday, November 20

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 20

Mother Doesn't Know Best

Season 5 • Episode 24

Convincing the ultimate maternal figure to make decisions like a business owner to save dive bar.

Thursday, November 20

The Unwanted Saloon

Season 6 • Episode 21

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

Thursday, November 20

In the Rough

Season 7 • Episode 11

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

Thursday, November 20

How the Cookie Crumbles

Season 8 • Episode 37

Jon must save a former travel agent's family business before it crashes and burns.

Thursday, November 20

Put It on Cody's Tab

Season 6 • Episode 1

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

Thursday, November 20

Come Home to Roost

Season 7 • Episode 8

A bar owner's drunk antics chase away customers and force her husband to pick up the slack.

Thursday, November 20

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.

Thursday, November 20

Put This Fire Out

Season 8 • Episode 36

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

Friday, November 21

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

Season 4 • Episode 53

A grieving son struggles to maintain his father's legacy as family criticism sinks his business.

Friday, November 21

Weber's of Lies

Season 2 • Episode 7

Jon helps a former strip club in Reseda, Calif., become profitable; a bartender is caught stealing.

Friday, November 21

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.

Friday, November 21

It's Always Sunny in Portland

Season 4 • Episode 24

A Portland bar with a stubborn chef and a step-daughter and business partner who berate staff.

Friday, November 21

Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder

Season 4 • Episode 5

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

Friday, November 21

Father Knows Best

Season 6 • Episode 14

A demanding father struggles to hand over the reins to his daughter or control his unruly customers.

Friday, November 21

So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer

Season 6 • Episode 44

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

Friday, November 21

Fresh Bread, Rotten Bar

Season 8 • Episode 30

Jon helps a struggling owner take a step back and trust his manager.

Friday, November 21

Magically Atrocious

Season 8 • Episode 20

In Ybor City, Fla., Jon helps rescue a bar owner who made some questionable choices.

Friday, November 21

On the 3:10 to Failure

Season 9 • Episode 33

Visiting Ill., to help a failing business; dealing with a couple who are at their breaking point.

Saturday, November 22

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.

Saturday, November 22

Unnecessary Toughness

Season 4 • Episode 39

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

Saturday, November 22

Loveless in Loveland

Season 8 • Episode 29

Jon attempts to rescue a bar owner on the verge of losing his business and his marriage.

Sunday, November 23

Twerking 9 to 5

Season 6 • Episode 29

A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar.

Sunday, November 23

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.

Sunday, November 23

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.

Sunday, November 23

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.

Sunday, November 23

Long Live a Legacy

Season 8 • Episode 32

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

Sunday, November 23

Wildkats Wild Collapse

Season 9 • Episode 2

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

Sunday, November 23

Murky Waters at Swamp Tales

Season 9 • Episode 37

A cajun-themed bar needs rescuing due to its out of control food costs and untrained management.

Monday, November 24

Pete's Ruined Tavern

Season 9 • Episode 26

Chef Jason Santos goes to Chesterfield, Minnesota to rescue an owner who drinks excessively.

Monday, November 24

Bromancing the Stone

Season 4 • Episode 15

The owner of an oudated sports bar is more interested in managing his fantasy football team.

Monday, November 24

Dancing Dreams Dashed

Season 9 • Episode 16

Jon Taffer helps two partners save their failing bar and learn how to properly run a business.

Monday, November 24

Barely Above Water

Season 3 • Episode 20

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

Monday, November 24

All Twerk & No Pay

Season 4 • Episode 14

Out-of-control bartenders are too busy dancing on the bar to pour drinks.

Monday, November 24

Hole in None

Season 3 • Episode 28

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

Monday, November 24

Shamrocks and Shenanigans

Season 4 • Episode 33

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

Monday, November 24

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.

Monday, November 24

Still Bill

Season 7 • Episode 4

Deep in debt, a passive, clueless bar owner evokes the wrath of Jon and his own staff.

Monday, November 24

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.

Monday, November 24

Bad Times at Goodtime

Season 9 • Episode 35

Jon Taffer sends mixologist Phil Wills to Inkster, Minn., to help three lifelong friends save a bar.

Monday, November 24

Midtown Slump

Season 9 • Episode 22

Jon Taffer needs to rescue a failing bar in Houston, TX, whose owner turned his life upside down.

Tuesday, November 25

Hurricane Jon vs. Hurricane Sandy

Season 3 • Episode 24

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

Tuesday, November 25

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.

Tuesday, November 25

In a Pinch

Season 3 • Episode 7

The locals are upset over a controversial lobster tank game.

Tuesday, November 25

Shabby Abbey

Season 1 • Episode 3

The Abbey Pub in Chicago is on its last legs.

Tuesday, November 25

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 25

Brokedown Palace

Season 4 • Episode 25

Actors Alexander Siddig and Iddo Goldberg help Taffer rescue a Moroccan bar with an identity crisis.

Tuesday, November 25

Antisocial Media

Season 5 • Episode 4

An owner's social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.

Tuesday, November 25

Back to School

Season 6 • Episode 30

Jon Taffer must get UNLV hospitality students ready for the real world in just one week.

Tuesday, November 25

Pool House Rock

Season 8 • Episode 28

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

Tuesday, November 25

Missing the Marc

Season 9 • Episode 6

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

Tuesday, November 25

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Season 9 • Episode 29

A sibling-owned bar in St. Clair, Missouri, needs help saving after business collapses.

Wednesday, November 26

The World Famous Raw Chicken Wings

Season 9 • Episode 38

Rescuing an ailing owner who lets his untrained staff take advantage of his kindness and hard work.

Wednesday, November 26

The Lost Episode

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

Wednesday, November 26

Broke Black Sheep

Season 2 • Episode 6

Jon tries to rescue the Black Sheep in Ohio but is set back due to the owner's massive debt.

Wednesday, November 26

Hostile Takeover

Season 3 • Episode 31

Co-owners take over an Irish sports bar with a heavy drinking owner.

Wednesday, November 26

Momster's Ball

Season 4 • Episode 56

An owner relies on her attractive daughters and spaghetti wrestling events to lure customers inside.

Wednesday, November 26

Corking the Hole

Season 3 • Episode 17

Jon puts a bar's owners through a personal bar boot camp to attract the local military personnel.

Wednesday, November 26

Casually Tapped Out

Season 5 • Episode 22

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

Wednesday, November 26

Win, Lose or Brawl

Season 5 • Episode 6

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

Wednesday, November 26

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.

Wednesday, November 26

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.

Wednesday, November 26

Deadliest Kitchen

Season 9 • Episode 1

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

Thursday, November 27

Mis-Steaks Were Made

Season 9 • Episode 17

Jon appoints Dustin Drai to Arizona to rescue a small town bar whose owners have no experience.

Thursday, November 27

Bottomless Pit

Season 2 • Episode 5

Jon pins his hopes for a failing dive bar in Orange, Calif., on the owner's daughter.

Thursday, November 27

Schmuck Dynasty

Season 4 • Episode 3

A Staten Island bar that is overrun by customers who are getting their own food and drinks.

Thursday, November 27

Demolition Man

Season 4 • Episode 51

The city threatens to shut down a bar after the owner unsafely renovates without a permit.

Thursday, November 27

Saving Post 6216

Season 7 • Episode 5

Jon sets out to boost membership and raise funds for a struggling New Mexico VFW post.

Thursday, November 27

Slotzy's Last Shotzy

Season 9 • Episode 40

Jon Taffer travels to Worden, IL to rescue a bar for an owner who inherited the business.

Friday, November 28

Lights Out in the Harbor

Season 9 • Episode 24

A historic bar in Sheboygan, Wisc. faces closure because of an owner with a bad attitude.

Friday, November 28

Boca Re-Tune

Season 9 • Episode 11

Rescuing a bar in Boca Raton, whose owner is failing to achieve success.

Friday, November 28

Chumps

Season 1 • Episode 8

Jon Taffer takes a dated sports bar in Burbank out of retirement.

Friday, November 28

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.

Friday, November 28

Things That Go Pahrump in the Night

Season 5 • Episode 23

Jon Taffer must save a failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.

Friday, November 28

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 29

A Horse Walks Into a Bar

Season 3 • Episode 9

A western bar is plagued with drunk owners, a bank foreclosure and horse excrement.

Saturday, November 29

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.

Saturday, November 29

Emergency Exit

Season 4 • Episode 23

Jon Taffer tries to navigate a turbulent partnership between an ex-pilot and his ex-girlfriend.

Sunday, November 30

Feels Bad at Philgoods

Season 9 • Episode 18

Jon Taffer heads to Florida, to help a bar veteran fix his family issues.

Sunday, November 30

Grow Some Meatballs!

Season 3 • Episode 35

Disaster ignites in the kitchen; inexperienced staff; siblings conflict with an explosive father.

Sunday, November 30

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

Season 4 • Episode 53

A grieving son struggles to maintain his father's legacy as family criticism sinks his business.

Sunday, November 30

Mississippi Rears

Season 6 • Episode 5

A Navy vet relies on his unqualified friend to manage his failing Mississippi dive bar.

Sunday, November 30

A Silver Dollar Saved, Is a Silver Dollar Earned

Season 7 • Episode 13

Norma watches her husband and father-in-law's relationship fall apart over their bar.

Sunday, November 30

I'm a F'n Bar Guy! I'm a F'n Bar Girl!

Season 9 • Episode 27

Heading to Milwaukee, Wisc., to rescue a family with a New Orleans inspired frozen daiquiri bar.

Monday, December 1

Long Island Mess

Season 9 • Episode 19

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

Monday, December 1

Struck Out at the Dugout

Season 5 • Episode 16

A landlord gets into the sports bar business when a tenant refuses to pay rent on a Chicago hangout.

Monday, December 1

Tiki Curse

Season 2 • Episode 2

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

Monday, December 1

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.

Monday, December 1

Paradise Lost

Season 4 • Episode 45

Three owners start feuding after Taffer reveals that one of them has been siphoning the profits.

Monday, December 1

Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle

Season 3 • Episode 12

Jon learns that a North Carolina nightclub is refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap alcohol.

Monday, December 1

Lagers and Liars

Season 4 • Episode 17

A Los Angeles beer bar where a million dollar debt and business decisions have divided a family.

Monday, December 1

Silence of the Ants

Season 5 • Episode 26

A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.

Monday, December 1

Dalia's Inferno

Season 6 • Episode 26

San Antonio's wild mom parties hard while her bar peters out.

Monday, December 1

Spare Me Another Chance

Season 8 • Episode 34

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

Monday, December 1

Pete's Ruined Tavern

Season 9 • Episode 26

Chef Jason Santos goes to Chesterfield, Minnesota to rescue an owner who drinks excessively.

Tuesday, December 2

Twin vs. Twin

Season 3 • Episode 30

Before Jon even enters this Kansas City bar he is met with sirens; sibling rivalry between twins.

Tuesday, December 2

Scary Mary's

Season 3 • Episode 39

A sexist bar owner leaves Jon uncertain whether he really wants to save Mary's Outpost.

Tuesday, December 2

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.

Tuesday, December 2

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.

Tuesday, December 2

Bare Rescue

Season 4 • Episode 41

Jon Taffer helps a failing Detroit strip club looking to stimulate profits.

Tuesday, December 2

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.

Tuesday, December 2

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.

Tuesday, December 2

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, December 2

The Napoleon Complex

Season 8 • Episode 27

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