The essential episodes of Bar Rescue
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Bar Rescue — each pick states its reason.
- 01
It's up to Jon to save a failing biker bar that's become more strip club than cocktail lounge thanks to its rowdy clientele.
- 02
The constant feuding between the mother and son owners of The Blue Frog 22 in Chicago threatens the business's existence, forcing Jon to intervene.
- 03
The constant feuding between the mother and son owners of The Blue Frog 22 in Chicago threatens the business's existence, forcing Jon to intervene.
- 04
Jon is called in to help a former baseball player turned bar owner whose refusal to upgrade his inn allowed competing bars to lure his customers away.
- 05
The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar is in a prime Fort Lauderdale, FL, location, but the owner's neglect turned it into a dump that threatens to sink the attached hotel.
- 06
Jon steps in to save J.A. Murphy's, a dive bar in Fell's Point, MD, on the brink of financial and physical collapse.
- 07
Jon knew family-run Ohio bar The Black Sheep was in trouble before he arrived, but even he's surprised by the true nature of the bar's debt.
- 08
After getting out of the service, Navy vet Barry decided to buy an Ohio biker bar, but his lack of experience and the bar's prior reputation force him to call Jon for help.
- 09
Feuding bikini-clad bartenders wreak havoc on a California sports bar where the owner is more focused on partying than running a business.
- 10
Jon heads to Bourbon Street to help the owner of Turtle Bay figure out how to make his bar stand out in one of the most popular drinking districts in the world.
- 11
Thanks to an ill-advised promotion and sloppy maintenance, a nightclub is overrun by mosquitos, fruit flies and unruly minors.
- 12
The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
Jon needs the nice-guy owner of Champagne's Cafe, a classic Vegas dive with a storied Mafia history, to start acting like a wise guy.
- 13
Owners Mark and Ozzie call on Jon for a second time when they need help with their outdated and failing bar The Edge of Town in Blue Springs, MO.
- 14
Two Tickets to Paradise Cantina
The owner of Paradise Cantina in Las Vegas lost nearly everything trying to keep his party bar afloat during the pandemic, but Jon suspects there may have been problems before lockdown.
- 15
Jon Taffer sends his long-time expert, Phil Wills to lead the rescue of a bar in San Marcos, California that is suffering from an identity crisis.
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