• Air date: 10 Feb '13 44 episodes
      Bar Rescue is an American reality series that premiered on Spike TV on July 17, 2011. It stars Jon Taffer, who offers his professional expertise—at no charge—to desperately failing bars in order to save them from closing.
  • List of Episodes (44)
    • 1. Turtle on Its Back

      10 Feb '13
      For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.
    • 2. Rock N Roaches

      17 Feb '13
      Jon Taffer descends on a grotesque goth and rock bar in Austin, TX. Tasteless performances and cockroach infestations are the least of his problems as he spars with the worst bar owner to date.
    • 3. Bro's Got to Geaux!

      24 Feb '13
      Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.
    • 4. Tears for Beers

      03 Mar '13
      A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.
    • 5. Empty Pockets

      10 Mar '13
      A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.
    • 6. Jon T, He Don't Like It

      17 Mar '13
      The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.
    • 7. In a Pinch

      24 Mar '13
      The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.
    • 8. Karaoke Katastrophe

      31 Mar '13
      Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.
    • 9. A Horse Walks Into a Bar

      07 Apr '13
      Horses defecating inside this Arizona bar are the least of Jon Taffer’s problems. He must contend with drunk owners, a family in turmoil, and a bank foreclosure if he hopes to save this business.
    • 10. Meat Sauna

      14 Apr '13
      Bad ventilation cause hot, moist burger smoke to fill Scottsdale’s least funny comedy club. Jon Taffer arrives to clear the air and use proven bar techniques to create bigger laughs and bigger profits for the troubled owners
    • 11. Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife

      07 Jul '13
      An aggressive Las Vegas bar owner tries to pick up Nicole Taffer, sending Jon into a rage. Can he set this owner’s wandering eyes straight and save a once famous blues bar without coming to blows first?
    • 12. Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle

      14 Jul '13
      North Carolina’s Cashmere Nightclub has a bad name, poor décor and an embarrassing manager, but when Jon learns that they are refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap booze, all hell breaks loose.
    • 13. Two Flew Over the Handlebars

      21 Jul '13
      Two buxom sisters have driven their biker bar in Pawcatuck, Connecticut into a ditch. Can Jon get these party women to stop binge drinking and focus on the real assets of their bar?
    • 14. There's No Crying in the Bar Business

      28 Jul '13
      Jon heads to a Georgia sports bar and encounters an owner who’s incessant crying seems to prevent her noticing the massive employee theft issue occurring right under her nose.
    • 15. Play Some Janet Jackson!

      04 Aug '13
      Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.
    • 16. Characters Assassination

      11 Aug '13
      A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.
    • 17. Corking the Bunghole

      18 Aug '13
      13 miles from Fort Bragg, Cliques suffers from a juvenile name and a repugnant reputation. Jon puts a bar's owners through a personal bar boot camp to attract the local military personnel.
    • 18. A Bar Full of Bull

      25 Aug '13
      Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.
    • 19. Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas

      08 Sep '13
      Jon visits a struggling blue-collar joint in Las Vegas, where he deals with the strained friendship between the two classically trained chefs who own and operate it.
    • 20. Barely Above Water

      15 Sep '13
      Taffer makes two bars out of one in an attempt to save both a beachfront bar in Warwick, Rhode Island, and the owner’s marriage.
    • 21. Crappy Cantina

      06 Oct '13
    • 22. Jon of the Dead

      13 Oct '13
    • 23. Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids

      20 Oct '13
    • 24. Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy

      27 Oct '13
    • 25. Drunk & Dirty Dolls

      03 Nov '13
      After a near-fatal heart attack, Artie, the owner of Alibi in Las Vegas, lost his zeal for the work, and it's up to Jon to help him get it back.