• Air date: 07 Aug '16 31 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 (31)
    • 1. The Perks of Being a Wallpaper

      07 Aug '16
      A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close its doors because of an owner who's busy being a nice guy rather than a wise guy.
    • 2. Wheels of Misfortune

      14 Aug '16
      In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.
    • 3. 12 Beers a Slave

      21 Aug '16
      After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.
    • 4. Antisocial Media

      18 Sep '16
      Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
    • 5. How to Train Your Goldfish

      25 Sep '16
      Nasty nachos & goldfish races are on the menu at this sports pub. But in a Bar Rescue first, a staffing crisis hits before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees. Can Taffer right the ship before it drowns?
    • 6. Win, Lose or Brawl

      02 Oct '16
      Taffer must fix an out-of-control staff and the owner’s freeloading friends. But a violent physical fight threatens this sports bar’s rescue potential.
    • 7. Listen Y'all It's Sabotage

      09 Oct '16
      New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine who's right and who's wrong.
    • 8. Gettin' Jigger With It

      16 Oct '16
      A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.
    • 9. Chase Lounge

      23 Oct '16
      A lazy step-son fails to step into his new role as bar manager. And while his father can sell a car, it doesn't mean he can run a bar.
    • 10. Zero Dark Drunky

      30 Oct '16
      A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs a rescue of his own, before he drinks away his profits and angers his bartender girlfriend past the point of no return.
    • 11. Ice, Mice, Baby

      06 Nov '16
      A spoiled owner is gifted a nightclub by his father. Can Taffer save this mice-infested tourist bar before the owner gives away all his profits?
    • 12. Punk as a Drunk

      13 Nov '16
      A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.
    • 13. Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns

      20 Nov '16
      The gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print loving ladies of The Handlebar; Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.
    • 14. Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead

      19 Feb '17
      An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
    • 15. I Know What You Did Last Summit

      26 Feb '17
      An absentee owner puts his marriage on the line by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female clientele. Can Taffer step in to save a crumbling relationship and a failed bar?
    • 16. Struck Out at the Dugout

      05 Mar '17
      Taffer faces his most resistive owner yet after a lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent of this World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.
    • 17. Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water

      12 Mar '17
      Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley over her blistering attitude and the civil strife with her daughters over the bar's uniforms while a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.
    • 18. All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down

      19 Mar '17
      An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step
    • 19. Bar Over Troubled Water

      26 Mar '17
      In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge
    • 20. Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do

      02 Apr '17
      After suffering a stroke, this bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy. Can Taffer save this bayou bar before it sinks?
    • 21. Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon

      09 Apr '17
      Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar & more.
    • 22. Casually Tapped Out

      02 Jul '17
      Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
    • 23. Things That Go Pahrump in the Night

      16 Jul '17
      It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.
    • 24. Mother Doesn't Know Best

      23 Jul '17
      Jon Taffer tries to convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.
    • 25. Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls

      30 Jul '17
      It's all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in show history at the bar whose owner is fighting foreclosure.