Bar Rescue

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 down.

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.

Two cancer scientists struggle in their attempts to apply the perfect formula needed in order to run a successful bar.

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.

A Navy vet finds himself in over his head when he relies on his unqualified friend to manage his failing Mississippi dive bar.

Taffer revisits The Comeback to see if owner Susan has been able to control her boozing; attempts are made to convince a stubborn owner to break her bizarre addiction to canned meat; reconnecting with Dimples' owner Sal.

A gentleman's club in Las Vegas, Nev., is in need of some gentlemen.

Taffer tries to tame the rocket-like owner of the famed Cooper Rocket before he does himself in.

A mother and son find themselves at odds on how to save their failing bar; when mom steps away, her son runs the bar into the ground.

Taffer revisits The Local, and finds family turmoil as Mimi is still a thorn in her son's side; Todd and Elise of Mac & Chesters update Taffer on their marriage and bar.

After years of running a successful bar in Las Vegas, all bets are off for an owner who spends more time drinking than running his bar.

Taffer revisits some of his favorite transformations, including the mega-successful Bacon Bar in Vegas, and The Aging Room at Cirivello's.

A couple on the verge of bankruptcy battle their stubborn, lazy son before he sinks the family business.

Jon must help reignite a bar owner's passion for his notorious East LA music venue.

Love is in the air when Taffer finds out if the hesitant-to-commit owner of the Badlands is ready for marriage; JP and Edith of La Luz continue to repair their tumultuous relationship.

A Chinese immigrant must come out of his shell and battle his emotional manager to save his dream beach bar.

Jon Taffer heads to Puerto Rico and tries to put time and resources into rescuing not only a bar, but a small community hit hard by two hurricanes.

Jon Taffer must turn an aspiring musician into a responsible bar owner if he's going to save a roadhouse and a marriage.

Taffer revisits Tradewinds to see if negligent manager Chase has earned his sweat equity stake in the bar; Taffer returns to grill the owner of military bar 22 Klicks on his rookie mistakes.

An absentee owner turns his back while profits go down the drain at his beer-only bar, sinking him into debt.

An owner staffs his entire bar with only his relatives, causing friction straight down family lines.

Brother and sister duo from Puerto Rico find themselves in over their heads after Hurricane Maria destroyed their bar.

On the verge of tears and closing his bar, the owner can't seem to get either together.

A pair of brothers can't see eye to eye on how the business is run, so one of them takes a run.

A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a crossroads.

Jon Taffer has one of his biggest challenges to date, getting the UNLV hospitality students ready for the real world in just one week.

Jon travels back to San Antonio to find a bar and marriage both crippled at the hands of their party-hungry owner.

A Las Vegas dive bar struggles at the hands of the bar owner who has been making more enemies than friends.

Liv can't figure out exactly what her business is in order to survive in the highly competitive service town of Las Vegas.

When a Texas couple on the brink of retirement can't stop enabling their belligerent daughter, Jon Taffer must get them to face facts at a country bar.

Two longtime postal employees' failing pizza bar is on the brink of closing its doors for good unless Jon Taffer can find a way to rescue both the bar and their friendship.

After being left by her husband, Tara, a newly single mom, hires a general manager not only to help her save a failing bar, but to fill the void in her personal life.

An owner must change his frat boy ways or risk losing his bar and the financial legacy he could leave to his three grandsons.

Two owners with no prior experience in the bar business are on the verge of losing their one shot with Jon Taffer unless they shape up.

Two best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their bar.

The daughter of a longtime bar owner finds herself saddled with the responsibility of running his business after he abruptly passes away.

Mark and Ozzie face Jon Taffer a second time in hopes that he will rescue another one of their failing bars.

A longtime performer who bought a bar to keep his show going must choose between his career and his responsibilities.

After losing her military-veteran father, an overworked woman needs her son to step up and fill the void left by her former right-hand man.

Jon tries to motivate the lethargic owner of The Fifth, who has been weighed down by his late father's failing legacy.