Bar Rescue

A son takes over the failing family bar -- and its debt -- and the biggest obstacle to getting out of the red is his abusive father who spends all night sitting at the bar.

Jon is caught between a womanizing owner and his enraged wife in a run-down Caribbean bar. Can Taffer turns this bar around before the business hits the rocks and the owner's wife hits the road?

A failing Irish bar with battling bartenders calls in Taffer to show an idle owner the error of his ways, before his fiancée leaves him.

When an old-school Memphis, TN, cigar shop owner opens an adjacent cocktail bar and hires his son as manager, the bar quickly becomes an afterthought.

The oldest bar and BBQ joint in Youngstown, Ohio is in the pits as feuding brothers drive away customers with their obnoxious behavior. Can Jon Taffer put the fire back in their bellies before their business goes up in smoke?

Jon must educate a pair of brilliant scientists who proved to be not-so-brilliant bar owners when they bought a past-its-prime L.A. rock club.

Bitter owners clash with their landlord and partner, who would rather paint fruit in the name of art, than fight to save this failing Ohio burger bar.

King's Duck Inn, a working-class bar once popular with employees of the nearby Kennedy Space Center, is threatened by a volatile mother-daughter relationship.

The owner of Joe's Thirsty Lizard, a failing Mississippi dive bar, compounds his troubles by promoting a dishwasher with no experience to manager.

Jon Taffer embarks on a cross-country tour of the worst drinking establishments in America. Bad drinks, wild staffs and wasted owners conspire against him and his experts as they give failing businesses one last shot at success.

A soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.

In a struggling military bar, a distrustful owner spends her time spying on her staff instead of watching her bottom line.

Jon confronts a foul-mouthed owner in this failing Michigan bar with a confusing theme. Can Taffer turn profanity into profits before this bar goes bust?

A daughter must grapple with the loss of her father as she struggles to preserve his legacy and save his bar, Cap'n Odie's Lounge.

A frenetic bar owner with no prior bar experience drives the Copper Rocket Pub into the ground by bringing in carnivalesque entertainment.

At a college alumni bar, Taffer is forced to deal with a hot-headed sports bar owner whose fiery temper keeps his staff on edge and his million dollar debt on ice.

A former psychologist turned bar owner attempts to run a Detroit jazz club, but her interfering family and lazy staff have her seeking counseling from Jon Taffer.

The son of hardworking immigrants drives his late father's neighborhood bar into the ground with a poorly planned renovation and a bad over-serving problem.

In a Bar Rescue first, Jon Taffer helps a failing Detroit strip club in the hopes of stimulating profits before the entire business goes bottoms up.

Jon provides a wake-up call to the owner of Barley Pop's Bar & Grill, who developed a severe drinking problem after suffering a pair of tragedies.

Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.

Taffer revisits Jack's Fire Department to see if the McGowan brothers have cooled their fiery relationship, and its no joke when he takes on an angry stand up comedy club owner from Scottsdale.

Jon brings in culinary expert Aaron McCargo Jr. and mixologist Mia Mastroianni to help a Florida couple's bar bounce back after years of failure under their son's management.

A storied L.A. music venue has fallen into disarray, and it's up to Jon to revive the apathetic owner's passion for his own business.

An industrious immigrant with a history of business success bites off more than he can chew when he buys Blue Water and takes a hands-off management approach.