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Bar Rescue follows Jon Taffer, one of the country's top restaurant and bar consultants, will give failing establishments one last chance to succeed. The show will delve into every business facet of running a bar from creating a profitable drink/food menu to crowd management to music selection to managing disgruntled employees. This marks the first food/beverage-themed show for Spike TV, furthering its effort to expand and broaden its audience.
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47 this season · 305 totals06e01 Put It On Cody's Tab 2018-03-12 02:00
Put It On Cody's Tab
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.
s06e02 Close, but No Cigar 2018-03-19 02:00
Close, but No Cigar
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.
s06e03 Weird Science 2018-03-26 02:00
Weird Science
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.
s06e04 Ground Control to Major Jon 2018-04-02 02:00
Ground Control to Major Jon
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.
s06e05 Mississippi Rears 2018-04-09 02:00
Mississippi Rears
The owner of Joe's Thirsty Lizard, a failing Mississippi dive bar, compounds his troubles by promoting a dishwasher with no experience to manager.
s06e06 Back to the Bar: Don't Call It a Comeback 2018-04-16 02:00
Back to the Bar: Don't Call It a Comeback
Jon reconnects with bar owners he's helped in the past to see if they've changed their bad habits, which include drinking on the job and being addicted to canned meat.
s06e07 Pole Without a Purpose 2018-04-23 02:00
Pole Without a Purpose
A soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.
s06e08 An Ode to the Cap'n 2018-04-30 02:00
An Ode to the Cap'n
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.
s06e09 Crazy Little Thing Called Selman 2018-05-07 02:00
Crazy Little Thing Called Selman
A frenetic bar owner with no prior bar experience drives the Copper Rocket Pub into the ground by bringing in carnivalesque entertainment.
s06e10 Caving In 2018-05-14 02:00
Caving In
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.
s06e11 Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face 2018-05-21 02:00
Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face
Jon finds family turmoil when he checks up on The Local, then he visits with the owners of Mac & Chester's to check on their business and their marriage.
s06e12 Down and Out in Las Vegas 2018-06-04 02:00
Down and Out in Las Vegas
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.
s06e13 Back to the Bar: The Power of Bacon and Beer 2018-06-11 02:00
Back to the Bar: The Power of Bacon and Beer
Jon looks back at some of his most successful turnarounds and asks the audience to share some of their favorite rescue memories.
s06e14 Father Knows Best 2018-06-18 02:00
Father Knows Best
Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.
s06e15 Phishing for Answers 2018-06-25 02:00
Phishing for Answers
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.
s06e16 Not Cleared for Takeoff 2018-07-02 02:00
Not Cleared for Takeoff
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.
s06e17 Back to the Bar: Tough Love 2018-07-09 02:00
Back to the Bar: Tough Love
Jon reconnects with bar owners Mark Wilson and Ozzie Ardavani to find out what's in store for their relationship, then checks in with La Luz's Edith and Juan Pablo Martinez.
s06e18 Fish Out of Blue Water 2018-07-16 02:00
Fish Out of Blue Water
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.
s06e19 Operation Puerto Rico 2018-07-23 02:00
Operation Puerto Rico
Jon returns to Puerto Rico, where he used to live, to rescue a bar destroyed by Hurricane Maria and to help revive the rest of the community.
s06e20 Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fatballs 2018-07-30 02:00
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fatballs
An unappealing name is just the first of many problems plaguing Fatballs Sports Bar & Grill, where Jon must get a belligerent owner to accept responsibility.
s06e21 The Unwanted Saloon 2018-08-06 02:00
The Unwanted Saloon
Jon heads to middle-of-nowhere Tennessee to rescue The Wanted Saloon, whose remote location is just the first of many challenges.
s06e22 Back to the Bar: The Tradewinds of Change 2018-08-13 02:00
Back to the Bar: The Tradewinds of Change
Jon revisits bars The Tradewinds and 22 Klicks to see if their respective staffs are still working together or falling back into bad habits.
s06e23 Star Lite, Star Not So Brite 2018-08-20 02:00
Star Lite, Star Not So Brite
Nostalgia drives a successful bar owner to purchase a dive bar he patronized in his youth, but his focus on his primary business causes the second bar to slide into chaos.
s06e24 There Will Be Family Blood 2018-08-27 02:00
There Will Be Family Blood
A novice owner opens a bar to help cover his sister's medical bills, but when he staffs it with his equally inexperienced relatives, the business quickly becomes a money pit.
s06e25 The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico 2019-03-04 03:00
The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico
Jon heads back to Puerto Rico to help brother-and-sister bar owners who saw their business devastated by Hurricane Maria.
s06e26 Dalia's Inferno 2019-03-11 02:00
Dalia's Inferno
Jon heads to San Antonio to help a "cool mom" owner stop partying and start running her business like a professional.
s06e27 Don't Cry for Me Jon Taffer 2019-03-18 02:00
Don't Cry for Me Jon Taffer
Jon must get an overly-emotional bar owner to stop wallowing and take action to save his bar.
s06e28 Owner on the Run 2019-03-25 02:00
Owner on the Run
A pair of brothers can't see eye-to-eye how their business should be run, so one of them takes a run.
s06e29 Twerking 9 to 5 2019-04-01 02:00
Twerking 9 to 5
A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a Crossroads.
s06e30 Back to School 2019-04-08 02:00
Back to School
Putting the future of the service industry to the test, Jon and the crew help students at UNLV's College of Hospitality prepare for a VIP cocktail party.
s06e31 Tanked and Toasty 2019-04-15 02:00
Tanked and Toasty
The owner of the Recovery Room in San Antonio treats running a bar like a never-ending party, but her reckless ways may soon end the party, her business and her marriage.
s06e32 Miles from Success 2019-04-22 02:00
Miles from Success
Two rockers in need of money decided to open Kiva in a Texas college town, but their inexperience and apathy have cost them $200,000.
s06e33 Uncivil War 2019-04-29 02:00
Uncivil War
Jon attempts to rescue Eliphino, a Las Vegas dive dar struggling because of an owner who makes bad decisions and more enemies than friends.
s06e34 LIV'n on a Prayer 2019-05-06 02:00
LIV'n on a Prayer
Jon is called in to rescue LIV, a Las Vegas establishment lacking an identity, deprived of leadership and hampered by a chatty waitress with a heavy pour hand.
s06e35 Big Trouble in Little China Grove 2019-05-13 02:00
Big Trouble in Little China Grove
The owners of the China Grove Trading Post bought the bar to provide for their daughter's future, but her spoiled, lazy attitude threatens to sink the whole business.
s06e36 Pie Hard 2019-05-20 02:00
Pie Hard
Jon is tasked with rescuing Gil & Rick's, a sports bar and pizzeria run by two surly, inexperienced owners who resent customers actually ordering their subpar pies.
s06e37 Driving Miss Tara 2019-06-03 01:00
Driving Miss Tara
Jon tries to help the owner of New England's Ale House Grille, a single mom who's become reliant on a rude, incompetent manager since her husband left.
s06e38 All Blaze, No Glory 2019-07-15 02:00
All Blaze, No Glory
Jenny McCarthy joins Jon to help the Thunderbolt Bar & Grill owner, an inexperienced man with poor leadership skills whose only ally is threatening to withdraw her services.
s06e39 Reckless Roundhouse 2019-07-22 02:00
Reckless Roundhouse
Jenny McCarthy joins Jon to help the Thunderbolt Bar & Grill owner, an inexperienced man with poor leadership skills whose only ally is threatening to withdraw her services.
s06e40 John and Bert Bought a Bar 2019-07-29 02:00
John and Bert Bought a Bar
Jon tries to fix the negligent behavior at Harbor Point Club & Grill in Richardson, Texas, where owners drink the profits away and the staff struggles to get one order right.
s06e41 Green Walls and Donkey Balls 2019-08-05 02:00
Green Walls and Donkey Balls
Two best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their dream.
s06e42 Doreen's Dilemma 2019-08-12 02:00
Doreen's Dilemma
In his first-ever emergency rescue, Jon uses his last resort to help the overwhelmed and grieving owner of Buffalo City Bar & Grille save her father's legacy.
s06e43 Stix and Stones May Break Your Bar 2019-08-26 02:00
Stix and Stones May Break Your Bar
After a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner is seeing his profits go up in smoke.
s06e44 So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer 2019-09-09 02:00
So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer
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.
s06e45 The Sound of Failing Music 2019-09-16 01:00
The Sound of Failing Music
In affluent Aurora, CO, an undisciplined singer turned bar owner has allowed his bloated ego to destroy his business and family, and Jon's team must repair the damage.
s06e46 Saving G.I. Jodi 2019-09-23 02:00
Saving G.I. Jodi
Jon arrives in Littleton, Colorado, to find a mother and son at odds over running the haphazardly decorated G.I. Jodi's, which was originally conceived to honor the military.
s06e47 Get Off Your Ass! 2019-09-30 02:00
Get Off Your Ass!
The owner of Utah's The Fifth realized too late that running a successful bar wasn't as easy as his dad made it look, and now he's poised to squander his family's legacy.