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Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant
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Episode 1 - Bug Bite
Release Date: 2014-10-05Thanks to an ill-advised promotion and sloppy maintenance, a nightclub is overrun by mosquitos, fruit flies and unruly minors.
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Episode 2 - Thugs with Mugs
Release Date: 2014-10-12Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill, Yonkers, NY. Rowdy customers at a New York sports bar attack Taffer's crew when they discover they are being served cheap booze at premium prices, prompting Jon to teach the importance of serving quality drinks and maintaining crowd control.
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Episode 3 - Schmuck Dynasty
Release Date: 2014-10-19Rhythm & Brews, Staten Island, NY. A Staten Island bar that is overrun by customers who are cooking their own food and getting their drinks, due to the employees poor work ethic and the owner's hands off approach in running the bar. Jon must re-ignite the owner's fire and teach the staff why they need to do their own work.
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Episode 4 - El Moronte!!
Release Date: 2014-10-26Laguna Lounge Jersey City, NJ A passionate Puerto Rican bar owner berates his staff and sons as the bar sinks further into debt. Can Taffer deflate the owner's ego in order to save his bar?
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Episode 5 - Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder
Release Date: 2014-11-02Jack's Ale House Sunnyside, NY Three loud-mouthed firefighting brothers struggle to keep their Queens bar afloat. Can Taffer calm the sparks before this family implodes?
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Episode 6 - To Protect And (Over) Serve
Release Date: 2014-11-09Lickety Split Philadelphia, PA A former Philly detective-turned-bar owner hits the bottle hard after years of dark days on the force when Jon Taffer shows up to straighten him out.
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Episode 7 - A Dash of Bitters
Release Date: 2014-11-16Plush Glenside, PA A rescue turns testy when Taffer enlists the help of the bar owner's ex-wife and former manager.
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Episode 8 - Swinging from the Rafters
Release Date: 2014-11-23Dirty Rooster Antioch, IL An outrageous lakeside bar owner spends more time swinging from the rafters than managing his bar, causing Taffer to abandon ship until the owner can face reality.
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Episode 9 - Spoiled Brat Party
Release Date: 2014-12-07Y-Not III Milwaukee, WI A third generation Milwaukee bar owner puts his father’s legacy on the line by living off his family instead of trying to cut his own piece of the pie.
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Episode 10 - Irish Eyes Aren't Smiling
Release Date: 2014-12-14Packey's Pub Milwaukee, WI The American dream becomes a hard reality for this Irish bar owner after Taffer discovers he withheld employee paychecks to keep the business afloat.
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Episode 11 - Second Base, Third Strike
Release Date: 2015-02-08Second Base Orange, CA In a first-ever re-rescue, Jon Taffer returns to Second Base Bar & Grill to find a disengaged owner who has let the bar deteriorate. Will Jon save this bar once again?
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Episode 12 - Crayons & Anger Lines
Release Date: 2015-02-15Underground Wonder Bar Chicago, IL A hippy-dippy live music bar owner is more concerned with the spirit of wonderment than appealing to her trendy Chicago community, causing Taffer to enforce some tough love.
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Episode 13 - Beach Rats
Release Date: 2015-02-22Toucans Oceanside Bar & Grill Hollywood, FL This failing beachfront bar is shut down after rodents invade the kitchen, but Taffer is brought to tears upon discovering what the owners have endured.
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Episode 14 - All Twerk & No Pay
Release Date: 2015-03-01Heat Restaurant & Lounge Hollywood, FL Too busy dancing on the bar top to pour drinks, these out-of-control bartenders are in for a shock when Jon Taffer puts an end to the party.
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Episode 15 - Bromancing the Stone
Release Date: 2015-03-08Sandbar Sports Grill Coconut Grove, FL Jon Taffer has his hands full with the owner of an outdated college sports bar who is more interested in managing his fantasy football team than running a business.
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Episode 16 - Storming the Castle
Release Date: 2015-03-15Friar Tucks Pomona, CA Jon Taffer arrives at this castle-shaped bar to a surly owner with anger management issues whose attitude has pushed his staff to their breaking points.
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Episode 17 - Lagers and Liars
Release Date: 2015-03-22The Los Angeles Brewing Company Los Angeles, CA Celebrity guest Maria Menounos joins Jon Taffer at this Los Angeles beer bar where a million dollar debt and decision to keep or sell the business has triggered a family divide.
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Episode 18 - Loose Lips Loose Tips
Release Date: 2015-03-29The Holding Company San Francisco, CA Four bickering Irish sisters talk themselves in circles as their San Francisco bar takes a nosedive. Can Jon Taffer turn their luck around before they miss the boat on their American dream?
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Episode 19 - Back to the Bar: Hot-Headed Owners
Release Date: 2015-04-05Jon revisits Solids & Stripes, Pat's Cocktails, MoonRunners Saloon and Corporate Bar & Grill to see if the hotheaded owners of these once-failing bars are keeping their cools.
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Episode 20 - Mandala Down
Release Date: 2015-04-21Mandala Lounge in San Mateo, California
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Episode 21 - Sticky Situation
Release Date: 2015-06-21A family-owned bar is put at risk when a son's excessive drinking and poor management choices begin to attract X-rated clientele.
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Episode 22 - Take Me Out of the Bar Game
Release Date: 2015-06-28Jon is called in to help a retired baseball player turned bar owner who struck out when he hired a boozy staff content to waste the bar's profits.
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Episode 23 - Emergency Exit
Release Date: 2015-07-05Before he can save their failing bar, Jon must navigate the turbulent business partnership between an ex-pilot and his ex-girlfriend
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Episode 24 - It's Always Sunny in Portland
Release Date: 2015-07-12Jon tries to help the owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, bar cool the temper of his stubborn chef and his overbearing stepdaughter turned business partner.
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Episode 25 - Brokedown Palace
Release Date: 2015-07-19Taffer is assisted by Alexander Siddig and Iddo Goldbert, the stars of TUT, to help him rescue a Moroccan bar with an identity crisis.
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Episode 26 - Ants with Wings, Bro!
Release Date: 2015-07-26Jon tries to motivate the inattentive owner of a failing Portland, Oregon, music venue plagued by mismanagement and an ant infestation.
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Episode 27 - Back to the Bar: Stubborn Owners
Release Date: 2015-08-02Jon checks in on some of the most stubborn owners he's ever worked with, including the owner of O Face, where Jon previously walked out without completing the rescue.
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Episode 28 - Put a Cork in It
Release Date: 2015-08-09The eccentric owner of Brix Wine Bar is too busy being the life of the party to notice his business is withering on the vine.
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Episode 29 - Too Many Managers, Not Enough Man
Release Date: 2015-08-16Jon is tasked with rescuing a Chicago sports bar that's heavy on managers and light on respect for the owner.
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Episode 30 - Jon Ain't Afraid of No Ghost
Release Date: 2015-08-23A bar owner takes a less active role in his business after becoming convinced his bar is haunted.
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Episode 31 - Back to the Bar: Delusional Owners
Release Date: 2015-08-30Jon checks in on four previously rescued bars, including Dimples and 22 Klicks, to see if the owners have a better grasp of the reality of their businesses.
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Episode 32 - Till Debt Do Us Part
Release Date: 2015-10-04A womanizing owner will lose his run-down Caribbean bar, and his wife, if he can't change his toxic behavior.
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Episode 33 - Shamrocks and Shenanigans
Release Date: 2015-10-11A lackadaisical owner may lose more than his Irish pub if Jon isn't able to help him take charge and end the fighting among his bartenders.
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Episode 34 - Blowing Royal Smoke
Release Date: 2015-10-18The obnoxious behavior of two feuding brothers threatens to put an end to the storied legacy of Royal Oaks, the oldest bar and barbecue joint in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Episode 35 - Sour Lemmons and Bitter Business
Release Date: 2015-10-25After giving their artsy, irresponsible landlord a share of the bar, the brothers behind Martini Brothers Burger Bar are at their wits' end and ready to call Jon for help.
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Episode 36 - Ripper's Rookie House
Release Date: 2015-11-01Former Judas Priest front man Tim "Ripper" Owens calls in Jon after discovering being a rock star and running a rock club are two very different skills.
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Episode 37 - Big Sister's Watching
Release Date: 2015-11-08In a struggling military bar, a distrustful owner spends her time spying on her staff instead of watching the bottom line.
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Episode 38 - Vulgar Vixens
Release Date: 2015-11-15Jon visits The Hooch, an X-rated bar where the foulmouthed owner wastes her husband's money and constantly berates her female staff.
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Episode 39 - Unnecessary Toughness
Release Date: 2015-11-22At an Ann Arbor, MI, college alumni bar, Jon is forced to deal with a hotheaded owner whose fiery temper keeps his staff on edge and his million-dollar debt on ice.
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Episode 40 - Boss Lady Blues
Release Date: 2015-12-06A 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.
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Episode 41 - Bare Rescue
Release Date: 2015-12-13In a Bar Rescue first, Jon helps a failing strip club saddled with a disinterested staff, a skeevy vibe and an off-putting name: Chix on Dix.
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Episode 42 - Back to the Bar: No Laughing Matter
Release Date: 2015-12-20Jon returns to see if the McGowan brothers have cooled off their fiery relationship. He also takes on an angry stand-up comedy club owner from Stand Up, Scottsdale
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Episode 43 - Hard Heads and Softballs
Release Date: 2016-03-06The feud between the owners of Mac & Chester's SRO has led to a bifurcation of their business and attracted a dysfunctional, rowdy clientele.
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Episode 44 - Dragon Lady
Release Date: 2016-03-13Jon is tasked with getting the apathetic owner of Van Goghz to put down her vape pen and start engaging with customers.
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Episode 45 - Paradise Lost
Release Date: 2016-03-20An explosive conflict breaks out among the owners of Dale 1891 when Jon discovers one of them has been siphoning off profits.
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Episode 46 - Back to the Bar: Meathead-to-Head
Release Date: 2016-03-27Jon revisits the Dirty Rooster and ruffles the feathers of its owner, then he mediates a muscle-bound dispute between rival Texas bar owners.
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Episode 47 - Land of the Beer and Home of the Misbehaved
Release Date: 2016-04-03A successful St. Louis, MO, restaurateur risks everything when she decides to add a downtown sports bar to her portfolio and put her out-of-control nephew in charge.
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Episode 48 - Getting Freaki at the Tiki
Release Date: 2016-04-10He's no stranger to unkempt bars, but Jon is absolutely disgusted by the rat, roach and raccoon problem inside Freaki Tiki.
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Episode 49 - Back to the Bar: Empty Pockets
Release Date: 2016-04-17Jon heads back to MT Bottle to put a fork in their gravy dispute, then he finds out what the owners of Piratz have planned for the future.
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Episode 50 - How to Train the Dragon
Release Date: 2016-04-24Jon must help the owner of George & Dragon come to terms with his mother's death before he drinks away all his profits and the family legacy.
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Episode 51 - Demolition Man
Release Date: 2016-05-01Jon schools the clueless owner of Grinders, whose unauthorized and unsafe renovation has the city threatening to shut the place down.
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Episode 52 - Back to the Bar: Luck of the Irish
Release Date: 2016-05-08Jon reveals which of his rescues has been most successful, tests the luck of Campbell's Irish Pub and revisits The Lister and its infamous "porn couch."
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Episode 53 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Release Date: 2016-05-15A former doctor decides to run The Bridge Lounge, his father's once-successful bar, but runs into trouble when the BP oil spill devastates the local customer base.
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Episode 54 - Danny Sits on His Fanny
Release Date: 2016-05-22After convincing his friends to invest their life savings, the rookie bar owner of Cirivello's has turned a community staple into a money pit and now faces a hostile takeover.
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Episode 55 - Gon in a Flash
Release Date: 2016-07-10The timid owner of City Bistro in St. Louis, MO, looks the other way as her raunchy bartenders flash customers to drum up business.
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Episode 56 - Momster's Ball
Release Date: 2016-07-17Jon is called in to help the failing owner of Baseline Sports Bar, whose sexually exploitive spaghetti wrestling events have driven away female customers.
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Episode 57 - Drunk on Punk
Release Date: 2016-07-24Jon has a hard time getting through to the owner of the Black Light District, who's convinced fixing up his rancid dive would be a betrayal of his punk rock credo.
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Episode 58 - Raising Arizona
Release Date: 2016-07-31The owner of The Gallopin' Goose ruined his marriage and his bar's reputation when he had an illicit affair that resulted in a child.