Season 3 Episode 10: After cruising the LA comedy circuit and a painful divorce Howard Hughes moved back to Scottsdale where he teamed up with investment banker Nathan Learner and opened Stand Up Scottsdale in 2012.More>>

Haling from a long line of restaurateurs Scott Chilleen and his wife Donna took on their on family business in 2003 when they bought Kid Chilleen's Bad Ass BBQ.More>>

Season 3 Episode 8: In 1982 after 20 years in the bar business, Sal opened Dimples – a Hollywood themed karaoke bar named after the Shirley Temple movie.More>>

Lona bought a 30,000 square foot bar in 1999; at the time Lona’s Wardlow Station was a busy, blue collar bar in split between two cities, Long Beach and Signal Hill, California.More>>

Season 3 Episode 6: When Shelton Bouknight invested his 401K into The Kasbah in 1997, it was the first old school dance club in the Denver area. The Kasbah was an overnight success breaking into an unexploited market; in the first few years.More>>

Season 3 Episode 5: Bars and restaurants in Denver Colorado have created a lively party atmosphere that appeals to a younger demographic. Failing to grab this demographic is Zan Z Bar – a billiards bar whose cheap drinks and free pool draw an undesirable crowd. More>>

Season 3 Episode 4: Newlyweds Tim and Sara bought The Brixton, a failing punk rock themed dive bar on the world famous 6th street in the heart of Austin, TX. Once Sara and Tim took over the bar they did little to improve the venue.More>>

Episode 3 Season 3: Uptown New Orleans should be the perfect location to turn a profit, with populated universities nearby filled with thirsty college students craving a hang out spot. More>>

Season 3 Episode 2: In 2003 Steve Richie left the field of engineering and opened Headhunters, a no rules tiki bar and live music venue on the red river district of Austin, TX.More>>

After having his portion of Tropical Isle bought out by the other two owners, Brad Bohannan decided to venture out on his own and open Turtle Bay on Bourbon Street in New Orleans directly across from Tropical Isle.More>>

Situated along a busy street, lined with strip malls and empty storefronts, Extremes Sports bar would have been invisible if not for the gigantic purple-framed lightbox sign with the lettering “Extremes” in nondescript black font on a field of cheap fluorescent white.More>>

Scott Terheggen left his lucrative real estate career to open Rocks in Laguna Niguel, California. This beach community is located along the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by six different colleges.More>>

In 2010 decorated retired career navy man, Barry Rogers, decides to take $50,000, his entire life savings, and invest it in what had once been an unpopular biker bar in Fairfield, OH.More>>

Like many bars, Weber’s Place opened with a perfect formula for failure. Located in Reseda, a suburb of Los Angeles, Jon Taffer and his team were able to give this failing bar an identity as a rum bar. More>>

Jon Taffer turns around The Black Sheep in Cheviot, Ohio.More>>

A frequent watering hole for the local blue-collar crowd, The Olive Pit, located in Orange, California, is the dive bar that nobody knows about—though it’s been around since 1962.More>>

A person walking into a venue forms an opinion within the first three to five steps. However, in the case of Mystique Lounge in West Palm Beach, FL, opinions are formed before the customer even gets to the front door. And it’s not a positive opinion.More>>

Two college buddies whimsically decide to open a bar in 2009. For the first year, J.A. Murphy’s was very successful. Since 2011, however, the bar has become a run-down place for the frat boy-type to get wasted.More>>

As only one of three tiki bars left is South Florida, Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar was once a South Florida hot spot. But this beach front bar has turned into a South Florida disaster.More>>

Piratz feels a bit like a haven for misfits and the buccaneer business owner, Tracy Rebelo, had no background in running a bar; acting more like a mother figure to her quirky staff, than a boss.More>>

When an owner who can’t separate his business from his friendships and imposes no discipline on his staff is combined with a bar concept that’s easily confused with an auto-repair shop and has ticked off the city brass, patrons get a bar that’s driving the fast lane to failure. More>>

As the only bar in Yorba Linda, Calif., that has a liquor license safely grandfathered, Canyon Inn has served generations of Orange County customers. But because it’s focus has morphed, Canyon Inn now is a confused little spot with an identity crisis.More>>

Jon Taffer of Spike TV's "Bar Rescue" takes on perhaps his biggest challenge yet as he looks to turnaround Champs, the oldest -- and now failing -- sports bar in Burbank, Calif. More>>