Bar Rescue: Episode Recap
 | Stand Up Scottsdale / Laugh Factory
Season 3 Episode 10: Enamored with the comedy scene, Nathan put up $180K with the plan of having Howard act as managing owner.More>> |
 | Kid Chilleen's Bad Ass BBQ Steakhouse
Haling from a long line of restaurateurs Scott Chilleen and his wife Donna took on their family business in 2003 when they bought Kid Chilleen's Bad Ass BBQ. But after four years in the black Scott and Donna starting reveling in their small success as they went from serving drinks to throwing them...More>> |
 | Taffer Turns Around Dimples
Season 3 Episode 8: The first karaoke bar in America is situated just four miles from Hollywood in Burbank, CA. Owner Sal opened Dimples – a Hollywood themed Karaoke bar named after the Shirley Temple movie – in 1982.More>> |
 | Lona's Recap
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. Lona’s philosophy for her business was if she could work 80 hours a week for someone else, then she could do it for...More>> |
 | The Kasbah
Season 3 Episode 6: The Kasbah, a nightclub plagued by thugs and security issues, is situated nine miles east of Downtown Denver in Aurora, Colorado.More>> |
 | Zan Z Bar / Solids & Stripes
Season 3 Episode 5: Israeli born Ami move to the US with $200 in his pocket in search of the American dream and after owning and running bakeries in New York, he decided to cash in his life savings and open Zan Z Bar in Denver’s emerging downtown.More>> |
 | The Brixton / Rocket Room 6
Season 3 Episode 4: The Brixton owned by Sara and Tim has struggled to keep up with the budding culture due to the attitude and abrasive personality Tim gives to every customer that walk through the door.More>> |
 | TJ Quills/AnneX
Nestled between two large universities, TJ Quills, is run more like a frat house than a legitimate business. More>> |
 | Taffer Turns Around Headhunters
Season 3 Episode 2: Headhunters, a once thriving bar in Austin, TX, has become a dilapidated, cockroach infested pile of garbage due to the years of negligence by owner Steve Richie. More>> |
 | Turtle Bay/Spirits on Bourbon
Owners Brad Bohanna and Steve Smith opened Turtle Bay on the famous Bourbon Street in New Orleans after Brad was bought out by his former partners at Treasure Isle.More>> |
 | Extremes Sports Bar
Terry Bryant left landscaping in 2003 to buy a failing bar in Orange, CA. He reopened the bar as Extremes Sports Bar. At first the bar was a success, bringing in $12,000 a month, with its main attraction being the scantily clothed bartenders.More>> |
 | Rocks
Scott Terheggen left his lucrative real estate career 16 years ago to open Rocks in Laguna Niguel, California. This beach community, located along the Pacific Ocean, is surrounded by six different colleges and has a population of 63 thousand.More>> |
 | Win Place or Show
Win Place or Show is so bad that the bar has never turned a profit since it opened under the shadow of its former hardcore bike bar. Some of the problems Win Place and Show faces include poor menus, flat beer, and horrible branding.More>> |
 | Weber's Place
Weber’s Place, a local bar owned by Kervin Cinton, should be doing everything in it power to attract a young free-spending crowd. However, Weber’s is having an identity crisis and lacks direction.More>> |
 | The Olive Pit
The Olive Pit was profitable at first costing on its built-in clientele but after year of neglect with a crumbling interior, profits began to take a huge dive. Losing $5,000 a month and food sales bringing in a mere $25-$150 per day the Olive Pit is only months away from closing.More>> |