Darrin Reed
Director
Bar Rescue (2011)
Season 3
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
Released July 17, 2011
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.renovation, imdb.consultant, imdb.makeover, imdb.bar-owner, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.business-and-occupation-reality-tv, imdb.bar + 2 more, imdb.business-consultant, tmdb.intense
Watch Providers: Pluto TV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount Plus Premium + 4 more, Philo, Paramount+ MTV Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount Plus Essential
Production Companies: 3 Ball Productions, Eyeworks USA, MTV Studios
Network: Spike
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Turtle on Its Back
For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.
Feb. 10, 2013, midnight
S3E2 - Rock N Roaches
Jon Taffer descends on a grotesque goth and rock bar in Austin, TX. Tasteless performances and cockroach infestations are the least of his problems as he spars with the worst bar owner to date.
Feb. 17, 2013, midnight
S3E3 - Bro's Got to Geaux!
Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.
Feb. 24, 2013, midnight
S3E4 - Tears for Beers
A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.
March 3, 2013, midnight
S3E5 - Empty Pockets
A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.
March 10, 2013, midnight
S3E6 - Jon T, He Don't Like It
The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.
March 17, 2013, midnight
S3E7 - In a Pinch
The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.
March 24, 2013, midnight
S3E8 - Karaoke Katastrophe
Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.
March 31, 2013, midnight
S3E9 - A Horse Walks Into a Bar
Horses defecating inside this Arizona bar are the least of Jon Taffer’s problems. He must contend with drunk owners, a family in turmoil, and a bank foreclosure if he hopes to save this business.
April 7, 2013, midnight
S3E10 - Meat Sauna
Bad ventilation cause hot, moist burger smoke to fill Scottsdale’s least funny comedy club. Jon Taffer arrives to clear the air and use proven bar techniques to create bigger laughs and bigger profits for the troubled owners
April 14, 2013, midnight
S3E11 - Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
An aggressive Las Vegas bar owner tries to pick up Nicole Taffer, sending Jon into a rage. Can he set this owner’s wandering eyes straight and save a once famous blues bar without coming to blows first?
July 7, 2013, midnight
S3E12 - Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
North Carolina’s Cashmere Nightclub has a bad name, poor décor and an embarrassing manager, but when Jon learns that they are refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap booze, all hell breaks loose.
July 14, 2013, midnight
S3E13 - Two Flew Over the Handlebars
Two buxom sisters have driven their biker bar in Pawcatuck, Connecticut into a ditch. Can Jon get these party women to stop binge drinking and focus on the real assets of their bar?
July 21, 2013, midnight
S3E14 - There's No Crying in the Bar Business
Jon heads to a Georgia sports bar and encounters an owner who’s incessant crying seems to prevent her noticing the massive employee theft issue occurring right under her nose.
July 28, 2013, midnight
S3E15 - Play Some Janet Jackson!
Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.
Aug. 4, 2013, midnight
S3E16 - Characters Assassination
A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.
Aug. 11, 2013, midnight
S3E17 - Corking the Bunghole
13 miles from Fort Bragg, Cliques suffers from a juvenile name and a repugnant reputation. Jon puts a bar's owners through a personal bar boot camp to attract the local military personnel.
Aug. 18, 2013, midnight
S3E18 - A Bar Full of Bull
Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.
Aug. 25, 2013, midnight
S3E19 - Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
Jon visits a struggling blue-collar joint in Las Vegas, where he deals with the strained friendship between the two classically trained chefs who own and operate it.
Sept. 8, 2013, midnight
S3E20 - Barely Above Water
Taffer makes two bars out of one in an attempt to save both a beachfront bar in Warwick, Rhode Island, and the owner’s marriage.
Sept. 15, 2013, midnight
S3E21 - Crappy Cantina
Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.
Oct. 6, 2013, midnight
S3E22 - Jon of the Dead
Jon has a few shocks to deliver to two former members of the music industry who have opened a horror-themed bar that is dying on its feet.
Oct. 13, 2013, midnight
S3E23 - Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids
Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.
Oct. 20, 2013, midnight
S3E24 - Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy
Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.
Oct. 27, 2013, midnight
S3E25 - Drunk & Dirty Dolls
After a near-fatal heart attack, Artie, the owner of Alibi in Las Vegas, lost his zeal for the work, and it's up to Jon to help him get it back.
Nov. 3, 2013, midnight
S3E26 - Empty Bottles Full Cans
Customers bringing in their own booze and bartenders flashing their boobs aren’t Jon’s biggest problems with this Tennessee watering hole. Taffer must ignite a lazy owner’s ingenuity to save the bar from going bust.
Nov. 10, 2013, midnight
S3E27 - Hole in None
This golf-themed bar is a swing and a miss and its horrendous sanitary conditions are completely out of bounds. Jon must clean house and get rid of the filth as well as the staff responsible for making his expert sick.
Nov. 17, 2013, midnight
S3E28 - Music City Mess
Jon attempts to turn around a Nashville bar with a dated concept.
Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, but was replaced with an encore after the owner was involved in a fatal shooting.
Nov. 24, 2013, midnight
S3E29 - Brawlin Babes
A sports bar with no TV's isn't Jon's biggest problem at this Missouri establishment. Taffer must get brawling buckle bunny bartenders and their spineless owner to unite in one common cause: Gut the competition!
Dec. 8, 2013, midnight
S3E30 - Twin vs. Twin
Lights, sirens and handcuffs greet Jon before he even enters the door of this Kansas City bar. Sibling rivalry between two identical twins with identical huge egos present Taffer with one of his toughest rescues.
Dec. 15, 2013, midnight
S3E31 - Hostile Takeover
A heavy drinking owner of an Irish sports bar is the subject of a hostile takeover… by his co-owners!
March 9, 2014, midnight
S3E32 - Critters and Quitters
KC's Neighborhood Bar & Grill is a rowdy members- only bar in Kansas whose profits have been going up in smoke thanks to the over-generous retired manager, lack of hygiene and an infestation of raccoons.
March 16, 2014, midnight
S3E33 - Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed
A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?
March 23, 2014, midnight
S3E34 - Scoreboard To Death
Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.
March 30, 2014, midnight
S3E35 - Grow Some Meatballs!
Issues at a family-run bar include a forceful patriarch and an impending disaster in the kitchen.
April 6, 2014, midnight
S3E36 - Taxed Out in Texas
Jon visits a struggling biker bar owned by a former tax accountant.
April 13, 2014, midnight
S3E37 - When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons
Too busy canoodling to notice his staff is sinking, a manager treats his bar like a romantic playground, forcing Taffer to demand inside help from the bartenders.
April 20, 2014, midnight
S3E38 - I Smell A Rat
Oasis Hookah bar in Omaha, NE is in dire straits. They serve toxic drinks and have terrible service. To top is all off, there's a dead rat somewhere in the building, but nobody knows where.
April 27, 2014, midnight
S3E39 - Scary Mary's
The owner of a struggling Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer’s experts.
May 4, 2014, midnight
S3E40 - Muscle Madness
Two muscle-bound meatheads can't see pec-to-pec on how to run their Houston bar. Now, their tempers and testosterone threaten to tear their friendship apart.
May 11, 2014, midnight
Network: Spike
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 12390 min.
Released: July 17, 2011
Last Air Date: June 29, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists