Darrin Reed
Director
Bar Rescue (2011)
Season 6
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
S6E1 - Put It on Cody’s Tab
A son takes over the failing family business and must battle his belligerent father, a volatile cook, and a filthy kitchen before Jon Taffer shuts it all down.
March 11, 2018, midnight
S6E2 - Close, But No Cigar
When an old-school Memphis cigar man takes a stab at the bar business, he discovers hiring his millennial son wasn't quite what he had expected.
March 18, 2018, midnight
S6E3 - Weird Science
Two scientists struggle with the correct formula to run a successful bar.
March 25, 2018, midnight
S6E4 - Ground Control to Major Jon
Jon visits a Cape Canaveral area bar frequented by local NASA astronauts; Jon attempts to get the bar back off the ground before a mother-daughter feud causes a failure to launch.
April 1, 2018, midnight
S6E5 - Mississippi Rears
A Navy vet finds himself in over his head when he relies on his unqualified friend to manage his failing Mississippi dive bar.
April 8, 2018, midnight
S6E6 - 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.
April 15, 2018, midnight
S6E7 - Pole Without a Purpose
A soccer mom turned strip club owner refuses help from her daughter even though she's trained in hospitality management.
April 22, 2018, midnight
S6E8 - 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.
April 29, 2018, midnight
S6E9 - 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.
May 6, 2018, midnight
S6E10 - 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.
May 13, 2018, midnight
S6E11 - Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face
Taffer revisits The Local and finds family turmoil as Mimi is still a thorn in her son's side, while Todd and Elise of Mac & Chesters update Taffer on their marriage and bar.
May 20, 2018, midnight
S6E12 - 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.
June 3, 2018, midnight
S6E13 - 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.
June 10, 2018, midnight
S6E14 - Father Knows Best
Jon visits the No Name Saloon, a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.
June 17, 2018, midnight
S6E15 - 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.
June 24, 2018, midnight
S6E16 - 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.
July 1, 2018, midnight
S6E17 - 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.
July 8, 2018, midnight
S6E18 - 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.
July 15, 2018, midnight
S6E19 - 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.
July 22, 2018, midnight
S6E20 - 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.
July 29, 2018, midnight
S6E21 - 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.
Aug. 5, 2018, midnight
S6E22 - 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.
Aug. 12, 2018, midnight
S6E23 - 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.
Aug. 19, 2018, midnight
S6E24 - 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.
Aug. 26, 2018, midnight
S6E25 - The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, a brother and sister find themselves in over their heads in damages to their previously successful Asian fusion restaurant Shibo.
March 3, 2019, midnight
S6E26 - Dalia’s Inferno
Jon travels to San Antonio to help a bar owner whose life-of-the-party personality has set the standard for indulgent on-the-job drinking and unprofessional practices.
March 10, 2019, midnight
S6E27 - Don’t Cry for Me Jon Taffer
Jon attempts to save sports bar RJ's Replays, which is full of potential but failing due to poor management, and mend the owner's relationships with his wife and parents.
March 17, 2019, midnight
S6E28 - Owner on the Run
Jon attempts to rescue The Original Hideout in Tucson, Arizona, despite that owner Ramiro is $300,000 in debt and his brother Raoul is overwhelmed with his management duties.
March 24, 2019, midnight
S6E29 - Twerking 9 to 5
A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens a once-thriving bar, leaving Ashley and Robert Gaddy's future at a Crossroads.
March 31, 2019, midnight
S6E30 - 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.
April 7, 2019, midnight
S6E31 - 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.
April 14, 2019, midnight
S6E32 - 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.
April 21, 2019, midnight
S6E33 - 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.
April 28, 2019, midnight
S6E34 - 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.
May 5, 2019, midnight
S6E35 - 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.
May 12, 2019, midnight
S6E36 - 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.
May 19, 2019, midnight
S6E37 - 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.
June 2, 2019, midnight
S6E38 - 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.
July 14, 2019, midnight
S6E39 - Reckless Roundhouse
To save the Whiskey Girl Saloon in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Jon must get an inexperienced co-owner to abandon his hard-partying alter ego, Rick Roundhouse.
July 21, 2019, midnight
S6E40 - 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.
July 28, 2019, midnight
S6E41 - Green Walls and Donkey Balls
Two best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their bar.
Aug. 4, 2019, midnight
S6E42 - Doreen's Dilemma
The daughter of a longtime bar owner finds herself saddled with the responsibility of running his business after he abruptly passes away.
Aug. 11, 2019, midnight
S6E43 - Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bar
After a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner sees his profits go up in smoke.
Aug. 18, 2019, midnight
S6E44 - So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer
Mark and Ozzie face Jon Taffer a second time in hopes that he will rescue another one of their failing bars.
Aug. 25, 2019, midnight
S6E45 - The Sound of Failing Music
n 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.
Sept. 15, 2019, midnight
S6E46 - 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.
Sept. 22, 2019, midnight
S6E47 - 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.
Sept. 29, 2019, 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+
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