Bar Rescue
Season 3
201340 episodes
Episode 1
Turtle on Its Back
Feb 10, 201343m
For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.
Episode 2
Rock N Roaches
Feb 17, 201343m
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.
Episode 3
Bro's Got to Geaux!
Feb 24, 201343m
Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.
Episode 4
Tears for Beers
Mar 3, 201343m
A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.
Episode 5
Empty Pockets
Mar 10, 201343m
A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.
Episode 6
Jon T, He Don't Like It
Mar 17, 201343m
The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.
Episode 7
In a Pinch
Mar 24, 201343m
The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.
Episode 8
Karaoke Katastrophe
Mar 31, 201343m
Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.
Episode 9
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
Apr 7, 201343m
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.
Episode 10
Meat Sauna
Apr 14, 201343m
TMDB rating 10.0TMDB
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
Episode 11
Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
Jul 7, 201343m
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?
Episode 12
Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
Jul 14, 201343m
TMDB rating 9.0TMDB
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.
Episode 13
Two Flew Over the Handlebars
Jul 21, 201343m
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?
Episode 14
There's No Crying in the Bar Business
Jul 28, 201343m
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.
Episode 15
Play Some Janet Jackson!
Aug 4, 201343m
Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.
Episode 16
Characters Assassination
Aug 11, 201343m
A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.
Episode 17
Corking the Bunghole
Aug 18, 201343m
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.
Episode 18
A Bar Full of Bull
Aug 25, 201343m
Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.
Episode 19
Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
Sep 8, 201343m
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.
Episode 20
Barely Above Water
Sep 15, 201343m
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.
Episode 21
Crappy Cantina
Oct 6, 201343m
Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.
Episode 22
Jon of the Dead
Oct 13, 201343m
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.
Episode 23
Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids
Oct 20, 201343m
Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.
Episode 24
Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy
Oct 27, 201343m
Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.
Episode 25
Drunk & Dirty Dolls
Nov 3, 201343m
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.
Episode 26
Empty Bottles Full Cans
Nov 10, 201343m
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.
Episode 27
Hole in None
Nov 17, 201343m
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.
Episode 28
Music City Mess
Nov 24, 201343m
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.
Episode 29
Brawlin Babes
Dec 8, 201343m
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!
Episode 30
Twin vs. Twin
Dec 15, 201343m
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.
Episode 31
Hostile Takeover
Mar 9, 201443m
A heavy drinking owner of an Irish sports bar is the subject of a hostile takeover… by his co-owners!
Episode 32
Critters and Quitters
Mar 16, 201443m
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.
Episode 33
Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed
Mar 23, 201443m
A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?
Episode 34
Scoreboard To Death
Mar 30, 201443m
Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.
Episode 35
Grow Some Meatballs!
Apr 6, 201443m
Issues at a family-run bar include a forceful patriarch and an impending disaster in the kitchen.
Episode 36
Taxed Out in Texas
Apr 13, 201443m
Jon visits a struggling biker bar owned by a former tax accountant.
Episode 37
When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons
Apr 20, 201443m
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.
Episode 38
I Smell A Rat
Apr 27, 201443m
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.
Episode 39
Scary Mary's
May 4, 201443m
The owner of a struggling Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer’s experts.
Episode 40
Muscle Madness
May 11, 201443m
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.