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
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Season 5
2016
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01. The Perks of Being a Wallpaper
2016-08-07
A classic dive bar with mob ties in Las Vegas is about to close its doors because of an owner who's busy being a nice guy rather than a wise guy.
02. Wheels of Misfortune
2016-08-14
In a desert town, Taffer collides with the owner of a bar in a roller rink, a local landmark close to closing for good.
03. Whipped Into Shape
2016-08-21
After gambling his life savings on a run down Las Vegas bar, a desperate owner tries out a fetish night to whip up new business.
04. Antisocial Media
2016-09-18
Taffer helps an owner whose social media mishaps have made him public enemy number one.
05. How to Train Your Goldfish
2016-09-25
Nasty nachos & goldfish races are on the menu at this sports pub. But in a Bar Rescue first, a staffing crisis hits before the stress test, leaving the owners without any employees. Can Taffer right the ship before it drowns?
06. Win, Lose or Brawl
2016-10-02
Taffer must fix an out-of-control staff and the owner’s freeloading friends. But a violent physical fight threatens this sports bar’s rescue potential.
07. Listen Y'all It's Sabotage
2016-10-09
New bar owners accuse their manager (and the bar's former owner) of sabotaging their business to try to steal it back. With no clear proof, Jon uses a stress test to determine who's right and who's wrong.
08. Gettin' Jigger With It
2016-10-16
A historical landmark bar, divided in profits and responsibility, pits brother and sister against one another.
09. Chase Lounge
2016-10-23
A lazy step-son fails to step into his new role as bar manager. And while his father can sell a car, it doesn't mean he can run a bar.
10. Zero Dark Drunky
2016-10-30
A military hero on the verge of being redeployed needs a rescue of his own, before he drinks away his profits and angers his bartender girlfriend past the point of no return.
11. Ice, Mice, Baby
2016-11-06
A spoiled owner is gifted a nightclub by his father. Can Taffer save this mice-infested tourist bar before the owner gives away all his profits?
12. Punk as a Drunk
2016-11-13
A former punk rocker hits bottom after being overwhelmed with tragedy. But his constant roughhousing with his employees draws Taffer's ire.
13. Back To The Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns
2016-11-20
The gloves are off as Taffer confronts the leopard-print loving ladies of The Handlebar; Janet Jackson-playing bartender Brandon, plate-throwing Ami, and The Brixton owner Tim return.
14. Don't Tell Mom the Bar is Dead
2017-02-19
An abrasive owner takes advantage of his mom's generosity to take over a craft beer bar from his landlord.
15. I Know What You Did Last Summit
2017-02-26
An absentee owner puts his marriage on the line by drinking away his financial sorrows and flirting with the female clientele. Can Taffer step in to save a crumbling relationship and a failed bar?
16. Struck Out at the Dugout
2017-03-05
Taffer faces his most resistive owner yet after a lackluster landlord falls into the sports bar business when a previous tenant refuses to pay rent of this World Series winning Chicago Cub's hangout.
17. Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water
2017-03-12
Taffer confronts AJ from Brick & Barley over her blistering attitude and the civil strife with her daughters over the bar's uniforms while a combative owner comes clean about the failure of his bar after the rescue.
18. All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
2017-03-19
An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step
19. Bar Over Troubled Water
2017-03-26
In this special episode, Taffer rescues a successful bar – the beacon of the community – that was destroyed by a recent hurricane in Baton Rouge
20. Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
2017-04-02
After suffering a stroke, this bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy. Can Taffer save this bayou bar before it sinks?
21. Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon
2017-04-09
Former bar owners return to praise Taffer for turning around their businesses, including an owner once accused of embezzlement by his father, a vape-smoking dragon lady who crafted conflict in her St. Louis bar & more.
22. Casually Tapped Out
2017-07-02
Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
23. Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
2017-07-16
It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.
24. Mother Doesn't Know Best
2017-07-23
Jon Taffer tries to convince the ultimate maternal figure to make her decisions like a business owner to save her struggling Las Vegas dive bar from closing its doors.
25. Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls
2017-07-30
It's all fists and fury when Taffer revisits the bars with the biggest fights, including the most dangerous brawl in show history at the bar whose owner is fighting foreclosure.
26. Silence of the Ants
2017-08-06
A Long Beach dive bar becomes infested with more than just bar problems -- they have bug problems.
27. Daddy Dearest
2017-08-13
Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
28. Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
2017-08-20
It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.
29. Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls
2017-09-03
Taffer revisits The Cajun Belle to see whether husband Dave still supports his hard-working wife and whether their marriage needs another rescue, checks in on the partnership at Hammer & Ales, and heads back to The Wildcatter.
30. The Unlucky Leprechaun
2017-09-10
Jon Taffer tries to convince a foul-mouthed owner to change his ways before the bar he owns with his ex-wife shuts down for good.
31. Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions
2017-09-17
Taffer revisits 3 bars whose fortunes have turned for the worse after disasters have ravaged their futures, from the apocalypse themed bar The End to Chicago landmark The Abbey. Can Taffer develop a plan to help them get back on their feet?
