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welcome to the Film Insight channel for today's video we're going to cover more bars featured
on Bar Rescue and reveal how they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado
let's get right into the content guys Joltn Joe's Gas Lamp
for a season 7 episode Jon Taffer and his team head over to joltn joe's in the gaslamp quarter of san
diego owned by phil pachione he purchased the bar back in 2004 remodeling it into a billiard club
sports bar slash event center across the span of several years petrone was doing exceptionally well
making hundreds of thousands in profit however once the owner was revealed that he had cancer
he hired a general manager named sean kisner to keep things running thankfully pachone was able to
recover and return but was only met with tension due to kisner's picky demands he would be very
controlling of the business and staff operations which made things difficult to say the very least
on top of this their food is horribly inconsistent and their bar fell into disrepair resulting in a
loss of customers currently speaking they're in a deep pool of debt of over 1.2 million
dollars and are losing close to ten thousand a month desperately needing the guidance of a
professional before everything collapses piccione calls out the tapper for some aid upon his arrival
with mixologist alex good and chef vic vegas he gives them the rundown of the situation
soon after the bar rescue host sends in two local radio celebrities to order a mai tai and a bloody
mary hoping to get a better look at the service quality predictably the mai tai tastes awfully
sour and the bloody mary is described to taste like a hot dog nasty ordering some food which
also comes back tasting horrible kisner's so clueless about the issues and is just plain pool
having seen more than enough Taffer storms into the bar and blows up on the general manager for
serving sub-standard food and drinks responding that it's the chef's fault taffer calls out the
cook to talk and he just points his finger back at kisner for micromanaging the kitchen the following
day taffer holds his staff meeting and learns that everyone agrees the food and drinks are disgusting
they also point out that pachone has never set any standards which is why kisner had the opportunity
to let things go both experts train the staff on how to make easy but delicious food and drinks to
set the bar's standards a little higher performing a stress test later on the customers seem to love
the drinks but complain about the undercooked food after settling a financial agreement between the
two business partners taffer was finally ready to start making renovations first changing the name
to the gaslamp social he also revamped the bar's aesthetic making it more vibrant and decorating it
with digital elements taffer added in brand new pool tables better pos systems a phone
charging station and an ice machine eventually relaunching the patrons seemed ecstatic with
the improved meals and cocktails and the staff did fantastic with keeping up with orders post
bar rescue petrona decided to step back and allow kissner to manage the bar but things are actually
doing very well reviews on yelp and chip advisor are mostly positive with people praising the food
drinks and service we're glad this rescue pulled through pepe's mexican restaurant and cantina
in another episode of the seventh season john tapper pays a visit to pepe's mexican restaurant
on cantina in canyon lake california the bar is over 50 years old but is now owned by victor and
laura demonero who purchased it several years ago once being an extremely popular hangout spot they
left their employees to run it thinking it would continue being successful however this was far
from the truth since there's only been a decline in the number of their customers additionally
the food quality has gone into the trash with the kitchen staff relying on the microwave for most of
the meals they make nowadays the owners just lock themselves in their office and don't even try to
interact with the staff nor the customers losing close to six thousand dollars a month they've
amassed a humongous debt of over two million dollars which is absolutely ridiculous to make
matters worse the staff is so overwhelmed with the stress that it's putting their health at risk
not knowing what else to do the owners give taffy and his team a call hoping that he can rescue them
from this rut upon his eventual rival to the bar with chef jason santos and mixologist alex good
they noticed that the surrounding area is pretty wealthy they hit the jackpot in terms of location
although the main issue is their sign out front which doesn't clearly state the business's nature
it becomes clear as they watch through the cctv cameras that their biggest issue without a doubt
is waste taffer notices that the bartenders over pour and spill beer all over the place reducing
the bars profits without any effort additionally they seemed to take down the customers names but
managed to still mess up with the orders which resulted in them giving away two meals for free
later heading into the bar tapper confronts both victor and lauren in their office about
the issues he just witnessed the following day the bar rescue host holds a staff meeting and
they reveal that they're unhappy with the fact that the owners distance themselves
rather than be present in the bar soon after the entire staff is sent into training with
the experts who teach them about the very basics attempting a stress test taffer was impressed to
see that the owners put themselves in the thick of things rather than hide away in their office
although things got really rough since everything was being sent out late and to the wrong people
so tapper was forced to shut things down following a lot more training they were
finally able to move into the final phase being the renovations renaming the place to
par bar to attract the local golfing community tafer redecorated the place to be golf themed
what's more he added a new draft beer system that would ensure drinks were ice cold
replaced their cooling system and gave them a bartender and tpt subscription finally this time
around the relaunch went smoothly and drinks as well as food were being sent out at a steady pace
contrasting how things were before taffer left no more drinks were being wasted and patrons finally
seemed happy post bar rescue par bar sales shot up and the owners got so much more involved with
the business in this instance victor and laura decided it would be best to revert the name back
to pepe's after taffer left reviews online seem to be pretty positive with most praising the food but
others complaining about getting the wrong order while yes they're still up and running due to the
recent restrictions they've been offering just take out at least they're still open bungalow bar
jon taffer heads over to the failing bungalow bar in far rockaway new york in a season 3 episode
having been open for 30 years the bar was initially run by a man named dan tuberty but it
was later taken over by his son dee and terence in 2008. in order to help with running the bar
they brought in their other relatives sean and martin as well as a childhood friend named ryan
considering the fact that there are so many owners and most of them want to say in how the bars run
there's way too much arguing surprisingly the bar's selling point was its atmosphere getting
close to a hundred thousand dollars in a week in its heyday but things drastically changed when the
bar was affected by hurricane sandy spending over 250 thousand dollars in repairs and 60 000 in rent
and utilities across six months they've lost more than 350 000 in revenue forced to remain closed
due to the damages caused by the hurricane they needed to reopen by memorial day or they'd be
in deep trouble with no other options left the owners call out to taffer and his team hoping
to get his professional guidance arriving with construction expert sal ferro they scout around
the area to bear witness to the damages caused by the hurricane taffer and pharaoh watched some
footage soon after of the owners arguing in the construction site then go meet with them
not only are the renovations needed extensive they don't have a dock out front a walk-in
fridge nor do they have any working draft beer systems the ones they did have were under water
for several days and were beginning to rot and rust being completely unusable recovering some
of the bark's cups taffer points out that it's necessary for them to retain their signature cups
for the first night the bar rescue host helps remove the damaged equipment and
deep cleans the kitchen fast forward to the following day the owner spent some time under
chef nick laborato and mixologist elaine duff and peter o'connor to polish up their skills
following this taffer plans to hold a stress test at an external venue in manhattan called pontes
generally speaking their service time was rather slow and some meals were sent back for reheating
admittedly this was expected since the staff hadn't been in action for several months so
they were a bit rusty getting very close to the relaunch the experts revealed the new
menu which would include three new cocktails and made improvements on their fish tacos
finally ready to make some magic happen taffer started by making a simple change to the name
calling it bungalow bar and restaurant rebuilding the bar back up it was given a nautical theme and
tons of new equipment better lighting and a pos system months after taffer and his team
left the reported sales went up by 20 which is incredibly fantastic they're doing very
well to this day and will continue to do so as long as they aren't hit by another hurricane
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