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for today's video we're going to cover even more of the worst bars to be 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 joe's thirsty lizard bar and grill for a season six episode Jon Taffer
heads over to horn lake mississippi to rescue joe's thirsty lizard bar and grill from closure
owned by joe scott he's been running the bar since 2015 and has been occupying the place
rent-free but without a liquor license oddly he decided to make mike the dishwasher the bar's
manager despite the fact that he doesn't have any prior experience barely making any profits
god doesn't have the money to make the necessary repairs replace equipment or get rid of vermin
not knowing how else to move forward the owner decided to call out to Taffer and his team for
some much needed help when the famous rescuer arrives with his experts they point out that the
place looks like it's abandoned observing things through cctv cameras Taffer and his team watches
the cook dirty red mismanages the kitchen with a bad attitude they also notice that the staff is
smoking indoors while working since it's permitted in the bar which is very unsanitary sending in
some locals as recon they immediately stick out to the bar's patrons since they aren't regulars
after ordering some beers that were flat the spies try to get some food but are appalled
with the service quality not only is the cook rude and smokes before preparing their food
he cross-contaminates the dishes that he's making which prompts taffer to rush inside
confronting the negligent owner and manager about how filthy their bar is Taffer represents dirty
red who isn't apologetic about the kitchen state he claims that he's way too busy to clean up
but the bar rescue host forces him to scrub the whole kitchen if he wants the bar to be rescued
leaving them returning the following day Taffer is shocked to find out that dirty red was
showering himself in the kitchen following some training with the staff which involved refining
some of the items on the menu and making better cocktails Taffer was ready to launch a stress test
in essence the service was awful since the kitchen was overwhelmed with orders and wasn't able to
keep up and many customers received drinks without paying more importantly the test highlighted that
mike wasn't cut out to be a manager so scott decided to demote him later on into the episode
once everything was settled Taffer moved into the renovation phase starting by changing the name to
the iron horse on top of redoing the outside by giving it a bright sign the interior was
improved with new equipment and dimmable lights upon the bar's eventual relaunch the bartender
seemed to be working more efficiently and dirty red was sending out food that was well received
by customers at a steady pace weeks after the taping of this episode the bar sales were up by
ten thousand dollars which is a great improvement ultimately though the iron horse closed down in
october of 2019 after the owner decided to sell it back in february of 2020 a bar called the lazy
lizard open in its place but this allegedly closed down since the building was condemned by the city
the dugout Jon Taffer pays a visit to the dugout located in chicago illinois in a season 5 episode
to bring it back on its feet owned by ed kressey who's the landlord of the building he took control
of the business after the previous owners failed to pay rent considering the fact that he was never
planning to own a bar which is a grueling business to be in he often drinks on the job to cope
since the bar is thirty thousand dollars in debt and losing close to five thousand dollars a month
crassy tried to offer promotions and marketed the bar in any way possible but nothing worked
really having no options left the owner decided to call out the Taffer for some professional guidance
recounting the bar with expert mixologist phil wills and chef ryan scott they notice that the
area has a lot of foot traffic but that the dugout barely stands out hoping to get an
idea of the customer experience Taffer sends in a sports writer and his friend to test the waters
after ordering a long island iced tea and a shandy the spice try to order a burger but they're told
that they're only available on game days instead they asked to get some mac and cheese and a
ranch salad and wait patiently as the kitchen staff engage in unsanitary cooking practices
not only are they cross-contaminating without a care in the world but there are flies buzzing
around the kitchen which is nasty having seen more than enough taffy rushes inside to stop the food
service and immediately inspects the bar chef scott shows cressie the grease and food build
up on the fryer but he doesn't seem to care whatsoever expert mixologist wills tries to
get the bartender to make a long island fish bowl but it tastes awful and he admits that
he's never been trained or given a recipe which is the same for the other bartenders
unimpressed with the bar's state Taffer gets ryan to throw out all the food they have stored in the
kitchen and then leaves for the day aside from being passive and unapologetic about
the situation kressy rudely flips taffer off as he heads out returning the next day the famous
rescuer holds the staff meeting and the owner highlights that he never wanted to run a business
in the first place but was forced to after hearing complaints about how dismissive cressy
is to his staff and their ideas Taffer started to wonder if he really wanted to rescue the bar
deciding to give the dugout a chance he first put the staff through some training and would decide
if he wanted to help the place or not after the stress test once the bar's team was up to speed
with the basics of mixing and cooking taffer was finally ready to see their skills in action as the
orders flooded in mike cressy's nephew who works as a part-time cook tried his best to fulfill
orders since no one was delivering the food to the patrons the owner was forced to take on the
role of foodrunner but didn't know where any of it was going which made things really confusing
while the bartenders were doing great christy seemed completely clueless as to what was going on
so taffer was forced to shut things down following the service the owner gets into an argument with
the staff which results in a bartender leaving and cressy announces that he's done with the place and
just leaves making the difficult decision to honor his commitment of rescuing the bar Taffer starts
by changing the place's name to the press box and remodels the exterior as well as the interior
not inviting the awful owner to the relaunch he showed up to the unveiling anyway drunk as
can be and cursed Taffer out despite all that he's done for him as a result most of the staff decided
to quit since they realized the bar had no future with chrissy at its head post bar rescue it seems
like the place is still open to this day which is honestly the most surprising thing ever the bars
reviews are very polarizing with some praising the drinks and staff while others think the place is a
complete nightmare they might not be too far off though since the place was being investigated by
the city for breaking state reopening guidelines and refusing to enforce social distancing
pirates tavern as our final entry we're going to cover a bar that Jon Taffer attempted to rescue
called pirate's tavern after hosting a successful pirate-themed party tracy rubella decided that
it'd be a good idea to bring this concept into a bar setting giving birth to pirates tavern
employing people who took the pirate thing very seriously they unfortunately fit the role too
perfectly since they always drink on the job and scare patrons away aside from having no experience
in the industry tracy hired her husband juiciano who has no background in cooking to work in the
kitchen considering that the bar's clientele was on a decline and that their debts were
skyrocketing tracy called out the Taffer for some aid arriving at the bar with his wife nicole she
enters alone as a spy and immediately notices that the female staff are wearing revealing clothing
oddly the staff seemed to be really nice to her but it became clear that they were only acting
that way because they knew who she was since this didn't work taffer sent in the owners of a bar
from a previous episode wearing pirate's clothing who were practically ignored once they got the
chance to actually order something what they received was nothing less than awful heading into
the building to meet with the owner she reveals that it's always been a dream to own a bar but
that she's having difficulty making money pointing out that it might be because they serve terrible
food and drinks giusiano blames the customers for not liking his food since he thinks it's
good which angers taffer deeply holding a staff meeting later on the famous rescuer admits that
the bar has a lot to work on but brings in his experts for some help coming back the following
day Taffer made it clear that the buccaneer theme had to go if the bar wanted to see another day
getting the staff to return into their normal clothing the bar rescue host got his experts to
train the staff properly later on after the staff was at least a bit more competent Taffer attempted
to run a stress test which was pretty chaotic not only was the staff completely overwhelmed
with the orders but juciano left the mid-service which forced jason to take control of the kitchen
in the end though they managed to come out on top and impress the new patrons who were
in love with the food and drinks fast forward to after Taffer was done renovating the place
the owners decided to revert everything that was done and even went as far as to burn some
of the things the bar rescue team gave them which was posted on youtube eventually the
place closed down for good and deservingly so since they just didn't want to change anything
moving to florida a year after this happened the rebels decided to open up a bar called bar refuge
and upon meeting with Taffer for the revisit the three put the pass behind them well that'll sadly
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