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for today's video we're going to discuss some more bars featured on bar rescue and where they are now
so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the content guys the blue frog 22
retiring from her job as a sales manager mimi richie decided to use her savings to open up
the blue frog 22 running it alongside her son Jon it was situated in chicago's river north district
which was one of the city's busiest neighborhoods most of the customers who came in were either
looking for lunch or something to drink after work which gave them a surge of business for
the first few weeks at least though as a result of a collection of poor management choices they
inevitably pushed their patrons away who visited better establishments instead with their customer
base declining so did their profits as well which consequently made the tensions rise accumulating
over 400 thousand dollars in debt the bar had no choice but to call out to Jon taffer for some aid
upon his arrival to the bar with his wife nicole she notices that the building looks more like a
playroom for children rather than a drinking establishment going in as recon nicole orders
some macaroni cheese balls which come back still frozen on the inside feeling like he's already
seen enough taffer storms into the bar and notices that mimi and Jon are fighting in the kitchen
what's more mimi seemed to be hammered off of her own supply and was quick to defend her drinking
habits after a lot of discussion the owners gave the bar rescue host their commitment to the
upcoming changes calling for reinforcements taffer brings in designer nancy hadley chef josh capone
and beer connoisseur jason balducci expert hadley toured around the bar and dubbed it as something
like a toy chest since the bar's theme was very childish visiting the kitchen chef capone notices
that they're improperly storing ingredients and wrongfully preparing food the connoisseur balducci
pointed out that the equipment in the bar area was poorly set up making service less efficient
once relatively all the issues were resolved taffer began to work his magic
he first renamed the bar to the local on the outside the walls were painted black and white
and the inside rocks in the core that reflected chicago's culture fast forward to a month after
the bar rescue team arrived the business's sales shot up to nearly 50 percent however after went to
court to attempt to remove the scaffoldings that were blocking them from using their sidewalk patio
resulting in a loss of profits the lawsuit was to no avail desperately asking for some
help on social media nothing came of it and they were sadly forced to close down in may of 2018.
the chicken bone five years prior to this episode the owner of a thriving excavation
business decided to purchase his favorite local bar the chicken bone opening up a
second one later on it didn't last very long closing its doors after a short nine months
as a result owner bill rodenheiser was forced to move his family more than 75 miles away and double
his hours at his company what's worse rodenheiser doesn't trust his general manager jeff to make any
decisions without putting up a fight which makes business even tougher additionally the owner
tries to market the establishment as a family borrower which makes it unappealing to customers
facing the possibility of his business failing a second time rodenheiser called out to the
legendary Jon Taffer for some aid arriving at the bar with his wife nicole she points out that the
sign is very unappealing but eventually goes in to do some recon once inside she orders from the
confusingly busy menu and receives a beard without a head of foam leaving her unimpressed receiving
her order of buffalo chicken mac and cheese it gives her a horrible case of heartburn and
nicole begins to feel sick having witnessed enough Taffer walks into the bar to confront rodenheiser
who admits he's deep in debt assembling the staff together to introduce his experts tafra presents
michael tipps a talented mixologist and spike mendelssohn a gifted chef walking around the
bar with tips the expert notices that there aren't any mats which is bound to cause issues supposedly
one bartender dislocated her knee from slipping on a wet pile where there weren't any mats chef
mendelson goes to investigate the kitchen which violates tons of health codes and has equipment
that stain with a weird yellow film later on in the episode Taffer joins mendelssohn in the
kitchen and finds a bucket filled with rotting chicken nasty before any of the renovations could
be made the bar rescue team had to conduct a deep clean of both the kitchen and general bar area
following the much needed cleanse sapphire was able to work his magic renaming it to the bone
the interior was revamped to make it look more mature with wood and leather and some mats were
finally placed behind the bar fast forward to a while after taffer and his team left the bone
received an average three star review on yelp most seemed to really love the improved menu
and general atmosphere but many complained about the service quality in time roninheiser decided to
put up the bar for sale with an asking price of 175 000 but there weren't any takers officially
closing down in june of 2014 the reason was detailed by the owner in a post on facebook
supposedly the changes with the economy combined with the rise and cost of living
expenses made it impossible to go on by the end of the four paragraph posts it seemed like the
clothes would only be temporary and that they'd return after labor day however this was proven
not to be the case since it didn't reopen and probably never will how disappointing
angel sports bar once being the hottest spot to go and watch any game of any sports
angel sports bar brought the owner rene the carry close to 90 thousand dollars a month
while the large interior used to be packed with people the business is currently barely holding on
in an attempt to attract customers vicari decided to include activities such as karaoke which didn't
seem to make much of a difference stepping back a little the owner also tried letting the general
manager wayne make some decisions but he's too apathetic to care about the bar's story state
considering the fact that they're losing close to four thousand dollars a month and have no options
left it seemed like the perfect call to involve jon taffer in the bar rescue team upon his arrival
yet again with his wife taffer and nicole both take a look at the bar's yelp reviews many claim
that the place is dank and smells putrid some even noticing that the smell was coming directly from
the carpeting sending in nicole as recon she does the food which is predictably awful and the drinks
which were very strong after witnessing the poor service quality taffer storms into the bar with
mixologist michael tipps training the staff on how to properly serve drinks additionally he
later brings in deborah mcguire who's an expert in customer service to help further improve the
general service quality following this taffer starts to discuss with the experts how to rebrand
the bar since the name is very similar to a strip club nearby on top of this the bar rescue host
recognizes that wayne's lack of care is only bringing the business down and urges vicari
to fire him thanks to Taffer angel seemed to be going in the right direction especially with all
the renovations made changing the name to racks billiards and bourbon the outside was repainted to
include a much more pleasing color and the inside was given tons of new billiard tables a lounge
area and a miniature arcade section unfortunately though someone was fatally stabbed outside of
the bar in august of 2015 and the interest in racks only went down from there with an average
three star review even with the changes made we don't doubt that it would have closed down anyway
the abbey pub owned by tom looney senior the bar initially was met with great success making fifty
thousand dollars a week though once the owner passed on the business to his son who had no bar
experience things seriously went downhill urgently needing some guidance before the bart closed down
for good tom called out to Jon Taffer when arriving taffer sends in his wife for recon
as usual who thinks the pub is messy and that the bartenders carelessly overpour their drinks
later entering himself the bar rescue host confronts the owner and takes a look at the
business's financial statements rather than make crazy profits like in the bar's heydays taffer
only saw losses especially when it came to food sales wanting some extra support for this rescue
taffer calls in peter o'connor an alcohol connoisseur and brian duffy an amazing chef
o'connor notices that the bar area is extremely unhygienic and finds it weird that they use a soda
cooler to keep drinks cold in the kitchen duffy investigates the fridge which is still being used
despite being out of order and finds a knife stuck between two counters which could lead to injury
after dealing with these issues and presenting a new menu that would increase their sales taffer
was finally able to renovate not only improving the bar's existing music venue to increase sales
the bar also received an aesthetic overhaul and new equipment which really seemed to please tom
following the bar's appearance on the show sales seemed to have increased by 20 within just a month
however after the music venue caught fire the bar was forced to close down for renovations
but it seemingly never reopened well that'll be all for today's video here on the channel i do
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