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channel in today's video we're gonna get into even 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
Rob Bens Jon Taffer decided to pay a visit to rob ben's in oakland california in a season
7 episode hoping to save it from closure owned by football legend marshawn lynch rob benz is
an extremely popular bar slash restaurant in the community having opened the place back in
2018 lynch decided to name it after his friend rob benjamin who was tragically shot and killed
since lynch had other businesses and charities to take care of he left it up to his family to run
things generally speaking his auntie keisha is the one who leads the business but she never delegates
any of the work which often makes her feel very overwhelmed this has led to her developing
stress-related illnesses that have gotten so bad to the point that she can't even come into work
with a lack of leadership and no one willing to take control of the wheel the bar was rapidly
falling into a downward spiral not knowing what else to do the famous running back player
decided to reach out to taffer and his team for some guidance later on lynch meets with taffer
in his car outside and passionately describes his love surrounding the bar and his community
one of lynch's relatives named dante who's a bartender was drinking on the job what's more
he was rapping and cursing in front of customers including a mother and daughter who sat at the bar
upset with what they were seeing they hid into the bar and immediately confront dante about his
behavior getting all defensive lynch explains that he's the one who pays the bills and that
things need to be in order leaving them returning the following day tapper holds a staff meeting
and is introduced to keisha who expresses how disappointed she was with the staff's behavior
soon after Taffer invites mixologist alex good and jeff jason santos trained the staff on the
basics once they were satisfied with the progress the bar rescue host decided to perform a stress
test which was average at best while orders did certainly reach the tables on time many of them
sent their drinks back since they were poorly mixed after resolving the issues present tapper
was finally able to start working his magic and remodel the bar following the renovations the
staff was invited to see the new and improved bar which was renamed to rob ben's neighborhood soul
on the inside things were made to seem more modern and a beautiful mural of lynch from
his high school football days was added aside from getting new pos systems and other equipment they
got a lifetime subscription to tvt and bartender finally relaunching things went smoothly and the
staff as well as the patrons were ecstatic with the new bar post bar rescue rob ben's sales have
increased significantly and their prices seem to have gone down according to reports the business
seems to be focusing more on food wanted to become a restaurant with a bar rather than the opposite
most of the reviews are positive with many praising the food and drinks but
others complaining about the customer service and rude staff hey at least it's doing pretty
good calaveras cochina and cantina for a season seven episode john taffer and his team head over
to calabadas concina and cantina in escondido california owned by juan magana he decided to
purchase the business back in 2018 when it was originally called nejo's bar and grill
having years of experience in food retailing as well as growing up watching his parents
run a restaurant he was confident in his ability to run an establishment of his own
initially enjoys was a popular spot for locals always being busy which made magana think he
bought into a ready-made success although this was far from the truth since the owner
was forced to shut things down the day he signed the papers due to health code violations thanks
to the closure the bar made it onto the local news which gave the place a very bad reputation having
spent over 250 thousand dollars on the business seventy thousand of it came from his parents to
rebrand things and reopen though this didn't work out very well and calaveras is losing ten
thousand dollars a month and is two hundred fifty thousand dollars in debt to make matters worse the
staff think that their boss is incompetent since he hasn't given them their paycheck in a while
desperately needing some guidance magana called out to john taffer for some much needed guidance
upon his arrival with his experts they don't seem to understand the meaning of the name and feel
like the writing on the sign is unreadable from farther distances taking a look at the interior
through cctv cameras they notice that the space is huge but it lacks intimacy at the very least
they're impressed with the cook in the kitchen who's pumping out orders for 50 people while
maintaining good sanitary practices sending in some recon to test the service quality they try to
order a cadillac margarita and a tamarindo which both don't taste that great petting in himself
with a hat taffer waits 15 minutes before he's even noticed by a bartender and orders a cadillac
strawberry which was way too sweet meeting with the owner taffer gets him to try the drink he
was served and he admits that it tastes awful soon after an employee named jessica reveals that she
hasn't been paid in a full month which prompts tapper to threaten the owner about not rescuing
his bar if he doesn't pay the staff soon returning the next day tapper points out that the restaurant
is failing due to magana's rudeness the terrible food and drinks and the general service quality
bringing in his experts they train the staff on how to mix better cocktails and cook higher
quality meals more efficiently arranging a stress test things didn't go very well since
the bartenders were still mixing poorly and the food wasn't being served quickly after
even more training and revamping the menu with the help of the experts taffer was finally able
to start making some valuable changes beginning by changing the name to sierra madre cantina he made
the interior more vibrant and nature themed as well as gave them tons of new equipment
when they finally relaunched tapper was impressed with the improved pacing and the customers seemed
to be really satisfied with what they were being served several weeks after the bar rescue team
left the restaurant sales seemed to have increased and magana promised to give his staff raises
if you take a look at their yelp reviews it seems like they're doing exceptionally
well with 4 stars across 126 reviews many seem to praise the food and drinks as well as the
service quality which has drastically improved since tapper left assuming you're close to
this bar we certainly recommend giving it a try since they offer takeout and have amazing food
the sandbar in yet another season seven episode Jon Taffer goes to the sandbar brewery and grill
in albuquerque new mexico owned by sean cowell he envisioned opening a beach themed bar with
volleyball courts which was brought to life thanks to mike martinez who funded most of it
while things were running smoothly at first the bar suddenly began to struggle and their profits
plummeted going back to martinez and other investors to keep the bar afloat cowell's
stake in the business was reduced to 10 percent as a result of this martinez no longer recognizes his
partner's ownership of the bar which causes tons of arguments that push even more customers away
being six hundred thousand dollars in debt and losing close to fifteen thousand dollars a month
it was absolutely necessary for cowell to reach out to a professional for some help getting a hold
of taffer he arrives with his experts who point out that the beach concept is a very good idea
especially for new mexico watching through hidden cameras taffer notices that one of the bartenders
serves a cocktail in a humongous glass which distorts the proportions of alcohol to mixers
next they spectate as the bars cook victor uses dirty fryer oil to prepare the customer's meals
which is absolutely disgusting taffer sends in two of his friends to get a feel of the customer
service and they order a watermelon breeze as well as a beach cucumber with nachos predictably
everything they were served tasted awful with the drinks being sour and the nachos being stoned cold
having seen more than enough the bar rescue host heads into the bar and confronts cowell about
his ownership of the business after looking at some documentation it becomes clear that he has
zero percent ownership of the bar and is more of a manager than an owner holding a staff meeting the
following day they all point out that the biggest problem is the lack of leadership additionally the
volleyball courts are only open 10 hours a week which is supposed to be the bar's main attraction
to make matters worse the employees are clearly under-trained so tapper calls in as experts help
them get up to speed wanting to put their new skills to the test the bar rescue host initiates
a stress test which ends in the shouting match between cowell and martinez and cowell gets fired
following this drama though the staff was taught how to make new cocktails and meals that would be
on their menu finally this was when taffer and his team were able to start making the proper
renovations to bring the place to the next level upon the bar's eventual relaunch the customers
fell in love with the new decor and seemed to be having a good time aside from the staff being
really happy with the changes made they noticeably improved in their efficiency and service quality
a month after taffer and his team left the sales certainly increased but they decided
to change their name back to the sandbar since they weren't liking the new name
unfortunately the bar ended up closing down in november of 2019 since many customers
weren't happy with the new management open times and poor customer service
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