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in today's video we're going to list out even more Bar Rescue Bars and what they're up to today since
you guys have been showing massive support so without further ado let's get right into the
content guys royal oaks being around since the 30s royal oaks was the first bar to receive a liquor
license after the prohibition of alcohol purchased in 2000 by two brothers named john and louis
kennedy they did enjoy some considerable success in the beginning especially since the business
already had some loyal repeat customers that stuck by over the years however once the american
recession hit in 2008 many businesses were closed down and royal oaks suffered a massive blow
with these clear financial problems haunting them not only did the brothers relationship
deteriorate but so did their drive to work hard lui's motivation was hit the hardest which was
extremely problematic since he was responsible for maintenance so things weren't exactly that clean
filled accumulation aside customers were scared away by first the bar's odd decoration which
consisted of creepy baby dolls and second the less than professional attitude of the owners
losing five grand a month they were on the verge of closing down this called for the
help of the bar rescue hero Jon taffer taffer was unimpressed with so many aspects of this bar
like how the outside looked unsafe with barely any lights and tons of clutter around the entrance
they also served a warm and extremely foamy beer on top of feeding customers food they
prepared in a residential area a few days prior which is illegal if you didn't know
what was most disturbing to the bar rescue hoax though is the brothers vulgar way of
speaking and their decoration choices after a lot of heated discussion the siblings agreed
to work together for the betterment of their bar and taffer was ready to renovate
the name was kept due to its historic value they received a massive update to the exterior with
a flashy sign and red paint and the interior was given new furniture as well as equipment
no more creepy dolls in 2020 the bar is still very much open with an impressive four-star review on
yelp many praising the food beer and the owner's changed attitude if you're looking to chow down on
some great barbecue and enjoy some sport dance oriented events this rescue won't disappoint
you can keep up to date with what they're doing on their facebook page which they're pretty active on
big mike sports bar and grill tragedy struck the southwestern part of louisiana when a
storm system flooded on august 12th of 2016. 2.3 billion dollars in damage to homes and
businesses were done with the big mike sports bar and grill being among those heavily affected
before this unfortunate event the owners jocelyn and mike o'neal managed to keep
their bar consistently full and practically universally loved by everyone in the community
in 2015 the married couple almost made 1.9 million dollars but this would run dry when they would
need to pay for reconstruction fees not a single piece in their business was salvageable after the
flood so they desperately needed help getting the attention of Jon taffer through social media the
bar rescue team was ready to achieve their biggest rescue yet upon his arrival taffer was shocked
by the carnage the flood left behind but kindly promised to the owners that he would fix their bar
and help them reopen in days rather than months to achieve such a feat the bar rescue host had to get
help of local volunteers and contractors who were all driven to help their favorite bar as the bar
was being rebuilt Jon met up with a lot of the staff who had been around for years which is a
great sign as to how good the owners are though he did notice their skills could be refined to
take the business to the next level with the help of experts the big mike staff learned how to make
new cocktails and work better as a team thanks to the help of bar rescue and its volunteers the bar
received new tvs two solid workstations and a whole slew of necessary equipment today the bar
is yet another check on the list of businesses that were safe thanks to john Taffer's health
having quite a decent rating on yelp with the three and a half stars people seem to complement
the food and staff a lot the biggest complaint though is the pricing they are very frequently
featuring food specials on their facebook and host some live performances which is kind of nice
the wheelhouse 2004 marks the year that a man named jesse vivanco opened up the wheelhouse
pursuing his dream of owning a bar while it was a massive success for over a decade with climbing
profits and the premises constantly packed things eventually spun out of control employees began to
act in an unruly manner fighting often and shooting vulgar words at each other and even
customers since vivanco was a very weak leader who shied away from any confrontation he would rather
hide in his office than control his staff on top of all this there were newer businesses opening up
in the area that were taking away their clientele with the increase of problems and the decrease of
profits the wheelhouse called out for the help of john Taffer with experts at his side Taffer
was instantly disappointed with the lack of any indication that ivanko's business was a bar the
interior was very outdated making use of furniture that was practically ancient and out of place
and the bartenders argued with customers never hesitating to drop an f-bomb if they were feeling
irritated which shocked Taffer Taffer helped the unruly staff realize how incompetent they were and
that their actions were hurting vivanco who just wanted to run a successful drinking establishment
soon after the weak bar owner talked to Taffer he came to realize that if he wanted to succeed he'd
have to show his staff a tough love they've never seen before this is when things finally started to
change his bar was renamed to derby's bar and grill got a new sign to make it stand out to
customers and was modernized with better furniture new equipment and more fitting decoration
to this day the bar is still open with an amazing 4 star review on yelp people will praise not only
the reasonable prices for food and drinks but the skating rink that is connected to the bar
derby has hosted a whole list of different events from independent wrestling matches
live music and comedy shows as well as karaoke if you're interested in what they'll do next
you can check out their active facebook page russell city sports bar and grill a construction
worker named lee bellat got the unusual opportunity to open a bar of his own in 2014
after his mom sadly passed away who he was really close to he went into a deep depression though
she had always known about his dream and left him with some money to help him realize it
upon opening it the wrestle city bar was getting about fifty thousand dollars a month which is
ridiculously good the customers who came in seemed to enjoy each other's company being able to catch
a game eat and drink although things quickly took a turn for the worse when lee realized
how inexperienced and piss-poor at managing he was he lacked a lot of inventory and the
proper tools to work with which made for a lot of inconsistency during business this led to a
lot of frustration amongst the staff who began to act out which caused even more disorder sadly lee
makes things worse for himself by offering free drinks and food to friends who come in
which is why he's 280 thousand dollars in debt agreeing with his experts jon feels like the bar
has nothing warm or welcoming about it from the outside with the most eye-catching thing being the
no smoking pets firearms or picture sign yeah not very attractive taffer concluded that aside from
the health code violations the biggest problem are the bartenders who seemingly do whatever they want
absolutely disgusted by their actions and pointless bickering the bar rescue
host puts them in their place with his classic verbal lashing eventually after john taffer's
work was done they changed the name from russo city grill to fog line bar and grill
somehow the bar is still open to this day but it can be assumed that the only reason it's
doing decently is because of the new bartenders that were hired they do have a three and a half
star review on yelp like most of the other bar rescue successes with most praising the
food drinks and pricing this service quality however has mixed reviews well that will be
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