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for the 20th installment of our Bar Rescue series we're going to cover some 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 rockin ronda's lounge leaving her career as a stock broker to chase her
dream of being a singer ronda decided to take over a struggling karaoke bar in 2011 renaming it to
rock and ronda carrying the business to success ronda managed to generate close to 32 000 in one
month alone and was doing karaoke seven nights a week which was unheard of in the area then
in 2015 after hurricane matthew wreaked havoc on the bar the owner was denied aid by our insurance
company who expressed that the building was just old and that it was bound to get damaged depressed
and uncertain about what to do rhonda seemed to simply give up on her bar and didn't train her
staff she'd cut corners on practically everything driving customers away and just sits around all
day drinking whatever she doesn't hand out quite literally the bar's in shambles yes it's certainly
older but rhonda fails to do any basic repairs or maintenance not only are there tons of holes
in the ceiling but there are close to 20 different buckets around that catch water from the ceiling
with rhonda's emotional state close to caving in and the bar being 100 thousand dollars in debt
she calls out to john tapper for some aid upon his arrival taffer points out that the bar is located
on south orlando drive which is a high traffic area that has 27 000 passing cars a day the
bar certainly has potential to succeed however considering that he'd been surveilling the bar
for over five weeks prior to arriving he noticed that the floor had some serious structural issues
rather than send in recon like usual the bar rescue host decided to go in himself and talk
to the owner politely for a change when the two finally start talking rhonda seems excited
to meet tapper in person and hilariously tells him that he could scream at her taking notes to
discuss what needs to be accomplished like fixing the bar's floor for one which is clearly sinking
one of the bartenders even points out that as tapper walks around the entire thing is on a slant
and drooping down from the weight additionally they don't have any workstations for people to
prepare drinks at nor do they have any cooking space everything served is made in the microwave
the owner admits that she wants so much more from her dream but she's struggling with the bar due
to the lack of money recognizing that what rhonda truly needs is a boost of confidence taffer jumps
into the much needed renovations for this episode anyway we got to see a different side of the bar
rescue host who should definitely be considered a saint for his work even though he was justifiably
concerned with all the work he needed to do taffer hoped to fix the owner by fixing the building
first making repairs to the floors he repainted the building's walls installed a new sign and
renamed the place to ronda's a neighborhood bar finally getting the chance to see her new bar
rhonda immediately burst into tears of happiness and was filled with much more confidence than ever
everything on the inside was refurbished to feel more like a lounge and they were given tons of new
equipment this certainly has to be one of the most heartwarming and successful rescues to date since
rondas has more than doubled its sales since taffyr left having over four stars on facebook
and google many praise the great atmosphere but complain about the price increases on beer and
the ban on smoking indoors which is actually a good thing what an amazing rescue casual tap
purchased by steve magana back in 2006 the casual tap was rather successful for the first few months
having to manage his own bar on top of being a firefighter full time the workload began
to take a toll on magana considering the fact that the firehouse has a strict schedule the
owner was forced to close early some days which was less than favorable to customers
since the hours were incredibly erratic casual tap lost a large portion of its customer base
making it hard to turn a profit though when magana decided to step away from the bar and
let his staff run things it resulted in a lack of control and order with this stress mounting the
owner became much more overbearing and difficult to work with since he would micromanage everything
looking for a manager became even more crucial when magana completely burnt out from working at
the firehouse by day in the bar by night giving the position to his bartender louis it didn't
exactly work out like he had intended since he wouldn't listen to magana at all due to the chaos
the bar is losing close to 4 000 a month and is in a deep pool of debt that is only climbing
to make matters even worse the owner's daughter is in the final stages of huntington's disease which
almost always results in death desperately needing some help before he goes completely insane magana
calls out to Jon Taffer for some help upon taffer's arrival the bar had already been closed
down so he heads over to the fire station where magana works with his experts to talk things out
understandably so magana decided to close the bar down since he didn't want his daughter to feel
alone through this troubling time however the bar has sadly stripped the owner of the resources he
needs to support his struggling family holding nothing but respect for magana tap her vows to
help him reopen the bar and bring it back on its feet after gathering the staff together they
seem to have little confidence in their boss's abilities and seem to lack the necessary skills
to bartend on top of this tapper quickly realizes that the bar doesn't have any draft beer available
which is ironic since the business is called the casual tap when people come in and ask about the
types of tap beer they offer they always have to explain that they don't serve any which pushes
even more customers away performing a stress test to see how the staff would work together it'd be
an understatement to say that it was disastrous for one since they didn't have a pos system they
couldn't accept credit or debit cards and a lot of the customers just ended up leaving additionally
those who did stay ordered drinks waiting far too long to get a beverage that was poorly mixed in
the end no matter how much tapper tried to rescue this bar by giving it an upgrade and teaching the
staff how to properly mix drinks it never reopened considering that the bar had already been closed
down when tapper arrived it stayed closed long after he left it's sad to admit but this episode
had to have been one of the biggest failures in bar rescue history since barely anything came out
of it regardless of the fact that the bar never reopened some good did come out of the alliance
between tafer and magana not only did they raise awareness about his daughter's disease but
they both donated over a thousand dollars to the huntington's disease society of america thankfully
it does seem like his daughter britney is doing very well having built a family of her own
fort one bar and lounge back in 2014 jason wanna gatunga became the owner and operating manager
of fort one nightclub having been raised by a father who was a successful nightclub owner he
was hoping to follow in his footsteps and that he was for the first few months making over a hundred
grand a month which is absolutely insane though his biggest mistake was getting sucked into the
party scene which took him away from managing the business what's more he'll get drunk on
his own supply drinking up to seven beers a day without any concern about his profits the bar's
general manager jason admits that he gets in the way very frequently with his excessive partying
monogatanga admits that he enjoys both drinking and giving drinks away since it allows him to
meet new people although this reckless attitude has put the business in over 200 thousand dollars
of debt which forced his father to sell his priced possessions like his cars and houses just to keep
the club alive hoping to be gifted a remodeled bar the owner called out to the bar rescue team
and Jon Taffer for their aid when tafra arrives he's unimpressed with the plastic banner they
use as a sign which makes the bar seem much less approachable in comparison to the upscale ones in
the area additionally the bar rescue host explains that he's heard that jason gives away free bottles
to any attractive women who just walk into the bar wanting to put this rumor to the test tapper
sends in two beautiful ladies for recon who are predictably offered a bottle of booze valued at
400 later on he forces his waitress olivia to get them another two bottles worth the same amount
wasting a total of 1200 on just two customers what a rookie move soon after scott pulls one of
gatanga aside and asked him if he's considered making them buy the bottles brushing off this
question the owner explains that it's more about being social than it is about making money then
gives away a fourth bottle wasting 1600 in a matter of minutes seriously speaking the owner
truly doesn't deserve a bar nor should he have been on the show in the first place but it's
all for the sake of entertainment desperately trying to get some customers inside bartender
desiree went out into the street to hustle some people in but it only really annoyed them her
being the only bartender available that day this meant that there wasn't anyone behind the bar
really the only thing that tapper could do while watching this sad display was to awkwardly laugh
and smile after being shocked by the situation at hand the bar rescue host and his expert
mixologist mia head into fort one it shouldn't come too much of a surprise but the bar was a
complete failure and closed down soon after taffer left even though he tried to rebrand
the bar by calling it the rokbar nightclub it still failed to pull anyone in well that'll be
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