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for yet another installment in our series we're going to discuss some more Bar Rescue bars
and where they are now so without further ado let's get right into the content guys
champagne's cafe purchased in 2015 by greg sims with the financial help of his mother champagne's
cafe has seen a fair share of history from being the spot the rat pack hung out in the 60s to also
becoming a hot spot for mobsters to hang out two decades later it was pretty well known
though according to a long time customer named frank colada who is a former mobster the bar
was gloomy in its current state sims seemed to be more concentrated on the wallpaper of
champagnes in its past rather than training his staff additionally many of his employees felt
that he was a spineless man that shied away from any sign of confrontation oddly though some people
liked the current champagnes some clientele caught word that bar rescue was coming and about to never
come back if changes were made aside from the select few who protested for the status quo of
the bar there was one clear fact in all this and it was that the bar was failing which is why they
called in for john taffer's help arriving at the bar with his experts taffer is disgusted with the
fact that the roof is caked with bird feces taken aback by the bar's interior as well the bar rescue
host fails to understand why it had decor from different generations and was lined with filth
champagnes barely had any of the necessary ingredients to make their mixed drinks
and while they advertised having fine food they didn't even have a functioning kitchen
appalled by the incompetence of this establishment Taffer goes in and tears into the neglectful owner
because of his lack of a backbone some of his bartenders were missing which forced the bar
rescue hosts to reprimand them himself the next day following a lot of training and a tough
stress test the champagne staff finally gained the praise of tafrur who was able to start doing his
magic removing cafe from the name and simply becoming champagnes the bar received a lot of
aesthetic changes for one the outside was coated with a bright paint to make it more noticeable the
inside gained some new fancy furniture and great lighting and as a nice little addition tavr made
sure to add the bars original blueprints on the wall to commemorate its history boy do we have a
nice update for you in regards to this part being close to hitting almost 150 unique reviews on yelp
it rocks a solid 4 stars many seem to praise not only the beautiful decor but the service drinks
and the general atmosphere this certainly has to be one of the most successful rescues to date
six point in opening its doors back in 2009 six point in was owned by a businessman named oleg
pilipenko and his step-daughter sonny karkoshkina who was also working as a bartender for the first
several years the bar was met with tons of success since it was the only one of its kind in the area
though like many other owners in the series pilipenko decided to put his time into growing
other businesses which was a horrible idea with her father gone karkoshkina was forced into
overseeing the bar's daily operations despite her lack of experience the mounting pressure
resulted in her treating a lot of the employees like children which made the work environment
extremely toxic this inevitably decreased morale resulted in a lack of teamwork and
poor service quality which drove a lot of their customers away rather than rock in a profit six
points in was in a deep hole of debt needing to pay off over a million dollars due to this fact
pilipenko and karakoshkina began to blame each other for the decline of the business which is
when they decided to finally call in the Bar Rescue legend Jon taffer upon his arrival
he quickly mentions that the bar's name sounds more like a hotel than a drinking establishment
sending in some recon to see how things were they felt it was not very portland-like since that was
where the bar was located their drinks were way too sweet and mixed very poorly their food was
drowned in gravy and it was just generally a bad experience going in with his experts
taffer helps train the clueless staff on how to properly mix drinks and cook delicious food
during their stress tests the bar's chef sao insisted that they serve patties even if they were
burned to customers which made taffer extremely angry forcing him to put him in his place after
getting the father and stepdaughter duo to work things out he began to make some valuable changes
it was renamed to over easy bar and breakfast given a new brown finish on the exterior and the
interior was made to look like a cozy breakfast spot that takes advantage of daylight to this very
day it seems like the bar is still open and has a decent three stars on yelp across 36 different
reviews most praising the decor but the fruit and drinks however are very mixed although it's quite
odd they haven't posted on their facebook page since november 17th and their website is down
the los angeles brewing company 2012 was the year richard ramos decided to invest 250 000
of his own money to purchase the newly renovated the los angeles brewing company
being situated in downtown la and having a brew system with 100 taps drew in a large group of
thirsty locals in the beginning he was doing exceptionally well with the bar making two
million dollars on an annual basis everything was going smoothly until the owner got into a
legal dispute which forced him into paying 250 000 with this huge blow ramos was pushed into hiring
his family members to help manage the bar and he ended up reducing his famous inventory by half
lacking merchandise to sell people who were previously loyal to the los angeles brewing
company stopped visiting and soon enough the bar was only losing money
desperate he needed to take the earnings of his family's company to help keep things afloat but it
really didn't do very much now having a severe 1 million dollar debt tied to their name they had no
choice but to seek jon taffer's help accompanied by a celebrity named maria menunos taffer is not
impressed to see nothing appealing about the immense building with barely any art or decor
on top of this despite having brewing company in their name the bar didn't even make their own beer
and they only served out of 18 of the 100 taps they advertised the few that they did use tasted
very flat as a result of mold and dirt that was accumulating in the tap system their food wasn't
really any better either with most of it being either frozen products or using ingredients that
were spoiled calling in his experts to help taffer gives the la brewing company staff an opportunity
to really improve their skills after a piss piss-poor performance from the owner ramos during
their stress test he steps down as manager and gives the position to his skilled bartender israel
ready to finally change things Taffer changes the name to la bruco which made it less of a mouthful
to say added bright signage to the exterior and gave them some new decor as well as equipment
to make it feel like an actual brewery sadly things really didn't turn out well for this
rescue not even four months after taffer left the bar started to get nothing but bad reviews
from poorly cooked chicken to the staff being described as rude and unprofessional things were
horrible almost all the changes were disregarded and they still continued to not brew their own
beer which is why they sold it in the end empty bottles tracy bigfoot decided to follow his
dream of opening a bar by opening empty bottle which focused on serving beer after hiring a
manager named gina to help him grow the business they fell in love and ended up getting married
the bar became their whole life and they did get to enjoy a lot of success in the beginning thanks
to a lot of attractive bartenders that they hired who joined local bikers and construction workers
though with time people got very tired of the lack of selection and their clientele dropped
significantly as a result gina had to take on a full-time factory job to keep things alive but
it only made things worse with the excess workload and 250 thousand dollars in debt
the couple's marriage began to suffer which is when they called for Jon Taffer's health pulling
into the parking lot with two experts taffer is not really impressed with what comes into his view
the building objectively looks run down with no entry way feeling more like a convenience store
than anything while they watch through security cameras in the car Taffer notices gina's attire
and is completely shocked she has pierced nipple rings on the actual shirt that she's wearing which
doesn't make her look like someone who runs the bar they notice that empty bottle is very cramped
smells bad and worst of all the bar doesn't have an official liquor license following a lot of
reprimanding clearing the mold that was growing around the bar teaching the staff new skills and
buying them a liquor license things were going in the right direction Taffer began with changing
the name from empty bottle to bottles and cans and gave the bar some new decor and equipment
considering the episode aired back in 2014 the bar was open for a while and had an average
3 star rating on yelp many praising the great prices however bottles and cans met a sad end
in december of 2019 when they finally decided to sell the business it's possible that the business
simply wasn't doing well anymore and they decided to sell it although many should consider the fact
that tracy passed away in april of 2019 which could be a big reason for their decision well
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