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for today's video we're going to be discussing some 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
break wall bar and grill john Taffer visits kilkenny's irish pub owned by ali speed in
the first season of the show which is located in redondo beach california ali and her sister
alexis used their inheritance to open up the pub at first the bar restaurant was thriving
but her success was short-lived ali made her ex-boyfriend the manager of the bar and since then
sales have plummeted which is why they were in desperate need of a visit from Taffer and his crew
Taffer reads some reviews of the bar which are not too good as he waits in the suv with his
wife nicole he eventually sends in his wife to do some recon for the bar nicole immediately notes
that the owner isn't working and is shocked when she sits down to have a drink with her
despite this things turn around for good after Taffer gracefully gave the bar a complete overhaul
as part of the remodel Taffer decided to change the name of the bar to break wall bar and grill
upon the bar's eventual relaunch they were met with a huge lineup of people who were eager to see
the changes made in just one hour the bar had sold three times as many drinks as they had the week
before it's safe to say that the relaunch went smoothly sadly taffa's hard work didn't pay off
since breakwall bar and grill only went downhill after the show the business ultimately closed down
in 2012 primarily because of an issue with their liquor licence breakwall surrendered its liquor
license in january of 2012 after having withdrawn an application for another licence the month
before 2. champs sports pub joe a former teacher is the proud owner of champ's sports bar featured
in the first season of the show having opened the bar back in 1983 it was the first sports
bar in burbank it goes without saying but joe is a huge sports fan hence the name of the bar and
all of the branding at first the pub was always packed and was making a killing on a monthly basis
however joe eventually decided to step away from the pub and allowed helen his wife to
run the finances helen highlights that the bar is failing to remedy this she tried hiring a younger
staff to draw in a younger crowd but to no avail unfortunately champ's sports bar is six months
away from closing which is why they reached out to john taffer and his team for some guidance
tapha brings in his experts to help with the bar's revival but despite all the ongoing
positive changes joe seems to lack some enthusiasm in order to spark joe's passion and show him how
champs should truly be run Taffer brings him and his wife to a successful sports bar which was a
very eye-opening experience as they scouted the thriving bar Taffer's team worked around the clock
to renovate joe's failing business giving champs tons of new equipment and an improved design
as of 2022 champs sports pub is still up and running according to yelp the restaurant has
average reviews with a 3.5 star rating despite this customers rant and rave about the bars happy
hour and sports trivia generally their sports trivia is played on a giant television screen
which looks like a blast the bar has an overall better atmosphere but this is all thanks to
Taffer's guidance 3. octane bar and grill in yet another season 1 episode john taffer tries to help
tim hannah lyndon l b meyers and richie olsen who are the three owners of angry ham's garage
due to the fact that olsen and meyers got into some legal issues the bar wasn't able
to secure a liquor licence therefore the ownership was put solely under hannah's name
the bar had awful management and consequently had a very poor reputation in the community
worried that their bar would shut down for good the owners called out to Jon Taffer
for some professional help Taffer reveals that changing the name is the only way to save the bar
but the owners adamantly refuse because they believe that it's important eventually Taffer
convinces them to make the change in addition to changing the name to octane bar and grill
the famous rescuer also revamped the bar and rescued most of the existing decor
after bar rescue octane remained open for a while but was eventually purchased by new owners who
renamed the place to beacon street bar and grill however this would ultimately close down as well
and would be replaced by a collection of other restaurants as of now the building is currently
unoccupied honestly the place must be cursed or something for the business to fail so often
four pirates tavern season two pirates tavern was an odd pirate-themed bar opened by tracy rebelo in
2007. located in silver springs maryland pirates tavern was filled with eccentric employees and
patrons all the employees wore pirate costumes and spoke with cringy pirate lingo unfortunately
rebelo wasn't quite as good as managing as she was at theming which is why she decided to call
out to john taffa for some help as part of taffa's attempt to reinvent pirate's tavern he changed the
name to corporate bar and grill which if you think about it is a complete 180 from the previous theme
not surprisingly rebelo hated the rebranding and wanted nothing to do with it which gives context
to some of her actions following the show a few weeks after tapa made his changes to the bar and
changed the name to corporate bar and grill tracy closed the business redecorated it and reopened it
as pirates tavern yet again the staff went out of their way to get rid of the changes tavr had made
they even went as far as to burn some of the decor added by the bar rescue team hilariously they even
posted a music video to youtube called pirates revenge that documents some of the burnings
pirates tavern operated under its original pirates branding until 2015 when it closed its doors for
good while pirates tavern and maryland is no longer open the rebels did move to melbourne
florida where they opened bar refuge 5. 22 clicks for a season 3 episode john taffer heads over to
a bar named cliques bar and grill which is owned by todd harr unfortunately he had to
step away from the business due to being deployed by the military which is when things went really
downhill when harvard returned to cliques from overseas he noticed that his establishment had
become run down and that his employees were out of control since half failed to rein in his employees
or was too lazy to do so he joined in on the fun and turned his bar into a boys club during
taffa's recon he and his experts witnessed a bar that had no leadership a frat house environment a
room full of testosterone and an angry owner who was a hundred and forty thousand dollars in debt
later on in the episode tapha came in and questioned her about his lack of leadership
he then scolded him for having bad food and drinks as he always does and eventually warned him that
the punching machine and the buzz name would have to go if he wanted to succeed 22 clicks
clique's new name brought along with it a sense of pride and significance
in a community that caters largely to the military it just makes sense 22 clicks is one of the few
bar rescue businesses that is still open to this day and thriving not only have they tripled their
sales since being on the show but they rocked a decent three and a half stars on yelp not bad for
a bar that was on the verge of closure 6. houston sports hub season 3. originally called end zone
sports bar and grill houston sports hub is the moniker that john Taffer chose to rebrand the bar
when he first got there john witnessed a fight between two muscle-bound meat heads during his
usual recon mission never one to shy away from conflict taffer decided to go ahead with the
rescue anyway and attempted to save the bar today the houston sports hub is still alive and kicking
they've kept the name Taffer chose for them and appear to be doing well according to their yelp
page though reviews are still less than stellar seven tidal bar season five tidal bar which was
originally named liquid lounge is a long beach california bar owned by rob mccarthy mccarthy
has owned the business since 2010 which was about seven years before the bar appeared on bar rescue
rob has over 30 years of experience in the bar industry and has always wanted to open
a bar of his own after his parents died mccarthy invested his inheritance into the liquid lounge
three years after purchasing the bar liquid lounge was raking in over 650 000 in sales which ain't
too shabby however things would start going downhill from there which is why liquid lounge
needed a visit from Jon Taffer by the time 2017 rolled around the business had been exposed for
having fruit flies in the local newspaper which ruined its reputation what's more the place
was crumbling and practically falling apart but mccarthy was doing nothing to improve it Taffer
brought in some experts to help with this dumpster fire like a master chef who helped improve the
kitchen menu and his daughter who helped recon in the bar the liquid lounge started making progress
with its customer service thanks to Taffer's guidance acknowledging these improvements
Taffer moved into renovating the place soon after as part of the changes Taffer renamed the bar from
liquid lounge to tidal bay beach bar though a lot of people just referred to it as tidal bar
additionally Taffer installed three pos systems and new soda guns following what is a lot of
training the bar was finally ready to relaunch thankfully everything went by smoothly soon
after the changes and rebranding to tidal bar the bar sales have increased by 20 percent and the
business seems to be doing a lot better mccarthy also decided to stick with Jon Taffer's new name
tidal bar beach bar rather than revert back to the old one like many other owners on the show however
it seems like their success was only short-lived since tidal bar closed in january of 2019 due to
their overwhelming debts and issues with their liquor license well that'll be all for today's
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