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channel for today's video we're going to discuss 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
the broadway club in a season seven episode Jon Taffer pays a visit to the failing broadway club
in tohoala utah to rescue it from closure silently owned by a real estate agent named randy hunt he
gave a part of the business to patty bullock who does the day-to-day management sadly patty
is only interested in partying at the bar and as a result his staff have no respect for their boss's
authority with the business being two hundred thousand dollars in debt and being weeks away from
closing down for good hun calls out to taffer for his aid upon his eventual rival tapper sits in the
car and notices that the street is a ghost town with the surrounding buildings being abandoned
sending in some recon where local radio stars to get a customer's perspective they order a cocktail
oddly called liquid marijuana and a margarita predictably their drinks are beyond awful since
they were very sweet poorly mixed and terribly presented ordering some food which was prepared
without gloves it takes 30 minutes to get to their table and it disappointingly tastes like garbage
throughout the whole service patty was carelessly drinking and screwing around not commanding the
staff like an owner should fed up with what he was seeing taffer heads into the bar dogs on paddy
for her incompetence and questions hun for hiring someone as inexperienced as her forcing the staff
to clean the bar the bar rescue host threatens to leave if paddy doesn't get her act together which
we don't blame him for holding a staff meeting the following day taffer finds out that the business
is really behind on rent and that the customers leave due to paddy's unprofessional attitude
bringing in some experts to correct the staff's lack of skill they're taught how
to make balanced drinks that aren't too sweet and popular meals that will drive customers in
holding a stress test later on the customer seemed to love the food and patty was actually stepping
up a bit for once but they were ultimately overwhelmed with the traffic and had to shut
things down overall taffer was impressed with what he just witnessed and expressed that with some
renovations and more training they'd do just fine spending hours redesigning the place with his team
taffer first renamed the place to the roost bar on the exterior they added a beautiful sign that
really highlighted the new name and the interior was modernized with wood decor and detailing
additionally they got tons of new equipment including a berg system two pos systems and sky
tabs relaunching soon after the showing customers poured in and were impressed with the changes made
bar rescue the business and its sales skyrocketed and most importantly patty stopped partying on the
job and was finally taking her position seriously interestingly enough the bar made claims of the
show pressure them into drinking on the job to make things more entertaining which doesn't really
surprise us shortly after the taping of this episode the restaurant was temporarily forced
to shut down due to state restrictions but they opened right back up currently speaking
the bar is still open to this day and gets pretty positive reviews online for their food and drinks
the grant bar and lounge Jon Taffer heads over to the grant bar and lounge in tracy california to
attempt to bring it back on its feet dj miller who purchased the bar back in 2014 thought it would be
easy to run and this was somewhat true for the first two years although things started to fall
apart since miller was too stubborn to listen to his staff and renovate the place losing close to
five thousand dollars a month the business is 190 thousand dollars in debt which is only increasing
so the owner called out to taffer for his aide upon his eventual arrival with chef jason santos and
mixologist amy kovsky they noticed that the bar is in a good location but nothing makes it stand
out watching through the hidden cameras taffer notices that they're over pouring at the bar and
that there aren't many female customers sending inkowski alone for some recon tapper ropes to
find out why women don't visit the bar and it's clear from the very beginning when the mixologist
orders some basic cocktails geared towards females the bartender expresses that they don't have the
ingredients to prepare them ordering a gimlet the staff is clueless about how the drink is
made and they're forced to look it up on google aside from the drink which obviously tasted awful
kovski ordered some food which the chef prepares without washing his hands or wearing any gloves
which is repulsive the moment her food was sent out taffer and santos rush into the bar to stop
the service and prevent anyone from getting sick angrily confronting the owner for letting this
happen taffer demands that the kitchen and bar be clean before they make any renovations having
a one-on-one with the owner the following day the bar rescue host finds out that the bar has a high
staff turnover but it's because he blames everyone but himself and doesn't train his staff inviting
miller's silent business partner ex-wife tammy to help deliver the numbers they've lost close to
8000 in the last few days from overpouring which is mind-boggling running a stress test the staff
was overwhelmed with the orders and was too slow to keep up so it ended in disaster following this
it was clear that they needed more training so the experts helped them improve on their basic skills
kofski taught the bartenders how to make fun and more feminine drinks to attract women in
and santos showed them how to make simple non-messy nightclub meals working throughout the
entire night taffer starts with renaming the place to leia after the owner's daughter who he hoped to
pass the business on to the interior was made to feel more intimate and a dance floor with drink
rails was added so it could be converted into a sitting area for overflow dining receiving tons
of new equipment the business got 4 pos systems kitchen supplies and digital table tents for pr
to stay on top of things and avoid waste the bar was gifted with a subscription to tbt and
bartender finally relaunching the patrons were ecstatic with the new decor and were happy with
the service quality after the taping of the show latest sales have certainly increased in their
vip booth and nightclubs sells out every weekend nowadays their customer base is much younger and
more women are finally attending thanks to the new menu former employees of the bar came out after
the episode air to express that dj is terrible to work for but that was already pretty clear from
the episode reviews on yelp and trip advisor are fairly mixed and the place has an okay two
and a half star rating most sprays the food and atmosphere while others complain about the staff
being unfriendly and drinks being unavailable due to a lack of ingredients regardless it's still
open and running to this day vfw post 6216 for another season 7 episode john taffer heads over
to vfw 6216 in albuquerque new york to bring it back to life built in 1996 it's dedicated
to the veterans of foreign wars which is what the vfw stands for and is owned by rudy vellis
the bar's quartermaster johnny suffers from ptsd but the job in his community keeps him grounded
nowadays rather than serve auxiliary members which are veterans and their families they're forced to
open up to non-members to get by needing some guidance the owner calls out to taffer and his
team for some much needed help first the bar rescue host meets with mark decker who works
as the department manager for the state of new mexico's international vfw organization
he explains that the membership of the vfw have dropped significantly from 5 million to
1.6 with some smaller posts closing down decker was hoping that reviving this post would be the
perfect template for the other ones to follow so they can revive the vfw as a whole analyzing
what the issues might be tapper first points out that both the exterior and interior look
bland but he recognizes that they could generate tons of money with the banquet hall taffer also
notices that the customers drink out of red solo cups and that the notice board is overflowed with
posters making the place look untidy what's more the bar rescue host sees that the kitchen area
is set up like a residential kitchen and isn't getting much use having had previous experience
with veterans in the army taffer isn't really impressed with the state of the post
after hearing that johnny put his blood sweat and tears into working at the bar and that this is
all they could afford taffer got a bit emotional meeting with some of the vfw members the following
day they admit that the bar is falling apart and that there aren't enough members it becomes
clear that the biggest issue plaguing the bar is their lack of drive to market for new members
before holding a stress test expert mixologist rob floyd teach the staff how to make simple drinks
while the bar was certainly overwhelmed during the stress test it gave taffer a good idea about what
to work on speaking with johnny the owner later on the bar rescue host tells them that they aren't
traditional cooks or bartenders and that they need to hire someone for the sake of efficiency
working for a while on the renovations tapper made the exterior more vibrant and gave the bar
a humongous sign with the meaning of vfw spelled out inside everything was modernized and photos
of veterans in their uniforms were placed on the walls receiving tons of new equipment
and furniture the bar finally had a functioning kitchen and the banquet hall was renovated to seem
more elegant a bit more than a month after taffer and his team left the bar sales increased and
their memberships are on the rise thanks to the banquet hall they've been able to generate tons
of money and are booked for multiple events it's mostly used for fundraising activities or catering
events but they're starting to take external bookings what a great ending to this story
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