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Insight channel for today's video we're going to cover some of the worst bars to be 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 headhunters for a season 3 episode Jon Taffer heads over to austin texas
to save a bar called headhunters from closure opened in 2003 by steve ritchie the bar was met
with great success for the first few years since it was one of the few bars that offered live music
though as time went on tons of competition sprouted in the area but richie was too
stubborn to change anything as a result their profits as well as their cleanliness standards
dropped significantly putting the bar at risk of closing down trying everything from inviting
unusual performers to getting loans nothing really improved the situation which is why the
owner called out the Taffer for some aid upon his eventual rival with his wife nicole Taffer
notices that the people who pass by barely notice headhunters due to its creepy looking facade
uncomfortable by how unsafe the place looks the bar rescue host decides to accompany his wife
for recon rather than send her in alone as they enter nicole immediately points out that it smells
like cat urine and the two are appalled to see half naked women dancing on the countertops as
well as see a death metal band perform a mock miscarriage on stage according to a bartender
the small nicole's nose was assaulted with was indeed cat pissed since the owner lets their cat
run around to kill rats to make matters even worse nicole decides to leave after she's almost served
a drink that has bugs in it when confronting the owner about the dead insect corpses floating
around in his liquor bottles he simply says that there's bugs all over austin and that austin
doesn't like a clean bar desperately needing the help of his experts taffer calls in jesse barnes
and joe brook to start the rescue as they look around they find mold on the ceiling and tons of
dead cockroaches which richie thinks is funny the following day tafer invites in some exterminators
who forced hundreds of bugs out of their colonies which is nasty oddly richie blames the bar state
on his employees but it's revealed that they aren't paid and rely solely on tips for income
defending his ways the owner claims that he doesn't pay his staff since they refused
payroll themselves which is total bs at this point taffer was on the verge of walking out giving them
a chance to redeem themselves first taffer gets his experts to train the staff on the basics
of mixing and serving additionally the famous rescuer pulls the owner aside for a one-on-one
to motivate him and reminds him that he needs to step up for his bar to succeed to which he agrees
fast forward to after the renovations were made the bar was renamed metal and lace given an
amazing steampunk theme on both the outside and inside as well as received tons of new equipment
post bar rescue the owner decided to drop most of the changes taffer implemented and the place
was back to being a trashy metal bar with awful drinks receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews
on yelp most complained that the bar was filthy and littered with bugs once again
somehow the business was able to stay afloat for another year but due to richie's inability
to accept change it ultimately closed down what a complete disaster rocky point cantina in a season
3 episode Jon Taffer heads over to tempe arizona to bring rocky point kansina back on its feet
owned by fran and mary massimiano they purchased the bar as a retirement investment for their sons
jason and scott although it's been a disaster from the very beginning since the brothers have
no experience in the industry using his authority scott decided to hire a new bartender in the form
of a family friend named anthony but the two often bought heads and get into loud arguments that can
be heard by patrons to make matters even worse scott hired some local metal bands to attract the
college crowd but he only opens the bar whenever a gig is scheduled which has only harmed their
profits considering the fact that the business was on the brink of closure the owners called
out to Taffer for some guidance when he finally arrives Taffer sends in three female students
from asu to get a customer's perspective they immediately notice that jason and scott are in
the midst of a profanity-laced argument which makes them uncomfortable to say the very least
ordering some cocktails the girls seem to think that they tasted more like juice rather than booze
additionally they were shocked to find out that they don't even serve draft beer despite the fact
that they have a tap on the counter what's more everything around them was very filthy including
the kitchen equipment and the band's performance was ear piercingly loud so the girls couldn't even
hear each other fed up with what he was seeing taffer sends in expert mixologist russell davis
and chef tiffany derry to confront the staff davis takes a look behind the bar and is appalled by how
filthy it is while derry heads into the kitchen and uncovers a number of health code violations
as well as improper food storage practices soon after anthony and the brothers were forced to
spend several hours cleaning every inch of the bar area since it was the only way to prove that they
were worthy of being rescued returning the next day Taffer is impressed to see that everything
is spotless and decides to assign scott with the task of cleaning the disgusting bathroom to
ensure that everyone was up to standards the bar rescue host experts spent time training the staff
on the basics of cooking and mixology holding a stress test soon after Taffer identifies that the
biggest problem is the lack of a cash register which slows down transactions significantly and
that food is sent out at a snail's pace after training the staff even further in making some
much needed changes to the menu Taffer was finally ready to move into the renovations
changing the bar's name to cabana bar and grill the famous rescuer decided to
drop the original bar's mexican concept and implemented a cuban nightlife theme
hoping to make the business more inclusive to the ladies since it had a reputation of being
unfriendly to women tafford coated the walls with female-oriented colors they also received
a working tap system that would pour delicious beer at 32 degrees consistently following the
taping of this episode things only went downhill for this rescue and for a whole slew of reasons
for one the bar rescue team failed to obtain the necessary permits for some of the improvements
they made which caused a lot of issues for the owners due to this fact the business caught the
attention of the city and after some inspections was forced to pay fines that were in the thousands
while this forced them to close down only months after being quote unquote helped by taffyr
they were bound to do this anyway since they went straight back to their old ways
many reviewers complained that they continued to play ear shatteringly loud heavy metal and did
so without the required live entertainment permit aside from being one of the filthiest bars to be
featured on the show what makes this one shine the most is how poorly the rescue was handled
you can say that taffer actually nuked this place out of existence rather than helped it
gypsy as our final entry we're gonna cover a bar that jon taffer attempted to rescue call
a gypsy in the third season of the show while the business was extremely profitable for the
first few years thanks to the very popular drag shows they hosted this didn't last forever since
the owner paul sanfilippo was too lazy to keep up with a competing nightclub sprouting in the
area he lost a large portion of his customer base what's more the owner was burdened with a four
hundred thousand dollar penalty for tax evasion which put the business in a deep pool of debt
not having many options left san felipe called out to taffer and his team for some much needed help
upon his eventual rival with x-ray mixologist rachel ford they noticed the bar's facade was
very outdated hoping to get a better idea of the customer experience the bar rescue host sends in
two nightlife experts for recon wanting to order some drinks the spies are forced to get something
bland and basic thanks to the bar's lack of necessities to make matters even worse the owner
is completely plastered and starts to degrade his employees fed up with what he's seeing taffy
heads into the bar and immediately confronts san felipo about his awful behavior the owner swiftly
points out that he isn't the problem and that his staff just sucks so they deserve to be mistreated
even though taffer dogged on this man he continued to be disrespectful and insisted on drinking more
since san felipe was incredibly drunk the famous rescuer was forced to postpone the rescue until
the owner was sober returning the following day the owner was no longer inebriated so Taffer
decided to have a chat with him supposedly his mother passed away pretty recently so he's using
alcohol to wash away his sorrows Taffer makes it clear that if he continues to drink on the job
he's going to cancel the rescue completely touring the bar area Taffer's expert ford finds a whole
slew of sanitary issues that were brought about by the poor management fast forward after the
renovations were made the bar was renamed to south beach las vegas and received tons of beautiful but
expensive revisions what makes this rescue so awful is that the owner completely disregarded
the hard work that was put into this makeover and walked out before the relaunch which was so
painful to watch post bar rescue sanford decided to close the business himself since he didn't
like the changes that were made he planned to tear down all of tafra's work to pave way for gypsy's
return but this never happened since san felipo was too broke to reopen such an ungrateful sob
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