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for today's video we're going to discuss some more of the worst bars to be featured on bar rescue and
reveal all they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the
content guys the brixton for a season 3 episode Jon Taffer heads over to the failing brixton in
austin texas to rescue it from closure owned by tim and sarah lupa they purchased the punk
bar when it was on the verge of shutting down in hopes that they could rescue it themselves
unfortunately due to tim's insufferable attitude he drove many of the customers away which is why
they're severely in debt at risk of not only losing their business but their homes as well
the couple call out to Taffer and his team for some guidance when he finally arrives
with expert mixologist peter o'connor the two points out that the exterior is quite uninviting
getting an email from a friend named clay Taffer is told that the brixton has to be one of the
worst bars he's ever been to and that the owner is very unprofessional as usual Taffer ropes to get
an idea of the customer experience so he sends in clay with his friends for recon ordering several
different cocktails tim reveals that he can't make any of them so the spy settle on a simple mule and
jin martini sadly even this was too hard for the bar to make since the drinks were poorly mixed
and tasted awful trying to get a refund for their terrible drinks tim only responds rudely so sarah
steps in and actually makes them drinks that they enjoy having seen enough the famous rescuer heads
inside and confronts the owner about his terrible customer service through some conversation with
tim Taffer comes to understand that they didn't change a thing about the bar after buying it
which is crazy since they wanted to rescue it saddened by how careless her partner has become
sarah exposes the fact that she might leave him if things don't change soon holding a staff meeting
the following day Taffer tries to understand why the bar has so many issues most say that tim is
the biggest problem but they also acknowledge that due to their lack of skill many customers are left
unsatisfied since the bar didn't have enough space for a kitchen the bar rescue has put most of his
focus into improving the staff's mixing skills with the help of o'connor following what is a
lot of immature resistance from tim throughout the rest of the episode he eventually caves and
agrees to listen to Taffer's advice renaming the place to rocket room 6 which was inspired
by a tattoo on tim's arm and their location on the street the bar also received a complete makeover
on the inside everything was modernized and the bar received tons of new equipment
including a frost rail a cooler and a tablet that would connect to a food truck across the street
to allow for food to be served without a kitchen post bar rescue the owner predictably changed the
name back to the brixton but this somehow didn't negatively affect them mere weeks after tafford
left their sales shot up and the couple announced that they were expecting their first child however
since they wanted to focus on the family life the couple sold the place in march of 2020 to
someone named van atkins characters quarters in yet another season 3 episode Jon Taffer heads
over to character's quarters to bring it back on its feet owned by a man named gaiawavra he opened
the theme bar with the help of his parents and sister alex spending close to 350 000 to bring
his business to life they were initially met with great success making 80 grand a month though due
to the childish decorum theme they brought in more families with children than adults with friends
with time the locals grew disinterested with the bar and the business started to lose three
thousand dollars a month desperately wanting to find a way out of this tough situation guy
called out to taffer for some professional help arriving later on with his experts they seemed to
be confused by the name and weren't sure whether the place was a bar or not sending in two spies to
get a better idea of the customer experience they immediately order a tom collins and whiskey sour
upon entering as they patiently wait for their drinks to be made the spies order some food from
the menu and are unimpressed with how clueless alex is about the dishes their order takes a while
to be delivered and when they finally receive them they're pretty awful already fed up with what he
was seeing the famous rescuer heads inside to reprimand the family for their piss-poor service
leaving and returning the following day taff holds a staff meeting and learns that most of them hate
the bars uniforms costumes since they constantly have to explain it to customers it's clear that
their skills also needed some refining so the bar rescue host brought in his experts to train the
staff while chef brian duffy teaches the staff how to make a proper burger mixologist russell davis
shows them how to make three different drinks at the same time holding a stress test soon after it
seems like brooke was the most solid employee of all with whitney and alex doing terribly
in the kitchen the staff get overwhelmed with the influx of orders and try to keep up but to no
avail following the embarrassing service whitney ends up getting fired due to the fact that she
was too slow and incompetent obviously since the costumes and name were also hurting the business
Taffer tells them that they were the next thing to go soon after Taffer gets his experts to train the
staff even further with davis showing them how to make a moonshine cocktail and chef duffy teaching
them how to make southern comfort food over the course of 36 hours the famous rescuer renamed
the place to moonrunner saloon and completely revamped the interior and exterior aside from
adding a beautiful sign to the outside the inside was given a makeover to seem rustic but classy
at the same time upon the bar's eventual relaunch people seemed to be ecstatic with the changes made
and loved the fantastic food and drinks weeks after the taping of this episode the owners
revealed that their sales shot up by 40 which is great with their newfound success the owners
decided to also open up a moon runners food truck to increase their profits interestingly enough the
bar for the last eight years has been hosting a charity golfing event that donates all of its
proceedings to the garner pal years after Taffer graced this bar with his valuable advice they're
still thriving to this day and rock a solid 4 stars on yelp across 197 reviews most seem to rant
and rave about the delicious southern food and the tasty drinks but there are some complaints here
and there about the service if you're interested in getting more details about this rescue make
sure to check out their official website after the video is over cliques bar and grill as our final
entry we're going to discuss a bar that Jon Taffer tried to rescue called cliques bar and grill
owned by a marine named todd he opened the dive bar back in 2009 which was initially a big hit
with the military crowd though after todd got deployed in 2011 the staff started to misbehave
and began hooking up with one another which caused tons of drama after only six weeks of being gone
the bar had completely changed and started to lose four thousand dollars a month being 140 thousand
dollars in debts and months away from closing down the owner called out to Taffer for some aid upon
his eventual arrival with expert mixologist peter o'connor and expert chef nick laborato they point
out that the place looks like a prom dress store Taffer then sends in three spies named mac paul
and sam who have military backgrounds and are locals for recon when they finally enter they
order a drink that oddly has some bacon in it and get nachos that take close to 20 minutes to arrive
watching through cctv cameras taffer notices that the place has a punching bag machine which a
customer cuts his hand on so he enters immediately after confronting the owner about the machine the
famous rescuer points out that it can incite a potential lawsuit and to remove it if he doesn't
want to be sued quickly meeting with the staff soon after taffer and his experts then inspect the
rounds and are uphold with what they see starting with the bar expert mixologist o'connor notices
that the soda gun is filthy and that there's a bug infestation in the beer cooler meanwhile in the
kitchen chef liberato disgustingly finds some bugs in the flowers so tafer calls an exterminator to
clean this mess up coming back the following day the famous rescuer reveals that the exterminator
eradicated 14 nests of bugs from the premises which is appalling fast forward to near the end
of the episode taffer renamed the place to 22 clicks bar and grill and gave the place a nice
military theme post bar rescue the business's sales increased by a whopping 50 and the owner
managed to pay off his debts the place is still open to this day with the same name and menu
and is doing relatively well with people only complaining about the service from time to time
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