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oasis hookah bar recent college graduate and soon to be father jesse hill put 50
000 of his own savings to make his dream of owning a hookah bar come true back in 2010.
after being introduced to hookahs by a frat brother he thought it would be an easy business
to do once he finally opened the oasis it was the first and only hookah bar in omaha
which pushed many to visit at the business's peak hill was making about 30 000 a month
though things went downhill when he hired an oasis regular named corey to become a manager
not only was there a decline in service but the cleanliness standards and accountability
also plummeted rather than fix the clear issues with his bar hill secludes himself in his office
leaving cory to destroy his business even further having a huge 100 000 debts it was time for oasis
to get the special help of the bar rescue legend john taffer writhing feeling nothing
but disappointment taffer frustratingly points out that the bar's exterior is bland from the outside
the bar rescue host and his experts watch as hill sits in his office while his incompetent manager
smokes potential profits away even worse when cory is asked how a hookah works she rudely complains
about how she doesn't know how that specific hookah works great customer service sending in
some spies it becomes clear that the bar is in disrepair with garbage being in plain view and
chairs being unstable their experience was without a doubt horrible the hookah hose was dirty and
their drink was so poorly made that it makes one of the spies throw up after taffer headed into the
bar reprimanded the entire staff and gave the place a thorough cleaning things were going in
the right direction renaming the bar to attack the nightclub Taffer wanted them to de-emphasize the
hookah aspect since they were bad at keeping their devices clean though hill decided to rename the
bar back to oasis and reverse all of jon's efforts in 2016 which only went poorly receiving tons of
horrible yelp reviews from people who got sick oasis eventually closed down and deservingly so
underground wonderbar musician lonnie walker opened a live music joint called the underground
wonder bar back in 1989. enjoying great success for 22 years business began to decline in 2011
when the bar's building was sold to pave way for a development project consequently she
reopened the bar using 360 thousand dollars she borrowed from her family and friends since it was
now relocated in the river north district rent was astronomically higher making everything difficult
for instance the live music that they could afford wouldn't really resonate with their younger
clientele however even when people proposed ways to fix these issues the owner was way too stubborn
to listen which inevitably drove customers away with their income bleeding and debts climbing to
almost half a million dollars it was time for the underground wonderbar to get the aid of
john taffer to the bar rescue host the outside of underground was way too colorful resembling
a pizza place for kids more than a drinking establishment additionally taffer expressed
that the interior lacked any sophistication which was in part due to the eccentric staff
as an example walker and her band mates would take out small instruments and play around the bar
in an attempt to entertain customers but they just seemed really bored entering the bar after
this weird display taffer notices that there are crayons around the bar and he begins to realize
how disconnected walker is from reality she disregards taffer's presence since she wasn't
willing to let go of her true vision of the bar but an employee named jordan chases the
bar rescue host down to show his willingness to make any changes necessary following this taffer
brings in his experts to improve the staff's mixing and cooking skills then makes the staff
repaint the outside white to symbolize the bar's new beginning attempting a stress test walker
displays zero enthusiasm probably fueled by the changes which pushes taffer to angrily walk out
although he does come back and walker appears to begin embracing the idea of change which is
when things finally started to shift being torn down and rebuilt the bar was renamed to clear bar
now rocking a clean white exterior with tall windows that gave a nice view into the interior
the inside was much more sophisticated thanks to the new furniture sound system and the
eye-catching ice block behind the counter clear bar didn't last very long being changed very soon
after the episode back to the underground wonder bar despite signing an agreement to keep that name
it should be pretty obvious but while it did last a little longer after waka reversed the
changes it closed down in 2017 rocky point cantina opening its doors in 2010 rocky point
cantina was a retirement investment of fran and mary massimiano for their sons jason and scott
as a result of scott's managerial inexperience the bar was a disaster from the very beginning
but his younger brother jason tried his very best to keep things afloat making good use of
his powers to hire a new bartender named anthony who is a hard-working family friend the two often
butted heads additionally since the bar was located close by to arizona state university
scott hired a local metal band to attract students in however he strangely decided to only open the
bar whenever the band was scheduled to perform which only hurt their profits
considering their business was slowly going down the drain and fran and mary's retirement money was
wasting away they needed john taffer's support to get a customer's perspective tavr sends in two asu
students who had a horrible experience right off the bat the brothers were in a verbal
fighting match their cocktails tasted like juice rather than alcohol and it was shocking to hear
that they didn't even serve draft beer despite having a tap on top of all this the counters were
layered with filth and the girls could barely talk because of the ear piercingly loud music
sending in his experts they were not only unimpressed by how piss-poor the bartender skills
were but they were disgusted by how dirty things were behind the counter with numerous health code
violations the only way Taffer was going to help them is if they spent all night cleaning their
nasty bar coming back the next day everything was spotless which is when the bar rescue host started
to work his magic doing even more cleaning giving the bar a new drink and food menu and doing tons
of renovations jason and scott's bar was reborn being renamed to havana cabana born grill the
old bars mexican concept was replaced with a new pre-revolutionary cuban nightlife theme on the
outside the bar was coated with female-oriented colors in hopes that it would change the
businesses reputation of being unfriendly to the ladies sadly things didn't go very smoothly for
the bar after the rescue since supposedly the bar rescue team failed to get some of the licenses
they needed to make certain renovations which caused a lot of issues as a result havana kabana
went back to its old ways doing live performances without a live entertainment permit and not even
five months after the episode aired the bar closed down for good and the place is now a vacant lot
the underworld jazz bender and christy chaos retired from the band life and decided on opening
up a bar in las vegas back in 2011. naming it the underworld it was stalked with horror decor making
it seem as if every day was halloween while they wanted to create a unique haunting experience they
achieved the exact opposite their displays were mediocre and laughable at best the bar really dug
its own grave since it had a handful of other issues like a lack of liquor on the shelves
no draft beer terrible food and poor customer service what's worse the owner seemingly kept a
close eye on their employees and this mistrust caused a lot of animosity between both groups
with each passing day the underworld's future was becoming darker and darker so it was urgent for
them to call out to Jon Taffer considering the bar was located in one of the brightest tourist hubs
in the world being las vegas the underworld lived up to its name it was incredibly dark and barely
noticeable in comparison to the other businesses in the area which certainly hurt the bar sending
in some recon taffer sends in a trio of ladies who are immediately greeted by a bartender named jesse
they also noticed that the owners oddly visit the cash register almost every half hour to check on
the bar's earnings which puts nothing but pressure and paranoia on the staff following this Taffer
decides to go in himself meeting first with the employees who have some interesting things to say
like how jessie accuses the two owners of stealing tips from the other bartenders once
the owners finally arrived into the conversation this employee's claim was contradicted by the pair
who put the blame on their workers instead after an intense stress test the argument from earlier
was finally put to rest since it was revealed that the owners were to blame for a lot of the
issues present through some discussion things look like they were going in the right direction since
the staff was collectively able to agree upon the renovations that Taffer would make rename from the
underworld to the end the outside was made to be much brighter and the interior was given a zombie
apocalypse theme they also received tons of new equipment including a new dj booth pos system
and better lighting several months later after the episode sales went up by 40 with most of the
reviews on yelp being positive people generally loved the concept but there were those out there
who weren't into zombies sadly after the bar moved due to a collapsed roof in their original building
they were not able to keep up with their lease and inevitably closed down how sad well that'll
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