15 Best Episodes Of Bar Rescue, Ranked (According To IMDb)
Spike TV's reality series Bar Rescue has been on the air for several years. The show, hosted by nighttime entertainment consultant Jon Taffer, features a roster of bar owners, nightclub managers, and experienced restaurateurs who offer their expertise to help floundering businesses rebound from financial ruin and to avoid bankruptcy.
Bar Rescue premiered in 2011 and has tallied more than 200 episodes in the span of nine years. The series also inspired a spin-off show called Marriage Rescue, which debuted in June of 2019. here are the best episodes of Bar Rescue ranked according to IMDb.
Updated on February 5th, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: Bar Rescue continues to be an engaging reality television show that is similar to Gordon Ramsay's various shows like To Hell and Back and Kitchen Nightmares where he goes to the most disgusting restaurants and tries to help fix them. Jon Taffer has continued to host Bar Rescue throughout its entire run as he goes into each failing bar with a crew including a mixologist and tries to help turn the bar around through mainly helping the owner with their leadership skills, their employees, their menu, and their decor.
15 Silence Of The Ants (S5E26) 7.7/10
In Silence of the Ants, Taffer takes fellow bar consultant Tiffany Derry along with show narrator P.J. King to the shores of Long Beach, California to help clean up a serious insect takeover.
When John and the crew arrive in Long Beach, they discover a squalid barroom overrun by fruit flies and sugar ants. The title of the episode is an obvious reference to the Thomas Harris novel, The Silence of the Lambs, which was adapted as the 1991 Best Picture Winner by the late director Jonathan Demme.
14 Taken for Granted (S7E7) 7.8/10
Jon Taffer travels to try to save a bar called The Grant Bar. The biggest problem the bar has is that the owner believes that he isn't at fault for any of the bar's issues.
He always blames everyone else for the problems that arise in the bar, but obviously, Taffer isn't going to allow the bar to continue to operate this way with an owner who doesn't take responsibility.
13 Second Base Third Strike (S4 E11) 7.8/10
This episode follows Jon Taffer as he returns to a bar that the team had already rescued previously in the first episode where they attempt to re-rescue a bar called the Second Base Bar & Grill.
Taffer returns to a bar to find that the entire staff and bar is struggling mainly because the owner has become disengaged with actively running the bar and everyone is suffering because of it. It's one of the few episodes where Taffer walks out and refuses to help.
12 Phishing for Answers (S6 E15) 7.8/10
Taffer travels to save the bar Phish Heads when a couple asks him to come and try to push their son to successfully run the bar. The couple is on the verge of bankruptcy and their son is failing in running the bar and is threatening his parents' financial future if he doesn't get his act together.
Their son refuses to try and instead is lazily approaching the serious issue of their finances and his responsibility to owning the bar and doesn't have any determination or passion.
11 Mother Doesn't Know Best (S5E24) 7.8/10
In Mother Knows Best, the ninth highest-rated episode of Bar Rescue, John Taffer and his team take their advice to Sin City.
Upon arrival in Las Vegas, Taffer and his crew meet a matronly woman who owns a severely struggling dive bar along the strip. Prone to having a good time and abdicating her professional responsibilities, Taffer makes an impassioned plea for the woman to take greater ownership of her business and conduct herself with more discipline.
10 Storming The Castle (S4E16) 7.9/10
Taffer and company get more than they bargained for when attempting to help an attitudinal bar owner in Storming the Castle, is one of the highest-rated episode of the series according to IMDB.
When Taffer arrives at a barroom called Stein Haus, modeled after an ancient castle, he meets the owner, Ivan Vuich. Taffer soon realizes Vuich has extreme temper issues and an inability to control his anger. Taffer makes suggestions on how to improve Stein Haus, but they are met with surly sneers at every turn.
9 Antisocial Media (S5E4) 7.9/10
In Antisocial Media, Taffer attempts to help out a self-defeating bar owner and his brother, a military vet in California beset with severe PTSD.
In small-town California, John discovers a pub owner who is not only known for bad service, but also for a slew of negative social media posts made in response to critical customers. The owner also takes care of his PTSD-ridden brother, who can't shake the scars of combat, pulling his attention away from his business duties.
8 Operation Puerto Rico (S6E19) 7.9/10
In the one-hour special Bar Rescue: Operation Puerto Rico, Taffer was joined by the celebrity likes of Mark Cuban, Luis Guzman, Bethenny Frankel, and NBA player J.J. Barea for a major humanitarian effort.
Taffer and his crew faced his biggest challenge yet when tasked with helping rebuild the family-owned beachfront bar called El K'Rajo in Puerto Rico. The establishment was completely annihilated by Hurricane Maria in September of 2017, leaving its owner in total ruin as a result.
7 Still Bill (S7 E4) 8.0/10
This episode of Bar Rescue follows Jon Taffer as he tries to rescue The Midway Tavern bar that has fallen into disarray in Bill Rowe's leadership.
Rowe is a passive leader who isn't sure about what he should be doing in his position and tends to let everyone do what they want instead of being a successful and clear spoken leader. Taffer tries to get him in shape and help him become a successful leader so he can run the bar at a profit and pay back his in-laws.
6 Desi, You Got Some 'Splanin' To Do (S5E20) 8.0/10
In the 20th episode of Bar Rescue's Season 5, Taffer takes fellow nightclub consultant Brad Bohannon to help an elderly bar owner recover his business after suffering from a near-fatal stroke.
When John and Brad meet the owner, they realize he's too ill to keep his business afloat, much less successful. The man turns to booze to drown his pain, dwindling his own alcohol supply and dipping into his own profits. The episode title refers to the classic I Love Lucy episode in which Ricky (Desi Arnaz) tells Lucy "you have some splainin' to do!"
5 Breaking Brandon (S7E3) 8.0/10
The only episode of the most recent season to rank among the top 10 episodes of Bar Rescue includes Breaking Brandon, a titular reference to AMC's hit series Breaking Bad.
In the episode, Taffer tries to offer his services to a bar owner in the throes of a psychological meltdown. After sinking his mother's life savings into a business investment, the man is left with only four days to shut down his dream bar. With time ticking and pressure mounting, the man loses his senses.
4 All Twerk And No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down (S5 E18) 8.3/10
In this episode, Taffer tries to save Speakeasy Bar & Grill in Louisiana. The owner of the Speakeasy Bar & Grill has an emotional breakdown when it seems that her bar is going to fail before Taffer attempts to rescue it.
The bar and the owner suffers several setbacks and it all becomes understandably overwhelming and she worries about her well-being and the bar's future.
3 Casually Tapped Out (S5E22) 8.3/10
In Casually Tapped Out, Taffer faces a unique problem he never experienced in all his time on Bar Rescue, owner fatigue.
Taffer arrives at a shuddered neighborhood bar and learns the owner, who happens to be a firefighter, is completely burned out by the business. Taffer is tasked with reopening the bar, which cannot occur until the firefighter rekindles his passion and summons the energy to press on.
2 Punch-Drunk & Trailor-Trashed (S3E33) 8.4/10
Taffer's patience is pushed to the ultimate limits in Punch-Drunk & Trailor Trashed, in which he and mixologist Russell Davis get involved with an abusive and dysfunctional family in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
When arriving in Iowa to help rescue the O'Face Bar, Taffer meets a volatile family whose argumentative antics are too much to bear. Taffer ultimately decides the family and bar are beyond repair and walks away. It's the first bar in the history of the series which Taffer refused to rescue. In 2014, the government of Council Bluffs was so outraged by the owners of the bar that they refused to renew their liquor license. The decision has since been reversed upon appeal.
1 Things That Go Pahrump In The Night (S5E23) 8.5/10
The highest-rated episode of Bar Rescue to date according to IMDb is Things That Go Pahrump in the Night. In addition to Taffer, the show features fellow consultants Tom Bonello and Chef Vic Vegas.
Taffer's task takes a medical turn when arriving in Pahrump, Nevada to find a bar owner in desperate need of salvation. Not only is the man's bar in financial ruin, but a medical condition may permanently claim his eyesight. Taffer and his team race against time to help the man before it's too late.
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