Bar Rescue Season 3

Season 3 (2013-14)

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season Title Bar name Location Original air date
21 1 "Turtle on Its Back" Turtle Bay New Orleans, Louisiana February 10, 2013
Jon heads to New Orleans to give a recently opened bar a major overhaul when he notices no identity, lackluster management and questionable food practices.

Note: For the recon in this episode, Jon brought in the bar manager and kitchen manager of The Black Sheep (re-branded as The Public House), featured in the sixth episode of season 2.

New Name: Spirits On Bourbon

22 2 "Rock N Roaches" Headhunters Austin, Texas February 17, 2013
Jon tries to save a roach-infested bar and deals with a stubborn owner. This is one of the few rescues where Jon did not thank the owner for his help.

New Name: Metal and Lace

23 3 "Bro's Got to Geaux!" TJ Quills New Orleans, Louisiana February 24, 2013
Jon has a lot of work to do when he helps an owner and his frat brother friends who recently purchased a hangout notorious for bartenders who drink on the job and for serving people with fake I.D.s.

New Name: The Annex

24 4 "Tears for Beers" The Brixton Austin, Texas March 3, 2013
Jon has more than just a bar to fix when he helps a couple, the husband of which is belligerent, insulting to customers, and doesn't know how to make proper drinks, which threatens to derail everything they worked hard for.

Note: This is the fourth bar that reverted back to its name at the end of the episode.

New Name: Rocket Room 6

25 5 "Empty Pockets" Zanzbar Denver, Colorado March 10, 2013
Jon gets more than he bargains for when he has a face off with a very prideful and stubborn owner who is desperate to keep his bar alive after a car crash a few years back ruined its success when his old staff failed to control it while he was recovering.

New Name: Solids & Stripes

26 6 "Jon T, He Don't Like It" The Kasbah Aurora, Colorado March 17, 2013
Jon goes to work at a reformed night club that used to cater to an older crowd, but was forced to accommodate to the younger, more hyper customers. The security poses massive issues of safety while the bartenders' service suffers.

New Name: N/A

27 7 "In a Pinch" Lona's Wardlow Station Long Beach, California March 24, 2013
Jon works with a nice but passive owner whose poor decisions, including putting in a controversial animal crane game, has caused her bar to hit the rocks.

New Name: Lona's City Limits Cantina (modernized version of old name)

28 8 "Karaoke Katastrophe" Dimples Burbank, California March 31, 2013
When America's first karaoke bar is facing closure, Jon decides to go hands on to help this historic establishment.

New Name: N/A

29 9 "A Horse Walks Into a Bar" Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ Black Canyon City, Arizona April 7, 2013
Jon heads to the Arizona desert to help a family-owned bar whose members drink on the job and allow running motorcycles and horses inside, creating health hazards for the customers.

New Name: Chilleen's on 17 (modernized version of old name)

30 10 "Meat Sauna" Stand Up, Scottsdale Scottsdale, Arizona April 14, 2013
Jon journeys to a comedy club, where he must assist the business with achieving more laughter and securing a larger amount of profit from the customers. Reverted back to original name of Stand Up Scottsdale.

New Name: The Laugh Factory

31 11 "Don't Mess with Taffer's Wife" Sand Dollar Las Vegas, Nevada July 7, 2013
A Las Vegas bar owner tries to pick up Nicole, leaving Jon in a frenzy and tough predicament. He also has to get the owner's partner to become a manager, get a new sound to attract more people and loosen gambling rules in their games.

New Name: Bar 702

32 12 "Don't Judge a Booze by Its Bottle" Cashmere Raleigh, North Carolina July 14, 2013
Jon learns that a North Carolina nightclub has an immature and partying manager who is refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap alcohol, and must get the owner to hold him and his employees accountable to save his bar.

New Name: Du?l Ultra Nightclub (The third letter is a superposition of "a" and "e", making the name both "Dual" and "Duel")

33 13 "Two Flew Over the Handlebars" Handlebar Cafe Pawcatuck, Connecticut July 21, 2013
Jon tries to get two partying sisters to stop binge drinking in order to save a biker bar.

New Name: Handlebar and Grill (modernized version of old name)

34 14 "There's No Crying in the Bar Business" Barlow's Tucker, Georgia July 28, 2013
Jon must put an end to a feud between two owners, whose bitter resentment towards each other is allowing their staff to get away with theft, drinking on the job, and constant fighting at their failing sports bar. Note: This is the first time a female chef expert is helping with the food aspect of a bar.

New Name: The Comeback

35 15 "Play. Some. Janet. Jackson!" Gipsy Las Vegas, Nevada August 4, 2013
Jon looks to save Las Vegas' first gay nightclub from its verbally abusive and intoxicated owner.

Note: This is the first episode whose epilogue specifically states that the bar has closed down since Jon's visit. In this case, the owner expressed his belief that the overhaul was a mistake, then closed the bar two days after its relaunch.

New Name: SBLV (South Beach Las Vegas)

36 16 "Characters Assassination" Characters Quarters Garner, North Carolina August 11, 2013
Jon deals with a Yankee family who is having trouble adapting to a more Dixie environment, mostly because the brother is a hot-head who verbally insults his family and staff, and the other members wear ridiculous costumes to support one of the worst concepts Jon has seen to date. The episode also had a flashback to the infamous Piratz Tavern episode.

New Name: Moonrunners Saloon

37 17 "Corking the Hole" Cliques Hope Mills, North Carolina August 18, 2013
Jon must humble an arrogant and condescending U.S. Marine/bar owner who bulldogs his employees and fails to capture the local military personnel due to poor design choices.

New Name: 22 Klicks

38 18 "A Bar Full of Bull" Libad's Bar & Grill New Bedford, Massachusetts August 25, 2013
Jon tries to help two siblings who are wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull, get hold of their inexperienced, over-pouring bartenders, and help them recover from a family loss that had the owners closing the kitchen, in a New England whaling community.

Note: This is the first episode where the owner watches the recon of the bar with Jon.

New Name: Libad's Seaside Tavern (modernized version of old name)

39 19 "Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas" The Hammer Las Vegas, Nevada September 8, 2013
Jon helps repair the strained relationship of two classically trained chefs who have a blue collar bar in desperate need of help.

New Name: Hammer & Ales (modernized version of old name)

40 20 "Barely Above Water" Marley's on the Beach Warwick, Rhode Island September 15, 2013
Jon tries to save a marriage and a bar by splitting one bar into two, but has trouble with an inexperienced staff, including a good, but frustrated cook, and the husband not doing anything to help. First time the landlord and rival business owner appear as part of the recon team.

New Name: St. Michelle's Beach Club

41 21 "Crappy Cantina" Rocky Point Cantina Tempe, Arizona October 6, 2013
Jon must do a reality check on a bar whose oblivious owner, ill-conceived death metal theme, and filthy bathrooms are driving away the college-age crowd.

Note: For this episode, Jon's experts assess the problems in the bar without him being there. He stays outside and watches footage of their visit, then enters after the staff has cleaned the bar.

New Name: Havana Cabana

42 22 "Jon of the Dead" The Underworld Grill & Bar Las Vegas, Nevada October 13, 2013
Jon encounters poor food service, tacky decor, and deep distrust between employees and management as he tries to save a Halloween/horror-themed bar run by two former rockers.

New Name: The End

43 23 "Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids" Kerry's Sports Pub Las Vegas, Nevada October 20, 2013
Jon confronts a bar owner's adult grandchildren, whose lax oversight of inventory and money handling have brought the bar close to failure.

Note: This is the second episode where the bar owner watches the recon with Jon.

New Name: Bacon Bar

45 25 "Drunk & Dirty Dolls" The Alibi Las Vegas, Nevada November 3, 2013
A motorsports bar's female-unfriendly theme and its employees' vulgar behavior - including heavy drinking on the job and display of a sex doll - prompt Jon to push the owner to reassert control over the business.

New Name: Garnet Lounge

46 26 "Empty Bottles Full Cans" MT Bottle Murfreesboro, Tennessee November 10, 2013
A Tennessee bar without a liquor license has severe sanitation problems in the kitchen and basement, female bartenders who routinely flash their breasts at customers, and an owner who has a reputation for ingenuity yet leaves all the hands-on work to his wife.

New Name: Bottles & Cans
47 27 "Hole in None" Fairways Golf & Grill Murfreesboro, Tennessee November 17, 2013
Surveillance on a golf-themed bar reveals terrible sanitary conditions and incompetence in the kitchen, which is run by the owner's friend, that threaten to ruin the owner's investment, unless Jon can get the borderline-oblivious owner to take control and fix things up.

New Name: Brew U

48 28 "Music City Mess" BoondoxXx BBQ & Juke Joint Nashville, Tennessee November 25, 2013 (see note)
A country music snob with an explosive personality turns to Jon for help.

Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, but was replaced with an encore after the owner was accused of fatally shooting a patron, and then claimed the shooting was in self-defense. However, it aired unintentionally three hours later in a late-night "encore slot" due to technical or human error.[23]

New Name: Pit & Barrel

49 29 "Brawlin' Babes" Long Shots Sports Bar Grain Valley, Missouri December 8, 2013
Jon must help a sports bar's owner and staff overcome long-held infighting, poor training, and a lack of publicity and promotion in order to succeed against the local competition.

New Name: Badlands Country Nightclub

50 30 "Twin vs. Twin" R.G.'s Lounge Independence, Missouri December 15, 2013
When a personal feud between twin brothers threatens the future of the bar they own, one brother's son calls Jon in to save the business.

Note: The son of one brother, who is also the nephew of the other brother, works with Jon ahead of time to give him inside information on the bar's problems in addition to watching the recon.

New Name: BARcode

51 31 "Hostile Takeover" O' Banion's Bar & Grill Bellevue, Nebraska March 9, 2014
When an owner's heavy drinking and loud antics threaten the bar's fortune, Jon must get the owner's brother and his best friend, who together hold a majority stake, to overrule him and act to save the bar.

Note: Two of the three co-owners join Jon to watch the recon of this bar. This is also the first episode where he performed a hostile takeover.

New Name: Sorties Tavern

52 32 "Critters and Quitters" KC's Bar & Grill Merriam, Kansas March 16, 2014
Jon must make a members-only club into an asset, but has trouble with a carefree owner and his aloof son, bartenders who over-pour, a manager who is set to take over but has little power, and a raccoon infestation that poses a major health hazard.

Note: After turning the bar around, Jon was presented with a raccoon hat and a membership card for the bar.

New Name: Johnson County Line

53 33 "Punch-Drunk & Trailer-Trashed" O'Face Bar Council Bluffs, Iowa March 23, 2014
Arguments and fights among a bar's owners and staff leave Jon wondering if he even wants to attempt to rescue it.

Note: After breaking up a fight and witnessing the owners arguing and abusing the staff members, Jon advised the owners to seek professional counseling and left without completing the rescue. He stated that he did not want his name associated with the bar, as it would ruin his reputation, and felt that any changes he made to the bar would quickly be undone by the owners. This is the first time in his career that he has walked away from a bar rescue.

New Name: N/A

54 34 "Scoreboard to Death" Scoreboard Norwalk, California March 30, 2014
Jon is joined by celebrity guests Maria Menounos and Adam Carolla as he takes over a failing sports bar, wrangles with an incompetent owner, whose father owns the building as a whole, and undertrained staff.

Note: Menounos and her fiance/AfterBuzzTV co-creator Kevin Undergaro go undercover for the recon of this bar.

New Name: Agave Junction Cantina

55 35 "Grow Some Meatballs!!" The Tailgate Santa Clarita, California April 6, 2014
Jon must mend the relationship between the owners and their father, who's fed up with the staff's unruly behavior, but can't do anything since the owners are too lenient and refuse to fire them. However, when one of the employees causes a disaster in the kitchen, Jon must convince them otherwise.

New Name: The Shot Exchange

56 36 "Taxed Out in Texas" Bryant's Ice House Katy, Texas April 13, 2014
Jon must give a bar a major overhaul, from the staff to the name, when a tax-accountant-turned-owner bought it and the bad reputation and location that it gained a few years back.

New Name: The Wildcatter Saloon

57 37 "When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons" Pat's Cocktails Valley Village, California April 20, 2014
Jon recruits the bar's bartenders to get inside help about the bar's problems and must get the manager to stop treating the place like a romantic playground, while convincing the owner to go more hands on with his business.

New Name: N/A

58 38 "I Smell A Rat" Oasis Hookah Bar Omaha, Nebraska April 27, 2014
Finding a hookah bar plagued by unsanitary smoking equipment, putrid odors, an inexperienced manager, and an owner who lets his staff run wild, Jon wonders if the bar's concept can ever turn a profit.

New Name: Taza Nightclub

59 39 "Scary Mary's" Mary's Outpost Grand Prairie, Texas May 4, 2014
The owner of a dying Texas bar crosses the line with one of Jon's experts. Other issues he must address is a bartender who bends all the rules, a general manager (who happens to be the owner's wife) who has little power, and a makeshift kitchen that's not up to standards.

New Name: Thirsty's Roadside Bar

60 40 "Muscle Madness" The End Zone Sports Bar and Grill Katy, Texas May 11, 2014
Two meatheads' tempers and testosterone threaten their friendship and their Houston bar, forcing Jon to address not only their management style, but their personal issues.

New Name: Houston Sports Hub