Bar Rescue

In the second one, it kind of looks like he's disappearing down his collar.

If he wants these bars to be successful why does he keep giving them piece of shit systems?

butt funnels

xp because they're free from the sponsors

i'm waiting for the episode where he rebrands one of the bars "Taffer's"

I haven't seen an episode with a butt funnel yet, and I hope I never do. I did, however, see the episode where he softly crooned "rhubarb bap bap baboo" to the staff. It worked much better than yelling while they were trying to pour drinks they just learned an hour ago four at a time, and overall profits were up 30%. He sounded a little like Sinatra! "Ol' Big Eyes", they call him.

Watched Cliques / 22 Klicks. It's an okay episode despite the OTT military suckup. These shows could be so much better, though. They always seem to ditch too much story in favour of product placement / recaps. In this episode, for some reason Kim went from being a bad manager to a potentially good one, yet zero time was used showing how or why that happened. I know they need to use interview segments to fill in for missing or too-hard-to-edit footage, but it's like making a narrative is not a priority. I think I got spoiled watching UK Kitchen Nightmares, where they seemed to put effort into using the footage they shot. I wonder what the time and budget differences are between doing that style of show and this one.

yeah UK Kitchen Nightmares was a much more lowkey reality show, and iirc they rebuilt the restaurant using low cost measures, including having the staff help refurbish the restaurant? the US versions are much more tabloid-y, and I think you have to enjoy them for that as opposed to being realistic. but yeah, Bar Rescue sometimes has episodes where they show the 'stress test' and it's lousy and suddenly they get to relaunch night and they're fine without explanation. It's usually pretty funny.

the show is much better if you watch with friends and riff on it the entire time.

Agreed. It's kitsch. Addictive though.

I think I got spoiled watching UK Kitchen Nightmares

OTM. I get sad when I think about how great that show was compared to the - admittedly sometimes enjoyable - shit they show here.

i enjoy bar rescue but yeah it's all bullshit; especially the piratz one which while very entertaining, they've come out and blatantly revealed which parts were fake - namely both the stress test and reopenings were both stuffed with ringers and directions

"Cheap, tacky and not good enough for Las Vegas."

Damn, John!

This Underworld / The End episode seems like they were trying to make up for Piratz / Corporate Bar & Grill.

I didn't finish that one. I find I have to watch the episodes in spurts, as they're getting so formulaic now.

sexist bartender tho, ick

Corporate. Bar. And. Grill.

Who the fuck would think this is a good idea

Someone who works in one of the two or three office towers located within a quarter mile of the pirate bar. Fuck, Bill. Didn't you even watch the episode?

do these bars have to give up any percentage of earnings for the expensive free shit the network/Taffer's team install?

No I don't think so but apparently the expensive free shit isn't quite what it seems. It's out there that the makeover at Piratz Tavern was not what it seemed. The new floor and bar were actually just cosmetic and didn't last much longer than the filming of the launch; the self-serve taps and drinks mixer machines were rentals and had to be paid for by the bar after the first two months. Also, the self-serve thing was actually not legal there so it was useless from the get-go.

Also practically everything about the show was faked. As if that wasn't obvious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSPkbJohdyo

good info - I've been wondering how much of the new shit they get fitted with actually stays or makes a real difference.

Kind of a creepy WBC vibe to that vid imo

This show is amazingly addictive. Just watched one where Taffer chastised the owners of a biker bar for their shit booze selection: "Big tough guy bikers aren't going to want to drink this!" then not five mins later midlevel diageo exec world renowned mixologist guy is creating the bar's new signature drink with like apricots and hibiscus petals.

Also another one that had a lot of really well endowed bar staff and was next door to a strip club that shared its name. Taffer worried that women weren't going to go, or let their husbands go.

His new bar name, as revealed by the logo on well endowed bar staff's very low cut new uniforms: "racks".

lol at Taffer screaming at the two grandkids who steal from their grandkids register.

the granddaughter seemed to be practically reading off cue cards.

grandFATHER'S register

lol "I want to vomit, and I want to vomit on you guys"

lol at Melody asking to be excused after she just got fired.

"Bacon Bar"

seriously i love this show and i think Taffer is hilarious, but some of his ideas are horrible

Bottles. And. Cans.

http://www.barrescueupdates.com/

This was a pretty good rescue

He seems like a Fred Armisen character.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/spike-tv-apologizes-airing-bar-659861

BigKahunano
•3 hours ago

Im Pissed that it didn't air like it was supposed to. I set my DVR to tape and it taped another episode. So what if it aired. Its not like someone from Spike shot the dude. Its life, the show must go on. Stop being a bunch of sissy babies and get over it. Come on Spike let me get this episode.

BigKahunano belongs in a thread for internet wannabe alpha-males

http://i57.tinypic.com/2ica0km.jpg

Would not drink or eat here based on the facade. Might use their bathroom.

looks like another bang-up job by Taffer

Maybe Air Force guys don't want to look at or think about planes when they're drinking, Jon?

"Napalm's"

Also, he never seems to realize that when you block out the windows like that, it looks like a strip club

HEY TREVOR, CHECK IT OUT! PLANES! IT'S A PLANES BAR! JUST LIKE OUR JOB IS! WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT!

TASTY SPUDS

The one from the other nite was unreal. The most immature people i have ever seen. Taffer blew them off, he couldnt stand them

i haven't seen/won't see the episode but i can't take anyone seriously if they ever think taffer has any sort of high ground to anyone ever

he's the one who has some control in these situations and he CHOOSES to present himself like that

did i post this? http://k23detectives.com/2012/09/23/piratz-tavern-bar-resue/ this show has me emotionally invested in defending piratz. i live a block away i'll make sure to interrogate some waiters for the truth next time

asked our waitress about the show, she wasn't there for it but was told the funny story about how taffer instructed the dude to be really lewd to his wife when she came in "undercover" and he said something really lewd and it made taffer so angry he stormed in and punched the guy and now there's a lawsuit

wasn't clear but i think it was taffer who filed the lawsuit

He probably named the bar "the quiet room" or the " library" afterwards.

the archives of this are such a fun rabbit hole to go down

search: the o face, the MT bottle, headhunters, whichever one had dj green lantern giving dj lessons, whichever one had the doormen constantly trying and failing to pat down customers, the chicken bone (i used to work in that town and went out for lunch there MANY times in its previous chuck e cheese-style incarnation)

Taffer said "He's not El Comandante, he's EL MORON-TE!" at least twice in the episode I'm watching (Puerto Rican bar in Jersey City). Sick burn.

My brother got me Jon Taffer Christmas shirt that says "shut it the hell down"

Saw thread title. Clicked to open it. Expected something more like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ezTmwS7LVA