8.2/1068 votesLoading...#1 - Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed
Season 3 Episode 33 - Aired 3/23/2014
A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?
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8.0/1027 votesLoading...#2 - Things That Go Pahrump in the Night
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 7/16/2017
It's a race against the clock when Jon Taffer heads to Pahrump, where he must save the failing bar owned by a man who might lose his sight forever.
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8.0/1021 votesLoading...#3 - Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's
Season 5 Episode 28 - Aired 8/20/2017
It's a race against the clock as Jon Taffer tries to rescue a failing bar with a crumbling floor.
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8.0/1020 votesLoading...#4 - Caving In
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2018
The son of hardworking immigrants drives his late father's neighborhood bar into the ground with a poorly planned renovation and a bad over-serving problem.
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8.0/1027 votesLoading...#5 - Operation Puerto Rico
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 7/22/2018
Jon returns to Puerto Rico, where he used to live, to rescue a bar destroyed by Hurricane Maria and to help revive the rest of the community.
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8.0/108 votesLoading...#6 - Magically Atrocious
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/15/2022
In Ybor City, Fla., Jon helps rescue a bar owner who made some questionable choices on the theme, decor, and menu in her bar.
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7.9/1022 votesLoading...#7 - Hole in None
Season 3 Episode 27 - Aired 11/17/2013
This golf-themed bar is a swing and a miss and its horrendous sanitary conditions are completely out of bounds. Jon must clean house and get rid of the filth as well as the staff responsible for making his expert sick.
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7.9/1039 votesLoading...#8 - Thugs with Mugs
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2014
Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill, Yonkers, NY. Rowdy customers at a New York sports bar attack Taffer's crew when they discover they are being served cheap booze at premium prices, prompting Jon to teach the importance of serving quality drinks and maintaining crowd control.
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7.9/1021 votesLoading...#9 - Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/2/2017
After suffering a stroke, this bar owner is on the verge of losing his family legacy. Can Taffer save this bayou bar before it sinks?
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7.9/1022 votesLoading...#10 - Casually Tapped Out
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 7/2/2017
Taffer tries to resurrect a closed neighborhood bar by reigniting the passion of the burnt out firefighter who owns it.
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7.9/1017 votesLoading...#11 - Breaking Brandon
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/2020
After emptying his sick mother's life savings, a man is moments away from a meltdown; he is four days away from closing his dream bar.
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7.8/1033 votesLoading...#12 - Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2014
Jack's Ale House Sunnyside, NY Three loud-mouthed firefighting brothers struggle to keep their Queens bar afloat. Can Taffer calm the sparks before this family implodes?
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7.8/1039 votesLoading...#13 - Second Base, Third Strike
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/8/2015
Second Base Orange, CA In a first-ever re-rescue, Jon Taffer returns to Second Base Bar & Grill to find a disengaged owner who has let the bar deteriorate. Will Jon save this bar once again?
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7.8/1030 votesLoading...#14 - Sour Lemmons and Bitter Business
Season 4 Episode 35 - Aired 10/25/2015
After giving their artsy, irresponsible landlord a share of the bar, the brothers behind Martini Brothers Burger Bar are at their wits' end and ready to call Jon for help.
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#15 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Season 4 Episode 53 - Aired 5/15/2016
A former doctor decides to run The Bridge Lounge, his father's once-successful bar, but runs into trouble when the BP oil spill devastates the local customer base.
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7.8/1016 votesLoading...#16 - Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 6/14/2020
Jon tries to help an owner who is unable to take control of her own bar and explosive chef due to her crippling fear of failure and change.
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7.8/1012 votesLoading...#17 - Remembering Billy
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 8/8/2021
After a series of devastating losses, Jon must help an owner and her staff get back on track from their personal tragedies as well as a global pandemic.
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7.8/1015 votesLoading...#18 - Wreck It Ralph
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 8/15/2021
Jon attempts to rescue a bar in Maricopa, Ariz., whose owner has squandered a half a million-dollar investment from his parents.
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7.8/107 votesLoading...#19 - Doing it for Dad
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 4/10/2022
After losing their father and stepmom, three sisters find themselves unexpectedly owning a bar that they never learned how to run.
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7.7/1069 votesLoading...#20 - Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/29/2012
Bar expert Jon Taffer must patch holes in a sinking Pirate-themed bar in Silver Spring, MD. But mutiny is in the air when Jon forces the pirate staff to cater to the city's corporate clientele.
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7.7/1034 votesLoading...#21 - Storming the Castle
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2015
Friar Tucks Pomona, CA Jon Taffer arrives at this castle-shaped bar to a surly owner with anger management issues whose attitude has pushed his staff to their breaking points.
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7.7/1028 votesLoading...#22 - All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2017
An owner twerks her way to tears when her bar gets out of step
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7.7/1023 votesLoading...#23 - Daddy Dearest
Season 5 Episode 27 - Aired 8/13/2017
Jon Taffer arrives just in time to save a family run bar on the brink of ruin with an aggressive father at its helm.
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7.7/1020 votesLoading...#24 - Still Bill
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/2020
Jon is in Midvale, Utah, to meet The Union owner Bill, who is over $500,000 in debt and hasn't picked up any of the bar knowledge required to help his staff.
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7.7/1017 votesLoading...#25 - Life's a Beach
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 4/5/2020
Jon is brought in to save The Sandbar in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but before he can save the failing beach-themed bar, he has to figure out who the actual owner is first.
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The Best Episodes of Bar Rescue
Every episode of Bar Rescue ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bar Rescue!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed" is the best rated episode of "Bar Rescue". It scored 8.2/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/23/2014. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Things That Go Pahrump in the Night".