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The Best Episodes of Bar Rescue Season 3

Every episode of Bar Rescue Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bar Rescue Season 3!

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Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 1 - Turtle on Its Back
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    #1 - Turtle on Its Back

    S3:E1

    For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 2 - Rock N Roaches
    7.0/10(46 votes)

    #2 - Rock N Roaches

    S3:E2

    Jon Taffer descends on a grotesque goth and rock bar in Austin, TX. Tasteless performances and cockroach infestations are the least of his problems as he spars with the worst bar owner to date.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 3 - Bro's Got to Geaux!
    7.0/10(51 votes)

    #3 - Bro's Got to Geaux!

    S3:E3

    Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 4 - Tears for Beers
    6.9/10(46 votes)

    #4 - Tears for Beers

    S3:E4

    A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 5 - Empty Pockets
    7.0/10(48 votes)

    #5 - Empty Pockets

    S3:E5

    A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 6 - Jon T, He Don't Like It
    6.6/10(47 votes)

    #6 - Jon T, He Don't Like It

    S3:E6

    The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 7 - In a Pinch
    6.6/10(43 votes)

    #7 - In a Pinch

    S3:E7

    The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 8 - Karaoke Katastrophe
    6.9/10(44 votes)

    #8 - Karaoke Katastrophe

    S3:E8

    Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 9 - A Horse Walks Into a Bar
    7.1/10(46 votes)

    #9 - A Horse Walks Into a Bar

    S3:E9

    Horses defecating inside this Arizona bar are the least of Jon Taffer’s problems. He must contend with drunk owners, a family in turmoil, and a bank foreclosure if he hopes to save this business.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 10 - Meat Sauna
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    #10 - Meat Sauna

    S3:E10

    Bad ventilation cause hot, moist burger smoke to fill Scottsdale’s least funny comedy club. Jon Taffer arrives to clear the air and use proven bar techniques to create bigger laughs and bigger profits for the troubled owners

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 11 - Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #11 - Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife

    S3:E11

    An aggressive Las Vegas bar owner tries to pick up Nicole Taffer, sending Jon into a rage. Can he set this owner’s wandering eyes straight and save a once famous blues bar without coming to blows first?

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 12 - Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
    6.9/10(50 votes)

    #12 - Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle

    S3:E12

    North Carolina’s Cashmere Nightclub has a bad name, poor décor and an embarrassing manager, but when Jon learns that they are refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap booze, all hell breaks loose.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 13 - Two Flew Over the Handlebars
    6.5/10(38 votes)

    #13 - Two Flew Over the Handlebars

    S3:E13

    Two buxom sisters have driven their biker bar in Pawcatuck, Connecticut into a ditch. Can Jon get these party women to stop binge drinking and focus on the real assets of their bar?

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 14 - There's No Crying in the Bar Business
    6.9/10(44 votes)

    #14 - There's No Crying in the Bar Business

    S3:E14

    Jon heads to a Georgia sports bar and encounters an owner who’s incessant crying seems to prevent her noticing the massive employee theft issue occurring right under her nose.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 15 - Play Some Janet Jackson!
    6.9/10(46 votes)

    #15 - Play Some Janet Jackson!

    S3:E15

    Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 16 - Characters Assassination
    7.2/10(43 votes)

    #16 - Characters Assassination

    S3:E16

    A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 17 - Corking the Bunghole
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    #17 - Corking the Bunghole

    S3:E17

    13 miles from Fort Bragg, Cliques suffers from a juvenile name and a repugnant reputation. Jon puts a bar's owners through a personal bar boot camp to attract the local military personnel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 18 - A Bar Full of Bull
    6.7/10(37 votes)

    #18 - A Bar Full of Bull

    S3:E18

    Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 19 - Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
    6.7/10(36 votes)

    #19 - Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas

    S3:E19

    Jon visits a struggling blue-collar joint in Las Vegas, where he deals with the strained friendship between the two classically trained chefs who own and operate it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 20 - Barely Above Water
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    #20 - Barely Above Water

    S3:E20

    Taffer makes two bars out of one in an attempt to save both a beachfront bar in Warwick, Rhode Island, and the owner’s marriage.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 21 - Crappy Cantina
    6.7/10(39 votes)

    #21 - Crappy Cantina

    S3:E21

    Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 22 - Jon of the Dead
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #22 - Jon of the Dead

    S3:E22

    Jon has a few shocks to deliver to two former members of the music industry who have opened a horror-themed bar that is dying on its feet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 23 - Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #23 - Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids

    S3:E23

    Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 24 - Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy

    S3:E24

    Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bar Rescue Season 3 Episode 25 - Drunk & Dirty Dolls
    6.8/10(39 votes)

    #25 - Drunk & Dirty Dolls

    S3:E25

    After a near-fatal heart attack, Artie, the owner of Alibi in Las Vegas, lost his zeal for the work, and it's up to Jon to help him get it back.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Turtle on Its Back" is the best rated episode of "Bar Rescue" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 52 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/10/2013. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Rock N Roaches".