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

In a Pinch

Jon Taffer

Karaoke Katastrophe

Jon T, He Don't Like It

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

Turtle on Its Back

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.

Rock N Roaches

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

Bro's Got to Geaux!

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

Tears for Beers

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

Empty Pockets

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

Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.

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.

A Horse Walks Into a Bar

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

Meat Sauna

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?

Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife

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.

Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle

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?

Two Flew Over the Handlebars

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.

There's No Crying in the Bar Business

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

Play Some Janet Jackson!

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

Characters Assassination

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.

Corking the Bunghole

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

A Bar Full of Bull

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.

Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas

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.

Barely Above Water

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

Crappy Cantina

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.

Jon of the Dead

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

Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids

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

Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy

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.

Drunk & Dirty Dolls

Customers bringing in their own booze and bartenders flashing their boobs aren’t Jon’s biggest problems with this Tennessee watering hole. Taffer must ignite a lazy owner’s ingenuity to save the bar from going bust.

Empty Bottles Full Cans

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.

Hole in None

Jon attempts to turn around a Nashville bar with a dated concept.

Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, but was replaced with an encore after the owner was involved in a fatal shooting.

Music City Mess

A sports bar with no TV's isn't Jon's biggest problem at this Missouri establishment. Taffer must get brawling buckle bunny bartenders and their spineless owner to unite in one common cause: Gut the competition!

Brawlin Babes

Lights, sirens and handcuffs greet Jon before he even enters the door of this Kansas City bar. Sibling rivalry between two identical twins with identical huge egos present Taffer with one of his toughest rescues.

Twin vs. Twin 

A heavy drinking owner of an Irish sports bar is the subject of a hostile takeover… by his co-owners!

Hostile Takeover

KC's Neighborhood Bar & Grill is a rowdy members- only bar in Kansas whose profits have been going up in smoke thanks to the over-generous retired manager, lack of hygiene and an infestation of raccoons.

Critters and Quitters

A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?

Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed

Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.

Scoreboard To Death

Issues at a family-run bar include a forceful patriarch and an impending disaster in the kitchen.

Grow Some Meatballs!

Jon visits a struggling biker bar owned by a former tax accountant.

Taxed Out in Texas

Too busy canoodling to notice his staff is sinking, a manager treats his bar like a romantic playground, forcing Taffer to demand inside help from the bartenders.

When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons

Oasis Hookah bar in Omaha, NE is in dire straits. They serve toxic drinks and have terrible service. To top is all off, there's a dead rat somewhere in the building, but nobody knows where.

I Smell A Rat

The owner of a struggling Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer’s experts.

Scary Mary's

Two muscle-bound meatheads can't see pec-to-pec on how to run their Houston bar. Now, their tempers and testosterone threaten to tear their friendship apart.

Muscle Madness

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

In a Pinch

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