Bar Rescue season 6

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The son of a berating father struggles to deal with his behavior and a disgusting kitchen.

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New Name: The Legacy Bar & Grille

A cigar man's attempt at opening a bar gets off to a rocky start after he hires his inexperienced son to run the business.

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New Name: Robusto by Havana Mix (modernized version of old name)

Jon helps two cancer scientists bring the scientific method into running a bar.

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New Name: Theory – A Vintage Parlor Bar^{[Note 1]}

Located miles from the Cape Canaveral, the feud between the owner and her daughter blasts off the success of the bar following the death of the owner's father.

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New Name: KDI (modernized version of old name)

Jon catches a dirty little secret inside a Navy vet's bar when the surveillance footage reveal the cook taking a shower in the kitchen. At the same time, the vet's friend and unqualified manager's inconsistencies in running a bar have caused a downward spiral which in turn is causing the owner's money to keep going down every month.

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New Name: The Iron Horse

Jon checks in with the owners of the Comeback and Lona's City Limits to find out whether their old habits are getting the way of their success. He also talks with Sal, the owner of the since-closed Dimples, to find out about his latest plans.

Jon goes for the big gamble as he heads to Vegas to rescue a gentlemen's club.

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After the original owner's death, his daughter tries to save the bar from sinking the ship.

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Salmonella poisoning invades the famous Copper Rocket while Jon tries to get the owner under control before the rocket explodes.

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The son of hardworking immigrants is driving his late father's neighborhood bar into the ground with a poorly planned renovation and bad over-serving problems.

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Jon checks in with the owners of MoonRunners Saloon, Blue Frog 22, George & Dragon, and Mac & Chester's SRO, bars that have been hampered by family disagreements. He also gets an update from Spirits on Bourbon.

An owner struggles with two tragedies which have caused him to drink heavily. At the same time, his fiancee tries to get him to kick the habit but has a hard time dealing with her own anxiety.

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New Name: The Valley Saloon^{[Note 4]}

Jon revisits Cirivello's and Bacon Bar, then looks back at some of his and the audience's favorite moments from previous rescues.

Jon visits a rowdy biker bar where the owner refuses to trust his daughter's managerial skills.

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A Florida couple's bar is in need of serious help after years of their son's mismanagement. Jon brings in his big guns (mixologist Mia Mastroianni and culinary expert Aaron McCargo Jr.) to help this bar bounce back.

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New Name: Phish Tales (modernized version of old name)

A storied L.A. music venue has fallen into disrepair and the owner doesn't seem to care. It's up to Jon to revive this owner's passion for his own business.

Note: For the recon, Jon brought in the band American Authors who also performed at the grand re-opening.

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Jon revisits Badlands Country Nightclub and La Luz Ultralounge, couple-owned bars that have been impacted by rocky relationships.

The owner is an industrious immigrant with a history of business successes, but he may have bitten off more than he can chew after buying the Blue Water, especially with his hands-off managerial approach.

Note: For the recon, Jon brings in rapper Lil' Jon and his team. Lil' Jon's team performs the recon itself while he watches from outside with Jon.

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New Name: Sydney – An Australian Beach Club

Jon heads to Loíza, Puerto Rico to rescue a bar devastated by Hurricane Maria. What starts out as a bar rescue turns into a community rescue and the biggest rescue Jon has ever done as he works to help a community devastated by a natural disaster and struggling to recover. Along with rescuing the bar, Jon repairs the local community center and its playground, baseball field and basketball court, all devastated by the hurricane. Jon's team comes to include Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, Mavericks star J.J. Barea, actor Luis Guzmán, entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel, and musician/former baseball player Bernie Williams. Furthermore, Jon personally gives the owners $12,000 to settle their mortgage after learning they are in danger of losing their home.

Note: The beginning and ending narrations are done by Jon himself and instead of an update being given of the bar's status at the end where he speaks to the audience about the disaster and how to help.

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This bar and grill's unappetizing name is just the first of many problems, but the major one for Jon to overcome is getting the belligerent owner to accept responsibility.

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New Name: The Bayou^{[Note 4][Note 1]}

A remote location is just the first of the problems and challenges Jon must overcome to rescue The Wanted Saloon.

Note: During the stress test, Taffer places an acoustic guitar on the wall nearest the bar. Every time the owner/staff made a mistake, Jon would cut a string on the guitar. If all the strings were cut, the stress test ended and Jon Taffer would go home.

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New Name: The Dickson^{[Note 2]}

Jon revisits the Tradewinds and 22 Klicks Bar & Grill to see if their employees are still working together or returning to their old ways.

Nostalgia drives a successful bar owner to buy the establishment he patronized when he was young, but paying more attention to his primary business is causing the second bar to slide into chaos ... unless Jon can stop it.

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A novice owner opens a bar to support his sister, who suffered severe brain damage in a car accident, but when he staffs the bar with inexperienced family members and the business becomes a money pit, Jon and his experts are called in.

Note: Unlike the previous episodes, this is the first episode where the experts watched the recon instead of Jon.

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New Name: Island Lounge (modernized version of old name)^{[Note 2]}

Asian fusion restaurant Shibō was a huge success before Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Can Jon help a brother and sister who are over their heads in damages and bring back one of the lights of Puerto Rico?

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Jon has more than his work cut out for him when he tries to help a bar owner whose life-of-the-party personality has set the standard for indulgent on-the-job drinking and unprofessional practices.

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New Name: Madame Dalia's Country Bar

RJ's Replay is full of potential, but failing due to poor management. Jon must not only save the bar, but also repair the owner's relationship with his wife and parents.

Note: For recon, Jon brought in Aleah and Donna from Season 3 rescued bar Chilleen's on 17 (formerly Kid Chillleen's Bad Ass BBQ). This is also the second time he brought in bartender Ashley Clark from Roc Nightclub as a mixology expert.

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New Name: The Frozen Cactus Ice Bar & Fire Grill

Jon attempts to rescue The Original Hideout, despite owner Ramiro's $300,000 debt and brother Raoul, who's overwhelmed by his managerial duties, walking out.

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A twerking, drinking, fighting staff threatens Ashley and Robert Gaddy's once-thriving bar and leaving their future in serious doubt ... unless Jon can straighten both staff and management out.

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New Name: Gaddy Shack^{[Note 1]}

Jon puts the future of the service industry to the test when, as a favor to the school's dean, he and his experts help the school's culinary and mixology students prepare for a VIP cocktail party. But when rebuilding the venue proves more difficult than expected, Jon may have run out of time.

Note: In this case, Jon did not actually perform a bar rescue but instead helped the UNLV College of Hospitality students.

It's time for Jon to shut the party down when he finds a bar and marriage both crippled by the actions of its party-hungry owner.

Note: Jon watched the recon with Shut it Down Podcast hosts Jim Search and Max Cohen. Jon also performs his own recon after becoming disgusted with what he sees.

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New Name: The Base Line

Two burnout rockers have lost $200,000 just two years into owning their bar. Now Jon has to make them face the music and grow up before their lights turn off for good.

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New Name: The Morgue^{[Note 4]}

A Las Vegas dive bar with an unused kitchen struggles at the hands of an owner who either can't or won't ask for help and who makes more enemies than friends. Jon Taffer could be his greatest friend and rescue his business... or his worst nightmare if the owner doesn't change his ways.

Note: Jon watched the recon with former manager Casey.

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New Name: Shattered^{[Note 1]}

LIV owner Michelle can't figure out what her business is in order to survive in highly competitive Las Vegas, especially with a server who's more interested in making huge tips than doing her job properly. Can Jon help steer Michelle in the right direction for success?

Note: "LIV" stands for "54" in Roman numerals.

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New Name: The Halo Nightclub^{[Note 1]}

When the owners of a country bar, a couple on the brink of retirement, can't stop enabling their belligerent daughter, Jon must get them to face facts.

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New Name: The Tipsy Bull^{[Note 1]}

Two long-time postal employees' failing pizza bar is on the brink of closing its doors for good unless Jon Taffer can find a way to rescue both the bar and their friendship.

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New Name: Sauced

After being left by her husband, Tara, a newly-single mother, hires a general manager to not only help her save a failing bar but also to fill the void in her personal life....which may prove to be more harmful to the business than helpful.

Note: Jon arrives alone and watches the recon with owner Tara. In addition, he brings in three players from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to act as recon spies: nose tackle Beau Allen, tight end Cameron Brate, and guard Ali Marpet.

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New Name: Das Brauhaus & Cafe^{[Note 1]}

Jenny McCarthy joins Jon to help the Thunderbolt Bar & Grill owner, an inexperienced man with poor leadership skills whose only ally is threatening to withdraw her services.

Note: As of this episode, this was the final appearance of Lisamarie Joyce as one of Jon's mixologists.

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New Name: Thunderbird KSC Tavern

To save the Whiskey Girl Saloon in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Jon must get an inexperienced co-owner to abandon his hard-partying alter ego, Rick Roundhouse.

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New Name: The Stampede Saloon

Jon tries to fix the negligent behavior at Harbor Point Club & Grill in Richardson, Texas, where owners drink the profits away and the staff struggles to get one order right.

Note: As Jon suspected that he might be getting played, he pretended to cancel the rescue in favor of another bar in order to test the owners' reactions and honesty. After seeing how genuinely distraught the owners were by the news, Jon realized that it was real and helped them out.

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New Name: JB Taco

Two best friends are acting more like jackasses than owners and find themselves on the verge of losing their dream.

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New Name: Butcher & Brew Pub

In his first-ever emergency rescue, Jon uses his last resort to help the overwhelmed and grieving owner of Buffalo City Bar & Grille save her father's legacy.

Note: For recon, Jon brought in Sam Roberts and Jim Norton. Additionally, while the bar in this episode was later sold, it was done with Jon's help.

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New Name: BCBG (modernized version of old name)^{[Note 5]}

After a decade of success, a drag racing bar owner is seeing his profits go up in smoke.

Note: For recon, Jon brought in two Kansas City Chiefs players: offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz and guard Andrew Wylie.

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New Name: Pit Stop Bar & BBQ

In the previous Back to the Bar episode, Mark and Ozzie from the former Badlands Country Night Club (formerly known as Long Shots Sports Bar & Grill in Season 3) opened up Vertigo and were planning to get married. Years later, they call in Taffer once again when the staff starts drinking away their success at their new bar Ozzie currently runs while Mark was busy with Vertigo. While the original bar Jon rescued had failed, it was due to their landlord not renewing their lease and not for a failure on Mark and Ozzie's part. While helping the two, Jon states that the rescue is personal for him as he wants them to be able to get married and doesn't typically rescue the same people twice.

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New Name: Water's Edge Bar & Grill (modernized version of old name)

Note: Jon brought in Ami from the Season 3 rescued bar Solids & Stripes (formerly known as Zanzbar) to do recon.

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New Name: The Prime Bar^{[Note 3]}

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New Name: Malloy's Bar and Grill

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