Bars mean money, but they also mean stress if they aren't properly run. Jon Taffer is a bar and nightclub owner who has started, flipped, or owned over 600 bars and clubs in his career and currently owns one of the most highly respected consulting firms in the bar and nightclub industry. Jon will travel around the country and employ his expertise to return struggling bars to the cash cows they once were. Everything from the science of the perfect pour, to the height of the bar stools is a key f…
Bars mean money, but they also mean stress if they aren't properly run. Jon Taffer is a bar and nightclub owner who has started, flipped, or owned over 600 bars and clubs in his career and currently owns one of the most highly respected consulting firms in the bar and nightclub industry. Jon will travel around the country and employ his expertise to return struggling bars to the cash cows they once were. Everything from the science of the perfect pour, to the height of the bar stools is a key f…
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Seasons (10)
Season 1
17 Jul 2011 – 25 Sep 2011 · 10 episodes
1Fallen Angels17 Jul 2011
2Downey's and Out24 Jul 2011
3Shabby Abbey31 Jul 2011
4Beach Bummer7 Aug 2011
5Swanky Troubles14 Aug 2011
6The Blue Frog Sings the Blues21 Aug 2011
7Bad to the Bone28 Aug 2011
8Chumps11 Sep 2011
9Bar Fight18 Sep 2011
10Hog-Tied Ham's25 Sep 2011
Season 2
29 Jul 2012 – 30 Sep 2012 · 10 episodes
1Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb29 Jul 2012
2Tiki Curse29 Jul 2012
3Murphy's Mess5 Aug 2012
4Mystique or Murder?12 Aug 2012
5Bottomless Pit19 Aug 2012
6Broke Black Sheep26 Aug 2012
7Weber's of Lies9 Sep 2012
8Owner Ousted16 Sep 2012
9On the Rocks23 Sep 2012
10Bikini Bust30 Sep 2012
Season 3
10 Feb 2013 – 11 May 2014 · 39 episodes
1Turtle on Its Back10 Feb 2013
2Rock 'n' Roaches17 Feb 2013
3Bro's Got to Geaux!24 Feb 2013
4Tears for Beers3 Mar 2013
5Empty Pockets10 Mar 2013
6Jon T, He Don't Like It17 Mar 2013
7In a Pinch24 Mar 2013
8Karaoke Katastrophe31 Mar 2013
9A Horse Walks Into a Bar7 Apr 2013
10Meat Sauna14 Apr 2013
11Don't Mess with Taffer's Wife7 Jul 2013
12Don't Judge a Booze by Its Bottle14 Jul 2013
13Two Flew Over the Handlebars21 Jul 2013
14There's No Crying in the Bar Business28 Jul 2013
15Play Some Janet Jackson!4 Aug 2013
16Characters Assassination11 Aug 2013
17Corking the Hole18 Aug 2013
18A Bar Full of Bull25 Aug 2013
19Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas8 Sep 2013
20Barely Above Water15 Sep 2013
21Crappy Cantina6 Oct 2013
22Jon of the Dead13 Oct 2013
23Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids20 Oct 2013
24Hurricane Jon vs. Hurricane Sandy27 Oct 2013
25Drunk & Dirty Dolls3 Nov 2013
26Empty Bottles Full Cans10 Nov 2013
27Hole in None17 Nov 2013
29Brawlin' Babes8 Dec 2013
30Twin vs. Twin15 Dec 2013
31Hostile Takeover9 Mar 2014
32Critters and Quitters16 Mar 2014
33Punch-Drunk & Trailer-Trashed23 Mar 2014
34Scoreboard to Death30 Mar 2014
35Grow Some Meatballs!6 Apr 2014
36Taxed Out in Texas13 Apr 2014
37When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons20 Apr 2014
38I Smell a Rat27 Apr 2014
39Scary Mary's4 May 2014
40Muscle Madness11 May 2014
Season 4
5 Oct 2014 – 31 Jul 2016 · 58 episodes
1Bug Bite5 Oct 2014
2Thugs with Mugs12 Oct 2014
3Schmuck Dynasty19 Oct 2014
4El Moronte!!26 Oct 2014
5Anything You Can Yell, I Can Yell Louder2 Nov 2014
6To Protect and to (Over) Serve9 Nov 2014
7A Dash of Bitters16 Nov 2014
8Swinging from the Rafters23 Nov 2014
9Spoiled Brat Party7 Dec 2014
10Irish Eyes Aren't Smiling14 Dec 2014
11Second Base, Third Strike8 Feb 2015
12Crayons & Anger Lines15 Feb 2015
13Beach Rats22 Feb 2015
14All Twerk & No Pay1 Mar 2015
15Bromancing the Stone8 Mar 2015
16Storming the Castle15 Mar 2015
17Lagers and Liars22 Mar 2015
18Loose Lips Loose Tips29 Mar 2015
19Back to the Bar: Hot-Headed Owners5 Apr 2015
20Mandala Down12 Apr 2015
21Sticky Situation21 Jun 2015
22Take Me Out of the Bar Game28 Jun 2015
23Emergency Exit5 Jul 2015
24It's Always Sunny in Portland12 Jul 2015
25Brokedown Palace19 Jul 2015
26Ant's with Wings, Bro!26 Jul 2015
27Back to the Bar: Stubborn Owners2 Aug 2015
28Put a Cork In It9 Aug 2015
29Too Many Managers, Not Enough Man16 Aug 2015
30Jon Ain't Afraid of No Ghost23 Aug 2015
31Back to the Bar: Delusional Owners30 Aug 2015
32Till Debt Do Us Part4 Oct 2015
33Shamrocks and Shenanigans11 Oct 2015
34Blowing Royal Smoke18 Oct 2015
35Sour Lemons and Bitter Business25 Oct 2015
36Ripper's Rookie House1 Nov 2015
37Big Sister's Watching8 Nov 2015
38Vulgar Vixens15 Nov 2015
39Unnecessary Toughness22 Nov 2015
40Boss Lady Blues6 Dec 2015
41Bare Rescue13 Dec 2015
42Back to the Bar: No Laughing Matter20 Dec 2015
43Hard Heads and Softballs6 Mar 2016
44Dragon Lady13 Mar 2016
45Paradise Lost20 Mar 2016
46Back to the Bar: Meathead-to-head27 Mar 2016
47Land of the Beer and Home of the Misbehaved3 Apr 2016
48Getting Freaki at the Tiki10 Apr 2016
49Back to the Bar: Empty Pockets17 Apr 2016
50How to Train the Dragon24 Apr 2016
51Demolition Man1 May 2016
52Back to the Bar: The Luck of the Irish8 May 2016
53We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat15 May 2016
54Danny Sits on His Fanny22 May 2016
55Gone in a Flash10 Jul 2016
56Momsters Ball17 Jul 2016
57Drunk on Punk24 Jul 2016
58Raising Arizona31 Jul 2016
Season 5
7 Aug 2016 – 17 Sep 2017 · 31 episodes
1The Perks of Being a Wallpaper7 Aug 2016
2Wheels of Misfortune14 Aug 2016
3Whipped Into Shape21 Aug 2016
4Antisocial Media18 Sep 2016
5How to Train Your Goldfish25 Sep 2016
6Win, Lose or Brawl2 Oct 2016
7Listen Y'all it's Sabatoge9 Oct 2016
8Gettin' Jigger with It16 Oct 2016
9Chase Lounge23 Oct 2016
10Zero Drunk Thirty30 Oct 2016
11Ice, Mice, Baby6 Nov 2016
12Punk as a Drunk13 Nov 2016
13Back to the Bar: Drunky Mcdrunkerton Returns20 Nov 2016
14Don't Tell Mom the Bar Is Dead19 Feb 2017
15I Know What You Did Last Summit26 Feb 2017
16Struck Out at the Dugout5 Mar 2017
17Back to the Bar: Brick & Barley Above Water12 Mar 2017
18All Twerk and No Pay Makes Taffer Shut It Down19 Mar 2017
19Bar Over Troubled Water26 Mar 2017
20Desi, You Got Some 'Splainin' to Do2 Apr 2017
21Back to the Bar: Hallelujah for Jon9 Apr 2017
22Casually Tapped Out2 Jul 2017
23Things That Go Pahrump in the Night16 Jul 2017
24Mother Doesn't Know Best23 Jul 2017
25Back to the Bar: Flying Fists and Bar Brawls30 Jul 2017
26Silence of the Ants6 Aug 2017
27Daddy Dearest13 Aug 2017
28Rickety Rockin' Rhonda's20 Aug 2017
29Back to the Bar: For Whom the Cajun Belle Tolls3 Sep 2017
30The Unlucky Leprechaun10 Sep 2017
31Back to the Bar: Disasters of Epic Proportions17 Sep 2017
Season 6
11 Mar 2018 – 29 Sep 2019 · 47 episodes
1Put It On Cody's Tab11 Mar 2018
2Close, but No Cigar18 Mar 2018
3Weird Science25 Mar 2018
4Ground Control to Major Jon1 Apr 2018
5Mississippi Rears8 Apr 2018
6Back to the Bar: Don't Call It a Comeback15 Apr 2018
7Pole Without a Purpose22 Apr 2018
8An Ode to the Cap'n29 Apr 2018
9Crazy Little Thing Called Selman6 May 2018
10Caving In13 May 2018
11Back to the Bar: Blue in the Frog Face20 May 2018
12Down and Out in Las Vegas3 Jun 2018
13Back to the Bar: The Power of Bacon and Beer10 Jun 2018
14Father Knows Best17 Jun 2018
15Phishing for Answers24 Jun 2018
16Not Cleared for Takeoff1 Jul 2018
17Back to the Bar: Tough Love8 Jul 2018
18Fish Out of Blue Water15 Jul 2018
19Operation Puerto Rico22 Jul 2018
20Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Fatballs29 Jul 2018
21The Unwanted Saloon5 Aug 2018
22Back to the Bar: The Tradewinds of Change12 Aug 2018
23Star Lite, Star Not So Brite19 Aug 2018
24There Will Be Family Blood26 Aug 2018
25The Lights Come Back in Puerto Rico3 Mar 2019
26Dalia's Inferno10 Mar 2019
27Don't Cry for Me Jon Taffer17 Mar 2019
28Owner on the Run24 Mar 2019
29Twerking 9 to 531 Mar 2019
30Back to School7 Apr 2019
31Tanked and Toasty14 Apr 2019
32Miles from Success21 Apr 2019
33Uncivil War28 Apr 2019
34LIV'n on a Prayer5 May 2019
35Big Trouble in Little China Grove12 May 2019
36Pie Hard19 May 2019
37Driving Miss Tara2 Jun 2019
38All Blaze, No Glory14 Jul 2019
39Reckless Roundhouse21 Jul 2019
40John and Bert Bought a Bar28 Jul 2019
41Green Walls and Donkey Balls4 Aug 2019
42Doreen's Dilemma11 Aug 2019
43Stix and Stones May Break Your Bar25 Aug 2019
44So We Meet Again, Mr. Taffer8 Sep 2019
45The Sound of Failing Music15 Sep 2019
46Saving G.I. Jodi22 Sep 2019
47Get Off Your Ass!29 Sep 2019
Season 7
1 Mar 2020 – 13 Sep 2020 · 16 episodes
1Sactown Going Down1 Mar 2020
2Gutterball!8 Mar 2020
3Breaking Brandon15 Mar 2020
4Still Bill22 Mar 2020
5Saving Post 621629 Mar 2020
6Life's a Beach5 Apr 2020
7Taken for Granted12 Apr 2020
8Come Home to Roost19 Apr 2020
9Beast Rescue26 Apr 2020
10Raging Turkey3 May 2020
11In the Rough17 May 2020
12Bottoms Up, Going Down31 May 2020
13A Silver Dollar Saved, Is a Silver Dollar Earned7 Jun 2020
14Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill14 Jun 2020
15The Gaslamp Redemption6 Sep 2020
16The Mother of All Failures13 Sep 2020
Season 8
2 May 2021 – 11 Jun 2023 · 37 episodes
1Two Tickets to Paradise Cantina2 May 2021
2Not Your Godfather's Speakeasy9 May 2021
3A Twice in a Lifetime Opportunity23 May 2021
4Every Rosé Has It's Thorn6 Jun 2021
5Viva La Casona13 Jun 2021
6Rookie of the Beer20 Jun 2021
7A Bar to Take Pride In27 Jun 2021
8A Commander and His Post11 Jul 2021
9Behind the 8 Ball18 Jul 2021
10Ninja Karaoke's Swan Song1 Aug 2021
11Remembering Billy8 Aug 2021
12Wreck It Ralph15 Aug 2021
13Penalty on the Bar20 Mar 2022
14Ace's Wild27 Mar 2022
15Personal Assistant, Professional Failure3 Apr 2022
16Doing it for Dad10 Apr 2022
17Shutting Down the Confetti Party17 Apr 2022
18Quick-Sandtown Rescue24 Apr 2022
19Working to Death8 May 2022
20Magically Atrocious15 May 2022
21Rescue on the River22 May 2022
22Till Failure Do You Part29 May 2022
23Game Over12 Jun 2022
24JJ's Sports Bust26 Feb 2023
25Outta Touch, Outta Time5 Mar 2023
26Hideaway From Reality12 Mar 2023
27The Napoleon Complex19 Mar 2023
28Pool House Rock26 Mar 2023
29Loveless in Loveland2 Apr 2023
30Fresh Bread, Rotten Bar9 Apr 2023
313rd Pocket's a Charm23 Apr 2023
32Long Live a Legacy30 Apr 2023
33Horseshoe Bend It Like Bar Rescue14 May 2023
34Spare Me Another Chance21 May 2023
35Changing of the Guards28 May 2023
36Put This Fire Out4 Jun 2023
37How the Cookie Crumbles11 Jun 2023
Season 9
25 Feb 2024 – 29 Jun 2025 · 40 episodes
1Deadliest Kitchen25 Feb 2024
2Wildkats Wild Collapse3 Mar 2024
3Jason's Last Call10 Mar 2024
4A Drunk, a Fruitfly, and a KnightWalk Into a Bar17 Mar 2024
5Low Five Dive24 Mar 2024
6Missing the Marc31 Mar 2024
7My Brother's Barkeeper7 Apr 2024
8A Perla in the Rough14 Apr 2024
9Losing the Playoffs21 Apr 2024
10Friends Without Benefits28 Apr 2024
11Boca Re-Tune5 May 2024
12CSI: Los Cocos12 May 2024
13From Camo to Cocktail19 May 2024
14Thank You for (Not) Smoking2 Jun 2024
15Inland Tavern, Underwater9 Jun 2024
16Dancing Dreams Dashed16 Jun 2024
17Mis-Steaks Were Made23 Jun 2024
18Feels Bad at Philgoods30 Jun 2024
19Long Island Mess14 Jul 2024
20Lost in the Sauce21 Jul 2024
21Till the Wagon Wheels Fall Off28 Jul 2024
22Midtown Slump4 Aug 2024
23Jimmy Meet World23 Feb 2025
24Lights Out in the Harbor2 Mar 2025
25Rock Bottom at Top Shelf9 Mar 2025
26Pete's Ruined Tavern16 Mar 2025
27I'm a F'n Bar Guy! I'm a F'n Bar Girl!23 Mar 2025
28Backroads to Ruin30 Mar 2025
29Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?6 Apr 2025
30Honey, I Bought a Bar!13 Apr 2025
31The Airliner Is Grounded20 Apr 2025
32Calendar's Crisis27 Apr 2025
33On the 3:10 to Failure4 May 2025
34Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fireplace11 May 2025