Bar Rescue: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Bar Rescue Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Turtle on Its Back
Feb 10, 2013 · 43 min
For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.
Rock N Roaches
Feb 17, 2013 · 43 min
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 o
Bro's Got to Geaux!
Feb 24, 2013 · 43 min
Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.
Tears for Beers
Mar 3, 2013 · 43 min
A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.
Empty Pockets
Mar 10, 2013 · 43 min
A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.
Jon T, He Don't Like It
Mar 17, 2013 · 43 min
The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.
In a Pinch
Mar 24, 2013 · 43 min
The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.
Karaoke Katastrophe
Mar 31, 2013 · 43 min
Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
Apr 7, 2013 · 43 min
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
Meat Sauna
Apr 14, 2013 · 43 min
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 laugh
Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife
Jul 7, 2013 · 43 min
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
Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle
Jul 14, 2013 · 43 min
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
Two Flew Over the Handlebars
Jul 21, 2013 · 43 min
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
There's No Crying in the Bar Business
Jul 28, 2013 · 43 min
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.
Play Some Janet Jackson!
Aug 4, 2013 · 43 min
Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.
Characters Assassination
Aug 11, 2013 · 43 min
A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.
Corking the Bunghole
Aug 18, 2013 · 43 min
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 pe
A Bar Full of Bull
Aug 25, 2013 · 43 min
Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.
Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas
Sep 8, 2013 · 43 min
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.
Barely Above Water
Sep 15, 2013 · 43 min
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.
Crappy Cantina
Oct 6, 2013 · 43 min
Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.
Jon of the Dead
Oct 13, 2013 · 43 min
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.
Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids
Oct 20, 2013 · 43 min
Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.
Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy
Oct 27, 2013 · 43 min
Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.
Drunk & Dirty Dolls
Nov 3, 2013 · 43 min
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.
Empty Bottles Full Cans
Nov 10, 2013 · 43 min
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 ingenui
Hole in None
Nov 17, 2013 · 43 min
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 r
Music City Mess
Nov 24, 2013 · 43 min
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
Brawlin Babes
Dec 8, 2013 · 43 min
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 com
Twin vs. Twin
Dec 15, 2013 · 43 min
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 w
Hostile Takeover
Mar 9, 2014 · 43 min
A heavy drinking owner of an Irish sports bar is the subject of a hostile takeover… by his co-owners!
Critters and Quitters
Mar 16, 2014 · 43 min
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 i
Punch Drunk & Trailer Trashed
Mar 23, 2014 · 43 min
A dysfunctional family’s feuding pushes Jon Taffer to the limit. Will their outrageous antics force Jon into an extreme decision?
Scoreboard To Death
Mar 30, 2014 · 43 min
Wrangling with an incompetent owner and under trained staff; actress Maria Menounos guest stars.
Grow Some Meatballs!
Apr 6, 2014 · 43 min
Issues at a family-run bar include a forceful patriarch and an impending disaster in the kitchen.
Taxed Out in Texas
Apr 13, 2014 · 43 min
Jon visits a struggling biker bar owned by a former tax accountant.
When Life Doesn't Hand You Lemons
Apr 20, 2014 · 43 min
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.
I Smell A Rat
Apr 27, 2014 · 43 min
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 kno
Scary Mary's
May 4, 2014 · 43 min
The owner of a struggling Texas dive crosses the line with one of Taffer’s experts.
Muscle Madness
May 11, 2014 · 43 min
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.