Bar Rescue: Season 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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 7 Progress Shield
Sactown Going Down
Mar 1, 2020 · 43 min
T-Pain and Jon Taffer travel to historic Old Town Sacramento to resurrect an owner haunted by the ghosts of his past, as well as his failures as an owner.
Gutterball!
Mar 8, 2020 · 43 min
A retired Vietnam vet bought a bar and bowling center as a tribute to his father, but the business is heading into the gutter. Now, his family's legacy is at stake, as his business
Breaking Brandon
Mar 15, 2020 · 43 min
After emptying his sick mother's life savings, a man is moments away from a meltdown; he is four days away from closing his dream bar.
Still Bill
Mar 22, 2020 · 43 min
Jon is in Midvale, Utah, to meet The Union owner Bill, who is over $500,000 in debt and hasn't picked up any of the bar knowledge required to help his staff.
Saving Post 6216
Mar 29, 2020 · 43 min
VFW Post 6216 - Albuquerque, NM * Jon sets out on a rescue close to his heart when he attempts to boost membership and raise funds for a struggling New Mexico VFW post.
Life's a Beach
Apr 5, 2020 · 43 min
Jon is brought in to save The Sandbar in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but before he can save the failing beach-themed bar, he has to figure out who the actual owner is first.
Taken for Granted
Apr 12, 2020 · 43 min
The Grant Bar & Lounge - Tracy, CA * Jon goes to Northern California to save The Grant Bar for a know-it-all owner who blames everybody but himself for the failures of his establis
Come Home to Roost
Apr 19, 2020 · 43 min
An inexperienced bar owner calls on Jon after hiring a hard-partying manager with no industry knowledge to run Broadway Club in Tooele, Utah.
Beast Rescue
Apr 26, 2020 · 43 min
Jon travels to Oakland, CA, to help Marshawn Lynch turn around his bar, Rob Ben's, by teaching the NFL star to treat his staff less like family and more like a team.
Raging Turkey
May 3, 2020 · 43 min
Jon does reconnaissance at Kalaveraz Cocina-Cantina in Escondido, CA, and finds an owner so in over his head that he's resorted to not paying his staff.
In the Rough
May 17, 2020 · 43 min
Jon heads to Pepe's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Canyon Lake, CA, to help a once-bustling bar that's now a ghost town and open the disconnected owners' eyes.
Bottoms Up, Going Down
May 31, 2020 · 43 min
Jon arrives at Bottoms Up to discover a staff running wild, a manager lacking courage to control his staff, and an owner ready to sell her bar.
A Silver Dollar Saved Is a Silver Dollar Earned
Jun 7, 2020 · 43 min
Jon heads to the Silver Dollar in Chula Vista, CA, where the unresolved tensions between the father and son owners have led to operational issues and neglect.
Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill
Jun 14, 2020 · 43 min
Jon tries to help an owner who is unable to take control of her own bar and explosive chef due to her crippling fear of failure and change.
The Gaslamp Redemption
Sep 6, 2020 · 43 min
An owner who is fighting cancer and his always-tense manager try to work together to save their failing bar in the heart of San Diego's Gaslamp District from closing its doors for
The Mother of All Failures
Sep 13, 2020 · 43 min
Jon heads to Phoenix, AZ to help a veteran bar owner who's borrowed money from her entire family to fund her failing business.