Episodes 16

1 Sactown Going Down

March 1, 2020

43m

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.

2 Gutterball!

March 8, 2020

43m

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 is in danger of shutting down for good.

3 Breaking Brandon

March 15, 2020

43m

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.

4 Still Bill

March 22, 2020

43m

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.

5 Saving Post 6216

March 29, 2020

43m

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.

6 Life's a Beach

April 5, 2020

43m

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.

7 Taken for Granted

April 12, 2020

43m

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 establishment.

8 Come Home to Roost

April 19, 2020

43m

An inexperienced bar owner calls on Jon after hiring a hard-partying manager with no industry knowledge to run Broadway Club in Tooele, Utah.

9 Beast Rescue

April 26, 2020

43m

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.

10 Raging Turkey

May 3, 2020

43m

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.

11 In the Rough

May 17, 2020

43m

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.

12 Bottoms Up, Going Down

May 31, 2020

43m

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.

13 A Silver Dollar Saved Is a Silver Dollar Earned

June 7, 2020

43m

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.

14 Fear and Molding on Pineapple Hill

June 14, 2020

43m

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.

15 The Gaslamp Redemption

September 6, 2020

43m

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 good.

16 The Mother of All Failures

September 13, 2020

43m

Jon heads to Phoenix, AZ to help a veteran bar owner who's borrowed money from her entire family to fund her failing business.

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