It’s a great show. Please don’t confuse “editing” with “scripted”. The amazing thing is how so many bars revert back to there old ways and fail a couple years later. Many of the ones that stuck to Taffer’s changes are still open years later.
And a lot of times it doesnt even take 2 years if they reverted to their previous setup. The thing that floors me is like you've been doing it your way for however long and it isn't working. Somebody comes in and changes a bunch of stuff and you start making money. But let's go back to the way we were doing things before it's probably going to work this time? 🤦♂️
I have to agree with you all! Unfortunately it’s their mindsets. I’ve noticed like w Ramsey’s show, they have underlying issues, like hoarders. You give them the help and the tools and they fall back into familiarity. Ig it’s easier for the undisciplined 😅 ~Experience Relationships, addiction, habits 🤔
This guy, Jon Taffer is a genius. He is the greatest guy for rescuing dumb asses from losing their bars. Some of those bar owners are the dumbest jerks in the world. He throws half a million into some of the lucky bastard's bars and turns them around from a POS to a brand new, amazing and fabulous bar. He's the best! Love this guy!
Met Non Taffer at one his bars for a meet and greet and you couldn’t find a kinder, more accommodating man. My friends son is in the army and when my friend FaceTimed her son, Jon spoke to him and thanked him for his service. A true gentleman!
I really really want to see Jon and Gordon do a joint Tv show where Gordon screams about the food, and Jon screams about the booze Watch me binge it all in one week 😂
Jon was in an episode of Hell's Kitchen. He was out in the dining room eating with a group he came with. Closest I ever saw of them in the same atmosphere.
Agreed. Although I saw "Chef Jay" in a few episodes of Bar Rescue, after he was on Hells Kitchen. So they must know each other, cause "Chef Jay" went back to Hells Kitchen as a Sous chef after helping with Bar Rescue.
I believe every word that comes out of Jon's mouth. He is an honest successful man who wants to help others who are in his same shoes at a certain time in his life. It's too bad there are not more people like him! "God bless you Mr. Taffer!" .
How do you know he's honest? Do you know him personally. He's a actor song fake shows Do your research even the people from some the shows are telling people that their show was scripted. They go into bars and hands them scripts to do shows. If you that gullible and believe that anyone on a Hollywood reality show is honest and that any of them are real.... then I got a bridge I wanna sell to you!😅
Went to spirits on bourbon st. Great drinks and bar. Was on bar rescue, though I didn’t know that at the time till I watched the show, plus they were selling his book at the bar lol. Still good bar.
@@BBones541in my opinion , it’s completely real the reactions are the truth but it’s highly edited and has many jump cuts that give it the dramatic effect that it has .
@@oamih How is it different? Both are portrayed as reality shows, BOTH are scripted They have a whole casting department for finding actors for the show, they have a set production/art team for making the sets look nice There is no such thing as reality TV
My favorite episode is when the staff find out Jon is coming and the camera are placed, so they start working properly and not over pouring. But what they didn't know is that taffers people already started the information check before they realized. 😂😂
The part I struggle with is the recon cameras. Obviously the staff knows they are there. It also sure seems actual camera men are there during the recon phase
Well apparently they are told that even with the cameras there he might not show up or he says a certain time but he might show up late I saw that in a interview he did before
They were here in Jacksonville beach FL and they redid blue water bar I had several friends that worked there Little Jon was in that episode but they simultaneously also did a bar further north in Jax in mayport where my wife occasionally bartended if short but she usually worked up near the navy base where tips are good. Anyway both bars had asked for help and both bars were rigged with cameras and they were told Jon may show up or he may go to the other bar but they wouldn't know until he walked in the door and it could be anywhere from that day to a few days from them. So basically as time went on the people tend to just think he went elsewhere and start slipping. They ended up redoing both of the bars but as far as I know the blue water bar that they renamed Sydneys was the only one that aired. They also do things like I just mentioned that they never film or air. The mayport bar had been flooded during hurricane Matthew and they were struggling because they lost most of the good staff they had which is why my wife would help out from time to time. Thier wasn't any drama or bullcrap or anything with meat on to make good tv but they did legit need a refurbished bar and more than patio furniture. They sent a crew in and gutted the place and refurbished it and helped them out with some debt. They had been there for 20 years and knew what they were doing and how to run it but it just took being shut down for a month for that dive bar to really suffer not to mention the owners home also flooding. That bar in mayport is still there and thriving the one they aired was out of business in a month. That's just how good a man Jon is. He recognized that those people need just a bit of help and would be fine and chose to help them and not film it and know enough to be sure they would be fine after. My wife said he was just the nicest person to her. He sat down at the bar and talked with her and the owners. She joked with him saying she was so scared he was going to yell at her and he laughed and said they weren't doing anything wrong and complimented how well they had cleaned up after the flood
ALL REALITY SHOWS ARE FAKE AND SCRIPTED, even some of the people from these shows have said in interviews these shows are scripted, do you research. IT'S HOLLYWOOD, EVERYTHING IS STAGED the above guy commenting works for the show an be is trying to convince people is real, can't you tell by the way he explained everything so detailed! 😂😂😂
Sometimes I love Bar Rescue but sometimes the drama that people cause I don't but I'm like his business model a lot has a good eye for this thing and he's turned it into a career! Brilliance if you ask me!❤
They came to a bar next to where I live in Arvada Colorado, saw the camera people and even renamed the bar “bar retro” . I don’t think it ever aired but I was exited !
It is very real because I have been to a place called "George and Dragon" in Phoenix, AZ, and I even looked up the episode while I was enjoying my fish and chips.
The local bar in my town got rescued and my sister and I went to the opening. I have some notes on this not being "scripted". They filmed the big reveal of the new bar 3 maybe 4 times. We waited outside for hours before anyone could come in. You were only allowed to order the specialty drinks they make up for the bar or two different beers. None was allowed to stand at the bar because it would make the bar look slow and inefficient if we were standing waiting for drinks. I will say that the food and drinks were good but there is definitely some scripting going on.
INDEED JON TAFFER IS NY GREATEST MOTIVATION, INSPIRATION, AND EVEN THE PERSON I LOOK UP IN MATTERS OF HOW, WHAT, HOW AND WHY QUESTIONS REGARDING BUSINESS TALKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SOMEHOW, SOMEDAY MEET THIS MAN IN PERSON. AND HIS SHOW IS MUCH MUCH MORE, BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY NOOTTT FAKE. AT ALL.
Jon Taffer is my hero when it comes to business. I would love a chance to train with him regardless of bar, hospitality or what, i feel like he has so much to teach me and ive learned a lot in my 35years but I've made terrible life decisions and I NEED to get my like 15 years back.
You don’t need a script for the cameras and he doesn’t personally set up the cameras. The production team can feasibly be there for 1-2 days before he gets there to set up equipment.
@@lukaspierce9600they still know that John is coming they just don’t know when, they could get a good idea from the fact that cameras are being set up but they still don’t know who the recon people are.
@@lukaspierce9600he didn’t say no one knows what he’s doing. They all know who he is, they know what Bar Rescue is. That’s why they told him to go to their bar and help them !
@@lukaspierce9600the people call John to help them in some episodes you’ll hear the owners actually say “that’s why I called you here” or something like that they know he’s gonna come and they’re aware of the cameras and everything that goes on they just don’t know when John is coming to the bar
I knew a woman who barteneded at a 'rescue' bar, she said after 2 weeks of over priced gourmet cocktails, all the regulars went back to ordering cheap stuff. Apparently thats a big thing in the show, making super elevated food and drinks that are out of the price range of every day folk
Jon is the real deal! He's BETTER than Gordon Ramsay, and I respect that dude. When you work in food service, there is a high level you need to work at. It's not hard either. Not hard to keep things clean! If you do routine checks every night, clean the fryers 1-2x per week, then everything should be easy. When your coworkers learn proper time management, food proportions, there should be NO uncertainty. Work shouldn't be as hard as these places he's had to go through. If Jon is being called to come into these establishments, there's a damn good(bad) reason. If a restaurant or bar has to have Jon in there, it's that fucking bad!
Right before Covid hit they came to my home town of San Diego and “rescued” an old bar called Jolt’n Joes, transformed into “Gaslamp Social”. The bar didn’t make it and not so much because of Covid but it was already a sinking ship, there was actually a 2nd location in a neighborhood down here called La Mesa but that location shut down years before so it was pretty much already on its way out. I worked and currently still work blocks away from the Jolt’n Joes in downtown San Diego. We knew bar rescue was around because of the production trucks. Once the show and “rescue” was all said and done, a couple of us went over to check out the new bar because we’ve never been to one of his “rescued” bars so we wanted to get some insight on how it all worked. First one of the employees told us that they interviewed the employees choosing who they wanted to be on the show. When the show finally aired I checked to see how much BS I could catch, it did not take long at all. When he did his recon they showed the bar and pointed out how slow it was, they were there around December/January which is well known as the slow season in downtown for a lot of us industry folks. Next he made a comment saying it was difficult to find parking downtown (that part is true, although it’s not that difficult during the slow season, I mean if they could find spots for their production trucks it shouldn’t have been that difficult for his suv) so he did his recon “at the bar across the street” I’m pretty familiar with a lot of the bars in the area and there is no bar across the street from Jolt’n joes, he did his recon at a bar called “star lite” which is in Little Italy basically downtown’s neighbor (a whole bunch of streets away from Jolt’n joes. When then I was actually surprised to see that they didn’t make any mention to the upstairs, when they show the blue print layout of the bars on the show they left out a whole section of the bar out of the show. There’s a second level full of pool tables that was left out of the show…why? Sorry for the huge rant but I’m gonna call it like I see it. It’s an entertaining show but it’s just that, a show and not something I’d call 100% real
I happen to love the show and hope it goes on. I know of a Bar in Wilmington NC that could use John Taffer to walk in and find out what goes on. The Owner is hardly there and the beer taps need a going over.
It's just that much more genuine that nothing is scripted. Bar Rescue has become one of my favorite shows now, and I really enjoy seeing what he will do to fix it up. 👍
Not scripted doesn't mean not manufactured by producers for better TV though. The producers and crew are there a lot longer than Jon is, and if a bar doesn't have a major issue they can use, they will make one by the time Jon comes.
Its impossible to completely flip the interior in 4 days. I literally just did an estimate at marshawn lynches bar that was on bar rescue, they need new tile floors in the kitchen, the bar looked exactly like it did before the show aired. So most of the appearance is lime temporary stuff
It's editing bcs each episode there is a complete overhaul and drastic change from how the bar and its body was, to how the last 8 or so minutes of the episode ends up being. They don't show the details of the transition, just how bad the bar and staff are, give them a stress test, then it's makeover time and their first successful night before Taffer leaves. If it only took 4 days for a completely successful transformation of a nearly-bankrupt bar to go back to successful, then those bars weren't doingall that bad after all
I read his book, Its alot more then that but basically yes, Its like a remodel buisness with cameras. Jon Taffer is one of the biggest names in the Hospitality Industry
Totally legit. I'm cool with Eddie (the guy who took a shot out of his own boot) and he was telling me how it's legit, but producers do still try to egg people on and get stuff out of them.
I was a regular at Barlow's aka The Comeback bar in Tucker, Ga. He's 100% telling the truth. The ONLY thing that's exaggerated is the behavior of some staff members on camera (they know they're gonna be on TV). But they're real people. I personally know Susan Wood, John, Jamie, Olga, Q, Nikki, and Shayla. It's real folks. And that's why I love the show. Edit: BTW I forgot, actually Jon was going to rescue another bar in Atlanta before the Comeback. The rumor was that the other bar's owners paperwork and licences weren't legit or legal. So they settled on the backup plan, which ended up being The Comeback. 🤷🏾♂️
It’s a great show. Please don’t confuse “editing” with “scripted”. The amazing thing is how so many bars revert back to there old ways and fail a couple years later. Many of the ones that stuck to Taffer’s changes are still open years later.
And a lot of times it doesnt even take 2 years if they reverted to their previous setup.
The thing that floors me is like you've been doing it your way for however long and it isn't working. Somebody comes in and changes a bunch of stuff and you start making money. But let's go back to the way we were doing things before it's probably going to work this time? 🤦♂️
@Hercules Rockefeller, Esq. Yeah. Some people are just so stubborn they don't get taffers name alone can help them.
I have to agree with you all! Unfortunately it’s their mindsets. I’ve noticed like w Ramsey’s show, they have underlying issues, like hoarders. You give them the help and the tools and they fall back into familiarity. Ig it’s easier for the undisciplined 😅 ~Experience
Relationships, addiction, habits 🤔
But how they edit it is according and in line with the script? 😭
I knew it was real especially if theres Gross bars there is no way someone can well "script" a bar buy then immediately just make it disgusting
Jon Taffer and Gordon Ramsay genuinely wanted to help bussinesses in their own industry, but some people are beyond help
Literally
Agreed I high key want to see a rescue with the two of them that would be awesome
Real talk
You’re delusional hahahaha
Because white people can't thrive under pressure.
This guy, Jon Taffer is a genius. He is the greatest guy for rescuing dumb asses from losing their bars. Some of those bar owners are the dumbest jerks in the world. He throws half a million into some of the lucky bastard's bars and turns them around from a POS to a brand new, amazing and fabulous bar. He's the best! Love this guy!
And some of these idiots fight him at every turn and then turn the stuff all back when he leaves , like why tf did you even call him?
@@DoubleBAmusements - You are totally right! It makes me want to go buy a dive bar and call Jon Taffer ! You, too?
@@Wise-Lady-La-Aura yea I love the guy! Some of these owners are just so hardheaded
Big jon Taffer fan
He has less than a 50% success rate I
You can’t script shit when booze is involved lol
Some of the reactions on this show...there's no way it can be scripted in those aspects.
Yes you can
@@GJ-fe3bh😂😂😂😂
@@GJ-fe3bh prove it lol I wanna see that shit show
You can script it but that doesn't mean that they will follow the script. Drinking will bring out all of the honesty we need :)
Met Non Taffer at one his bars for a meet and greet and you couldn’t find a kinder, more accommodating man. My friends son is in the army and when my friend FaceTimed her son, Jon spoke to him and thanked him for his service. A true gentleman!
I really really want to see Jon and Gordon do a joint Tv show where Gordon screams about the food, and Jon screams about the booze
Watch me binge it all in one week 😂
Jon was in an episode of Hell's Kitchen. He was out in the dining room eating with a group he came with. Closest I ever saw of them in the same atmosphere.
You’re only the billionth person to say this. 🙄 It’s not clever please stop.
YES!!! That would break the internet and tv!! 🤣🔥👏
Agreed. Although I saw "Chef Jay" in a few episodes of Bar Rescue, after he was on Hells Kitchen. So they must know each other, cause "Chef Jay" went back to Hells Kitchen as a Sous chef after helping with Bar Rescue.
I believe every word that comes out of Jon's mouth. He is an honest successful man who wants to help others who are in his same shoes at a certain time in his life. It's too bad there are not more people like him! "God bless you Mr. Taffer!" .
How do you know he's honest? Do you know him personally. He's a actor song fake shows Do your research even the people from some the shows are telling people that their show was scripted. They go into bars and hands them scripts to do shows. If you that gullible and believe that anyone on a Hollywood reality show is honest and that any of them are real.... then I got a bridge I wanna sell to you!😅
Jon Taffer and Gordon Ramsay needa do a collaboration.
Went to spirits on bourbon st. Great drinks and bar. Was on bar rescue, though I didn’t know that at the time till I watched the show, plus they were selling his book at the bar lol. Still good bar.
That's why I love the show You can't script this It would come off so phoney 🤨
Yeah... Thats probably why it comes off so phoney
@@BBones541in my opinion , it’s completely real the reactions are the truth but it’s highly edited and has many jump cuts that give it the dramatic effect that it has .
@@oamih I'm sure you probably believe Survivor is completely unscripted as well lol
@@BBones541 that’s completely different but okay negative nancy i’m sure you’ve never had fun with anything in your life 💀
@@oamih How is it different? Both are portrayed as reality shows, BOTH are scripted
They have a whole casting department for finding actors for the show, they have a set production/art team for making the sets look nice
There is no such thing as reality TV
My favorite episode is when the staff find out Jon is coming and the camera are placed, so they start working properly and not over pouring. But what they didn't know is that taffers people already started the information check before they realized. 😂😂
The part I struggle with is the recon cameras. Obviously the staff knows they are there. It also sure seems actual camera men are there during the recon phase
They say at the beginning “other than the camera crew that has been following them around” or something along those lines
I think at some point they just tune em out and businesses have cameras throughout their workplace as well like every grocery store I’ve worked at
You gotta think, a large portion of these failing owners are also alcoholics, some of them are bound to not care about cameras in order to get drunk.
Exactly 💯
People just forget the cameras are their after a day or two.
This Man would make you buy anything as a Salesman.
John taffer is not only hysterical but hes a good person. You can see he is touched by the lives he tries to make better
Jon is a great guy God bless him he doesn't tell people what they want to hear he tells them what they need to hear
People must know something is up,when there are huge cameras everywhere and all the windows and glass doors are covered in thick, dark, long curtains.
Well apparently they are told that even with the cameras there he might not show up or he says a certain time but he might show up late I saw that in a interview he did before
They were here in Jacksonville beach FL and they redid blue water bar I had several friends that worked there Little Jon was in that episode but they simultaneously also did a bar further north in Jax in mayport where my wife occasionally bartended if short but she usually worked up near the navy base where tips are good.
Anyway both bars had asked for help and both bars were rigged with cameras and they were told Jon may show up or he may go to the other bar but they wouldn't know until he walked in the door and it could be anywhere from that day to a few days from them. So basically as time went on the people tend to just think he went elsewhere and start slipping.
They ended up redoing both of the bars but as far as I know the blue water bar that they renamed Sydneys was the only one that aired.
They also do things like I just mentioned that they never film or air. The mayport bar had been flooded during hurricane Matthew and they were struggling because they lost most of the good staff they had which is why my wife would help out from time to time. Thier wasn't any drama or bullcrap or anything with meat on to make good tv but they did legit need a refurbished bar and more than patio furniture.
They sent a crew in and gutted the place and refurbished it and helped them out with some debt. They had been there for 20 years and knew what they were doing and how to run it but it just took being shut down for a month for that dive bar to really suffer not to mention the owners home also flooding.
That bar in mayport is still there and thriving the one they aired was out of business in a month. That's just how good a man Jon is. He recognized that those people need just a bit of help and would be fine and chose to help them and not film it and know enough to be sure they would be fine after. My wife said he was just the nicest person to her. He sat down at the bar and talked with her and the owners. She joked with him saying she was so scared he was going to yell at her and he laughed and said they weren't doing anything wrong and complimented how well they had cleaned up after the flood
ALL REALITY SHOWS ARE FAKE AND SCRIPTED, even some of the people from these shows have said in interviews these shows are scripted, do you research. IT'S HOLLYWOOD, EVERYTHING IS STAGED the above guy commenting works for the show an be is trying to convince people is real, can't you tell by the way he explained everything so detailed! 😂😂😂
Jon Taffer is such a professional business man, I love that.
That's why I like the show. They don't have to script or fake the show like almost every show does. Go John!
“George and Michael”
I have faith in this guy. 😅
Got to Have Faith, so you get your Freedom.
Well.Played. 😂😁😂
He’s literally a communications engineer and I love it
I love when he humbles them being straight forward no bs tell it like it is attitude! Freaking awesome!
I love this show, it’s so entertaining and wholesome
It’s not scripted but the way it’s edited sometimes makes it look like it is
I love Jon Taffer he’s amazing
Sometimes I love Bar Rescue but sometimes the drama that people cause I don't but I'm like his business model a lot has a good eye for this thing and he's turned it into a career! Brilliance if you ask me!❤
I was just thinking how is this real and then went into shorts and there he is explaining it. My phone is reading my mind
And has the answer
Excellent Reality show. I love a man that has balls like Jon...👍👏
Go John Taffer 😂💪🏽💯🙏🏽🎉
John and his staff are wonderful, no matter who works with him. I love the program. Reality.
They came to a bar next to where I live in Arvada Colorado, saw the camera people and even renamed the bar “bar retro” . I don’t think it ever aired but I was exited !
Love Jon taffer! I watch every week.
His answer just Made the show 1000x better to watch❤❤
I love Bar Rescure and Jon Taffer!!
It is very real because I have been to a place called "George and Dragon" in Phoenix, AZ, and I even looked up the episode while I was enjoying my fish and chips.
The local bar in my town got rescued and my sister and I went to the opening. I have some notes on this not being "scripted". They filmed the big reveal of the new bar 3 maybe 4 times. We waited outside for hours before anyone could come in. You were only allowed to order the specialty drinks they make up for the bar or two different beers. None was allowed to stand at the bar because it would make the bar look slow and inefficient if we were standing waiting for drinks. I will say that the food and drinks were good but there is definitely some scripting going on.
I love his passion and his accuracy to details and sanitation He's amazing
Jon Taffer is my hero lol. It is so funny watching him get angry at clueless bar owners and staff.
Dude Jon Taffer is so dope, straight business man to the core. Gotta love it
INDEED JON TAFFER IS NY GREATEST MOTIVATION, INSPIRATION, AND EVEN THE PERSON I LOOK UP IN MATTERS OF HOW, WHAT, HOW AND WHY QUESTIONS REGARDING BUSINESS TALKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SOMEHOW, SOMEDAY MEET THIS MAN IN PERSON. AND HIS SHOW IS MUCH MUCH MORE, BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY NOOTTT FAKE. AT ALL.
I live in Arlington TN and they came through here to rescue a bar. That bars has been closed for years now.
My guy love your work keep going.
As Taffer would say, “THAT’S BS!!!”
Jon Taffer is my hero when it comes to business. I would love a chance to train with him regardless of bar, hospitality or what, i feel like he has so much to teach me and ive learned a lot in my 35years but I've made terrible life decisions and I NEED to get my like 15 years back.
I love Jon Taffer. He’s honest, brutally honest when it’s needed. Man is a true gentleman and genuine person ❤
I love this show! God Bless John Taffer and everybody involved in this production. Reality TV at its finest !
Then please help me understand how you have cameras set up in every bar
You don’t need a script for the cameras and he doesn’t personally set up the cameras. The production team can feasibly be there for 1-2 days before he gets there to set up equipment.
@@lukaspierce9600they still know that John is coming they just don’t know when, they could get a good idea from the fact that cameras are being set up but they still don’t know who the recon people are.
@@lukaspierce9600he didn’t say no one knows what he’s doing. They all know who he is, they know what Bar Rescue is. That’s why they told him to go to their bar and help them !
@@lukaspierce9600the people call John to help them in some episodes you’ll hear the owners actually say “that’s why I called you here” or something like that they know he’s gonna come and they’re aware of the cameras and everything that goes on they just don’t know when John is coming to the bar
How long does it take to setup the cameras? Obviously the cameras are setup, before John gets there. So it has to take more than four days.
This the only show i watch since it's started !!!! 🎉🥂❤, a bunch of shit bars here in apple valley ,CA
EVERYTHING put on TELEVISION is SCRIPTED
Although they plan ahead that’s for sure. Bottle labels covered or turned so they’re not facing forward, beer taps covered and so on. But great show
May God bless this man! His character speaks volumes! He makes me cry sometimes watching #BarRescue because I can feel his compassion
I’ve worked at restaurants with high stress and have witnessed management act like him… yes, 💩 goes down 😂😂😂
My dad was actually in an episode where one of the episodes were filmed and he said he heard taffer screaming like a madman
Wow Jon Taffer is the man ! I need to be come a man like this man and it starts now.
My family bar had an episode on this show😂
S8 episode 16 doing it for dad on paramount+
I knew a woman who barteneded at a 'rescue' bar, she said after 2 weeks of over priced gourmet cocktails, all the regulars went back to ordering cheap stuff.
Apparently thats a big thing in the show, making super elevated food and drinks that are out of the price range of every day folk
I love the show!
Really glad this was made since I've always wondered about that
Bless this man for entertaining me practically every night for an hour or 2 before bed lol
Love John taffer
This is literally my favorite show.
Best show in tv bar rescue..👌
You cant script an bar owner having mushrooms growing in the freezer 😂😂
Jon is the real deal! He's BETTER than Gordon Ramsay, and I respect that dude. When you work in food service, there is a high level you need to work at. It's not hard either. Not hard to keep things clean! If you do routine checks every night, clean the fryers 1-2x per week, then everything should be easy. When your coworkers learn proper time management, food proportions, there should be NO uncertainty. Work shouldn't be as hard as these places he's had to go through. If Jon is being called to come into these establishments, there's a damn good(bad) reason. If a restaurant or bar has to have Jon in there, it's that fucking bad!
He’s amazing I love Jon Taffer
I just love this guy xD
Nothing is set up except the "hidden cameras" 😂
Thank you John. My wife and I will never own a bar or restaurant 😂🎉
Right before Covid hit they came to my home town of San Diego and “rescued” an old bar called Jolt’n Joes, transformed into “Gaslamp Social”. The bar didn’t make it and not so much because of Covid but it was already a sinking ship, there was actually a 2nd location in a neighborhood down here called La Mesa but that location shut down years before so it was pretty much already on its way out. I worked and currently still work blocks away from the Jolt’n Joes in downtown San Diego. We knew bar rescue was around because of the production trucks. Once the show and “rescue” was all said and done, a couple of us went over to check out the new bar because we’ve never been to one of his “rescued” bars so we wanted to get some insight on how it all worked. First one of the employees told us that they interviewed the employees choosing who they wanted to be on the show. When the show finally aired I checked to see how much BS I could catch, it did not take long at all. When he did his recon they showed the bar and pointed out how slow it was, they were there around December/January which is well known as the slow season in downtown for a lot of us industry folks. Next he made a comment saying it was difficult to find parking downtown (that part is true, although it’s not that difficult during the slow season, I mean if they could find spots for their production trucks it shouldn’t have been that difficult for his suv) so he did his recon “at the bar across the street” I’m pretty familiar with a lot of the bars in the area and there is no bar across the street from Jolt’n joes, he did his recon at a bar called “star lite” which is in Little Italy basically downtown’s neighbor (a whole bunch of streets away from Jolt’n joes. When then I was actually surprised to see that they didn’t make any mention to the upstairs, when they show the blue print layout of the bars on the show they left out a whole section of the bar out of the show. There’s a second level full of pool tables that was left out of the show…why?
Sorry for the huge rant but I’m gonna call it like I see it. It’s an entertaining show but it’s just that, a show and not something I’d call 100% real
Always loved bar rescue one of my favorite shows and I love John
I happen to love the show and hope it goes on. I know of a Bar in Wilmington NC that could use John Taffer to walk in and find out what goes on. The Owner is hardly there and the beer taps need a going over.
It's just that much more genuine that nothing is scripted. Bar Rescue has become one of my favorite shows now, and I really enjoy seeing what he will do to fix it up. 👍
Not scripted doesn't mean not manufactured by producers for better TV though. The producers and crew are there a lot longer than Jon is, and if a bar doesn't have a major issue they can use, they will make one by the time Jon comes.
Bar Rescue is amazing, Jon Taffer makes Bar Rescue even better
He rescued my sister in law’s bar in Sanford Florida
Fantastic show. Bar Rescue, Jon Taffer is a legend. Binge watch the show regularly on prime video.
You see he got a hat on so you know he capping
Its impossible to completely flip the interior in 4 days. I literally just did an estimate at marshawn lynches bar that was on bar rescue, they need new tile floors in the kitchen, the bar looked exactly like it did before the show aired. So most of the appearance is lime temporary stuff
There is literally an episode where the owner takes a fake shot and plays it off like it’s real
It's editing bcs each episode there is a complete overhaul and drastic change from how the bar and its body was, to how the last 8 or so minutes of the episode ends up being. They don't show the details of the transition, just how bad the bar and staff are, give them a stress test, then it's makeover time and their first successful night before Taffer leaves. If it only took 4 days for a completely successful transformation of a nearly-bankrupt bar to go back to successful, then those bars weren't doingall that bad after all
"nothing is set up" except the cameras, paperwork invovled entire camera crew itself lol
U honestly believe it’s scripted 😂
@@MikeDizeebro watched this video and still thinks it’s scripted
@@ccsx222 re-tard activity that’s all it is😂
The amount of truth in this video almost makes the actual show look real.
I wish he'd come to my bar 😂
It’s called amazing editing
Love Bar Rescue! I wish you could watch full episodes on you tube. It's always mash ups of different episodes.
I honestly think that this show at least tells people to get drinks they don’t like!
Fucking awesome show.
I read his book, Its alot more then that but basically yes, Its like a remodel buisness with cameras. Jon Taffer is one of the biggest names in the Hospitality Industry
He really said “On my mama grave”
I love you jon❤
My sister was on the show and then she left the restaurant right after it aired
Totally legit. I'm cool with Eddie (the guy who took a shot out of his own boot) and he was telling me how it's legit, but producers do still try to egg people on and get stuff out of them.
Hes brilliant
Love Jon Taffer!!! ❤️
I swear jon taffer is 100x smarter than me :)
So his rages is real plus love how he flips it shows he cares about peoples health and to push the failing bars
I love Jon Taffer. NH
I was a regular at Barlow's aka The Comeback bar in Tucker, Ga. He's 100% telling the truth. The ONLY thing that's exaggerated is the behavior of some staff members on camera (they know they're gonna be on TV). But they're real people. I personally know Susan Wood, John, Jamie, Olga, Q, Nikki, and Shayla.
It's real folks. And that's why I love the show.
Edit: BTW I forgot, actually Jon was going to rescue another bar in Atlanta before the Comeback. The rumor was that the other bar's owners paperwork and licences weren't legit or legal. So they settled on the backup plan, which ended up being The Comeback. 🤷🏾♂️
Taffer is awesome. I want to shake his hand for everything he's done or tried to do
Lodos bar and grill is still kicking years later after he came to the rescue. (Colorado)
i believe it. bars are full of realllll characters