When Jon went into that fish racing bar and started grabbing the living fish, then throwing them to the floor and stepping on them, I died 🤣🤣😭. I guess the fish did too 🤭🤭💀
When John gave Mike the money at the end, I legit cried. You could tell that it took every bit of weight off Mike's shoulders and that his true HAPPIER self finally emerged. He was angry at the world because he was in debt and saw no way out. No light at the end of that black tunnel. But with the help of John Taffer, that man got his sanity, peace and happiness back. 🙏 Truly amazing 🙌❤
He was in debt for 1 million dollars and losing 15 000 dollars every month so giving him 10 000 and changing the looks of the interior won´t help that much.
To me It was stupid and I would also say animal cruelty too because they were spraying water at the fish in order to make them move towards the finish line. Even though they are fish they are living and breathing creatures who didn’t deserve that.
That fish tank is beautiful! Denny's Pet World is where I get all my fish stuff. They are locally owned with very knowledgeable staff and have great selection. When I heard that's where John got the fish I was so happy they didn't go to a big chain pet store, the big chain stores usually don't have reliably healthy fish/amphibians and the staff usually spouts outdated or just wrong care tips.
@@Viscid149 Gordon Ramsey is in this kitchen looking at this cooked pizza 🍕 with filth from the oven and it’s very disgusting 🤮 and the oven is never been cleaned and it’s completely crossed contaminated and Gordon Ramsey is very disappointed 😔 with those two girls 👧 with a nasty 🤮 attitude and don’t wanna help do nothing and that’s very disrespectful. Now John Taffer and his experts and his crew is gonna fired those two girls 👧 with a nasty 🤮 attitude right in front of Gordon Ramsey and throw those two girls out the door 🚪 and get shut down for not showing good work manners in this bar restaurant business 👩💼!.
I've been watching these Bar Rescue videos for almost 3 years and the roller rink and goldfish races are by far the strangest things I've ever seen on the show.
I used to go to that bowling alley as a kid then when I was old enough, leagues and visits to the bar as an adult. Their food is absolutely amazing!!!!!! Makes me sad they closed permanently. Mike actually changed the name back and then was bought out by a partner.
Ignoring the animal rights issues for a moment, I just don’t understand WHY they were racing goldfish. Like, what would make anyone think that was a fun bar activity?! It strikes me as the kind of thing that would only make sense after smoking a LOT of pot too.
@@boojersey13 🤣🤣🤣🤣I mean goldfish racing at the bar, the way they have it set up here. The customers can’t even see the fishies race from where they’re sitting, at all.
@@boojersey13 honestly, I kept thinking, “I’ve seen goldfish ‘play basketball’ before..now THAT would be cool”. But I know it would actually be stupid and mean to the goldfish. (Also, the part of me that thinks it would be cool is the part of me that’s been thoroughly enjoying Canada’s legalization of pot since the pandemic started 🤣🤣🤣)
Jon says that greasy food is bad for bowling. How about washing your hands after you use them to eat with? The balls are used by a lot of people. Either someone uses their own ball or the place's ball, it's gonna get oil on it. So wash your hands before and after eating while bowling. Though if the people are at the bar eating, they only have to worry about washing their hands before eating and after they're done eating. Not having to worry about washing before eating, and before bowling. Be sanitary. Pizza is greasy and wings are messy, but those are usually on a bowling alley's/center's menu. Nachos are on a lot of them as well. Those are a staple at bowling alleys/centers. Especially pizza. Messy finger food.
They wash the balls, obviously. But you’re right, in a perfect world, people will wash their hands before handing bowling balls and wash their hands after handing a bowling ball… but that doesn’t happen.
My dad was a league bowler and when I was a kid I would go with him and hang in the arcade area but the times he would let me bowl with him he always said don't eat with your bowling hand!
I used to bowl on occasion. I always had a drink in my hand when I wasn't actively up to bowl (the local bowling alley has a liquor license and this was perfectly OK there). I haven't went since I quit drinking alcohol, though -- maybe that is telling enough right there.
That first clip made me cry. The fact that John remodeled all of the bar and front, and then helped pay for the expenses really hit me hard. I really hope that that bowling alley is still going strong and that the family that runs it stays on their feet.
Kinda awkward to say "do you know what Jesse has done for the community?" immediately after showing someone drunk and slamming into the floor on skates in his bar.
To be honest...I have worked for years in small town restaurants, but even the best employees get fed up with being ignored (for their thoughts, even when they spend their lives in restaurants) or for their time
Both of the female bartenders at the great 66 seem to have really good customer service smiles, they walked up to the customers and they had smiles on their faces, they were friendly, and they weren't dour at any point they were just upbeat and tried to get suggestions or ask questions...they were good.
@@rosethefirechieftess1683 he made a joke that food he got "looked like something his cat puked up on the floor this morning". I'm guessing it was just a joke and he didn't really have a cat, but I dunno 🤷🏼♀️
That group of 10 with a 30 min time limit is very easy to resolve. When she takes the drink order for shots, they say they're in a hurry, so what you do is say "Oh ok, in that case do you want me to take your food order now" Tell the bar you need those 10 shots, then put the order in the kitchen, so when you get back to the bar they're already working on the drinks and the food is being made before they even get their first drinks
17:13 They’re still doing fish a disservice! MULTIPLE Koi Fish in a tank that looks to be 55 gallons! That tank size is wayyyy too small for a bunch of Koi and Goldfish. Especially with all the decorations sucking up a lot of the room to move. That water is cloudy too, ugh. Notice the bottle of Seachem Clarity too - that’s not gonna help the root cause: bacteria bloom / high nitrates / high phosphates from that tank being hella overstocked. Am I buggin? Anybody else agree?
The goldfish racing reminded me of the World's Dumbest Inventions where they had the goldfish sports gear and you could train your fish to dunk a little basketball.
I really love how Jon always points out that the bartenders SHOULD love people who order a ton of drinks. I remember going to a small town bar with a few lady friends of mine from work a few years back and having a similar thought. There were 6 of us, we were all in our 20s and ready to spend lots of money. We started looking up different fancy cocktails, excited to be out and try new drinks we wouldn’t make at home. But the bartender was annoyed, rolling her eyes when we ordered 6 exotic shots and cocktails. I was like “oh I’m sorry, you have a table full of young customers (there was 1 guy other than me and the other 4 were good looking women, exactly the kind of customer you should want) wanting to spend lots of money and you’re visibly irritated that they want to stay and order a bunch of drinks? What’s wrong with you?” I’m just glad that someone else is pointing out that this is NOT the attitude to have in that circumstance lol.
Because the bartenders at bars like that usually don’t care. They’re happy to have the slow pace easy work of a regular crowd otherwise they’d be working at a busy bar in a bigger city. And if the bar itself flops what do they care? There’s a shit load of jobs they can move on to so they’re happy to be lazy. It’s the owner who wants to get the crowd who orders a ton of shit because it matters to them. To a lazy bartender they’ve already accepted not making a lot of money otherwise they’d have left to go somewhere else. So not appreciating what should be a good thing shouldn’t be a surprise because killers don’t stick around in places like that. That’s an issue this show doesn’t always focus on in the sense that the chances that these people who’ve spent time at these places changing is low because they fact they’ve never left says a lot about the lack of drive or desire to hustle for them.
@@Matt-cr4vv That’s just the thing though, you don’t need to be a killer to appreciate money. Would you rather go home with 40 bucks in tips or 300? Tipping is such a massive part of the income of bartenders, it isn’t like working at McDonald’s where if someone comes through and orders 50 double cheeseburgers it’s just a pain in the ass because you’d make the same either way. A bartender getting upset at people who want to spend money is like getting mad at your boss offering you a raise.
I believe jon taffer is the hero of the bar rescue show and jon taffer does his job to avoid food poisoning for his people so they wont get intoxicated by bugs and contamination that's why jon taffer is the genius of his rescues
I drink red bull I drink it every spring and summer and autumn but not winter it just makes me anxious when it's cold bc it gives me fight flight response by time to time after my energy levels increases by caffeine
What Jon did for the bowling alley man brought tears to my eyes. He gave him back his life & Blessed his family & everyone around him. Wow. He did all that & on top of it gave him 10k to meet his payroll, etc. Wow.✳❇🔱⚜✅✅✅🛐✝🎭♣🎖🎖🎖🏅🏆🏅🏆🏅🎇🎆🎇🎆🎀🎉🎊
I now love Jon Taffer even more, he may get angry and pissed off but he's got a good heart and I hope he lives for eternity on this earth. Love this guy a lot now
I was a bartender and waitress for 8 years and I have no clue how these people function while drinking. I never took a shot on shift. The closest thing I came to drinking at work was when we had an after hours Christmas gift exchange and I was given a bottle of very nice Sake. I didnt touch it until I got home. That job is non stop movement and you really have to be on your toes. You have to deal with so much stuff. Food orders, crazy drink combos, beer buckets... I mean you name it. We used to serve homemade dumplings that were so good but took about 30 minutes since they were made from scratch. It was worth the wait but we also had people call in and place an order for them to be ready when they showed up. So between the bar, the food, the lines, the pre-orders and everything else in-between, there was NO WAY I was taking drinks. Side note drinking always just makes me sleepy. I don't get the energy some people seem to get from it. Drinking just makes me want to nap.
I'm not an animal rights activist at all (though I believe all animals do have rights) but I found the goldfish racing INCREDIBLY distasteful! My goodness! Absolutely hideous.
I know a thing or two about fish and it's just awful! Goldfish of that kind can live up to 15 years, and they're likely killing them in days. The stress is just awful on them, not to mention the unconditioned water that burns their sensitive gill systems. So glad they got rid of it.
I like that Jon brings up issues like animals rights (let’s be honest, many business owners won’t think twice about a fish) and womens comfortability/safety in other episodes. I NEVER understand these bartenders- your in a dying bar and a table orders 10 green teas off the bat? They’d make more off that one table then they probably have on previous shifts 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I don't understand expecting food at a restaurant or bar in 30 minutes -- especially for that large of a crowd. If I go out to eat before a show (or more likely a minor league hockey game) I always showed up at the restaurant at least two hours early. Thirty minutes is ridiculously short to expect good food to come out of the kitchen. One of my uncles owned a pizzeria years ago, he couldn't get a large pizza out of the kitchen in 30 minutes and do it right. It can be done but to get it right it takes at least 45 minutes. He had a Greek partner so they also had gyros and other Greek sandwiches that could get out of the kitchen in 10-15 minutes but the pizzas took longer. However, most people aren't looking for a quick sandwich if they are out before or after a show.
@@mharris5047 Excuses me, what ? A pizza taking 30-45 minutes ? What did your uncle do with that pizza for 30-45 minutes ? I have a pizza chain in my country that bake pizzas with dough, sauce and toppings of your choosing and the time it takes for them to prepare them is around 12 minutes from picking out the dough, to ordering the last topping to getting the pizza freshly baked, all in front of you. And they're one of the best thin crust pizzas you can get around, miles better than Domino's or other popular pizza places we have around. 30 minutes for a pizza to "get it right" ? That's ridiculous, man!
Those goldfish looked pretty small (aka young) and based on the fact they apparently do this often, I'd say ... the goldfish are suffering for this. It kind of reminds me of those old carnivals where you could win slider turtles / goldfish, I don't think I know anyone who actually kept one alive. Not because they were bad people, but because they were given a living creature as a prize / for momentary entertainment value without realizing goldfish and turtles are supposed to live up to thirty years. Unfortunately the law currently doesn't see this kind of thing as animal abuse but just judging on the faces of the people in the bar, you can tell they feel bad for the fish. Gotta make it really scummy to make a bunch of people feel bad for a fish. Lol. I raise bettas and shrimp and seeing people treat fish like this makes me extremely upset, a lot of people don't realize how smart and long-living fish are.
These films are totally FASCINATING. I never heard of Jon until I saw something with another great man - Robert Irvine. I adore Robert & Gordon Ramsay & have seen 90% of all they have done regarding fixups. Now I'm onto Jon & his work is different but equally interesting. There's all kinds of learning here. And the bravery of these guys is astounding, I think Jon is the most aggressive. I love it when he walks into a place & people are paralyzed with fear. I'm not sure, do they always know who he is or is it just his appearance & vibes? I mean his vibes are like an elephant walking into a room & everyone stands still. He emanates 'this is serious & I have no fear. You will pay attention' lol. Some of it is hilarious even though the mistakes owners are making are terrible & destroying their own lives.
gotta say the mike bowling bar episode made me cry. thanks you john for being so great. seeing the anger came from being exhausted of trying to keep his head above water.
What I love is how Jon Taffer gets so fired up he has to get in to stop people being Food Poisoned Yet when he leaves his car he just walks so casually into the premise
Cant imagine him visiting a bar in NT Australia😂😂🤦♀️ I think the cane toad races, nothing but beer and nudie girls flicking their bean in a bar would give him a heart attack 😂
From failing bars that will fail to bars that are renovated and become successful at the end of the day. Welcome to the life of Bar Rescue, everyone! : )
"the science of food at a bowling center..." he says like a real life definite human person. Dude wants to complain about greasy food at a bowling alley??
The food they are spitting out halfway through the video looks waaaay better than what they serve in my hometown. Lol. We have 3 bars and not even a stop light.
That second bar is my element. I’m a bartender at an airport bar. Speed and efficiency is the name of the game. You gotta serve a lot of people and very fast because people have flights. Occasionally on delayed flight days you’ll have people hang out but generally check times average 20 minutes at the high and 2 minutes at the low.
I used to do that bowling technician job, as well as the bowling attendant, and cook position as well. It’s actually quite a fun job. Depending on who you work with.
to be fair if i was a bartender at the last bar before the transformation i would also have an attitude if i had to walk back and forth all the time just to cook peoples food. Cause i know i’m not getting paid for it i’m getting paid for being at the bar
I had to scroll down way too far for this comment. 10 people would NEVER get served and be able to eat in 30 mins. You could barley do that at a fast food restaurant let alone a bar while getting drinks. That was a joke lol
i love fish and they are extremely sensitive creatures that can live a very long time and recognize, and reciprocate affection. i would be beyond disgusted seeing the fish racing, id finish off my tab and leave, but id be letting the owner know how gross it is before i left
John is great. Now we need a guy like him that does dive bars. No need for traditional coctails, but shot and beer joints that need to be "cleaned up".
Now all we need is a 30-minute compilation of John getting out of his car
Expectation:🐆
Reality: 🐌
Number 1: RACOON SHIT!
Number 2: “I’m rescuing my wife!!!”
Number 3: "Chef's not wearing any gloves!"
That would be EPIC! 😆
When Jon gave Mike that check, my allergies kinda kicked in. 🥺 Awesome.
Someone started cutting onions around me
no but why did that trigger my allergies fr
Me too! I need to go see if he's been successful since the rescue
When Jon went into that fish racing bar and started grabbing the living fish, then throwing them to the floor and stepping on them, I died 🤣🤣😭. I guess the fish did too 🤭🤭💀
Damn, I got dust in my eyes
Imagine you're about to walk into a place and you see Jon Taffer exit a vehicle and walk briskly towards the entrance
I go "nope" but only go in to watch Jon go off on the owner
@@lunab8775 I’d definitely do that 😂 video and all!
The image this gave me made me laugh so much
I'm following him in just for the drama
something RUclips-ready finna happen
When John gave Mike the money at the end, I legit cried. You could tell that it took every bit of weight off Mike's shoulders and that his true HAPPIER self finally emerged.
He was angry at the world because he was in debt and saw no way out. No light at the end of that black tunnel. But with the help of John Taffer, that man got his sanity, peace and happiness back. 🙏
Truly amazing 🙌❤
Sadly he still ended up closing according to Yelp and I can’t find anything of an internet presence other then the permanently closed Yelp page
@@DreamyNightz because of covid19 shutdown
@@hienchiolivas2032 no, they closed in 2017 before covid.
He was in debt for 1 million dollars and losing 15 000 dollars every month so giving him 10 000 and changing the looks of the interior won´t help that much.
@@SFN999 It likely kept him going for another two months. LOL.
The goldfish racing looks more like something you'd find at a grade school fundraiser.
At least if it were glass aquariums lit from below- this is just tacky
There's a bar I go to in Brooklyn that does turtle races and they're a lot of fun
@@annacostello5181 Hey, makes it more attractive
Exactly, it's not problematic like Jon said, but sounds like something stoners do to amuse themselves when they're high not exactly a bar novelty
To me It was stupid and I would also say animal cruelty too because they were spraying water at the fish in order to make them move towards the finish line. Even though they are fish they are living and breathing creatures who didn’t deserve that.
Jon hugging these bar owners is the most necessarily wholesome thing I've seen all day
Jon is such a great guy! He literally gave him the $10,000 cash so that guy wouldn’t lose his bar. Much respect ✊.
He lost the bar in 2017
It's scripted bullshit he didn't actually give him 10k lmao
@@chrish4439 you're a fool. u really think he'd do a $40k renovation on a building but not give somebody $10k😂
you realize he becomes a partner of these bars,
@@ZonalJump97 many of these bars still close because they lousy bar is just an extension of lousy people being lousy managers and owners.
That fish tank is beautiful! Denny's Pet World is where I get all my fish stuff. They are locally owned with very knowledgeable staff and have great selection. When I heard that's where John got the fish I was so happy they didn't go to a big chain pet store, the big chain stores usually don't have reliably healthy fish/amphibians and the staff usually spouts outdated or just wrong care tips.
It was, sadly it closed in 2017.
I would’ve love to seen a gorgeous dragon stone aquascape
@@stanclark8824 Denny's pet world? I buy my fish there now! It's in Kirkland, maybe the location you know closed. Unless you meant the bar is closed
@@madisongilbert2616 Oh, i have not been in forever, but i meant the bar is closed. im glad dennys pet world is still open though.
@@Viscid149 Gordon Ramsey is in this kitchen looking at this cooked pizza 🍕 with filth from the oven and it’s very disgusting 🤮 and the oven is never been cleaned and it’s completely crossed contaminated and Gordon Ramsey is very disappointed 😔 with those two girls 👧 with a nasty 🤮 attitude and don’t wanna help do nothing and that’s very disrespectful. Now John Taffer and his experts and his crew is gonna fired those two girls 👧 with a nasty 🤮 attitude right in front of Gordon Ramsey and throw those two girls out the door 🚪 and get shut down for not showing good work manners in this bar restaurant business 👩💼!.
I've been watching these Bar Rescue videos for almost 3 years and the roller rink and goldfish races are by far the strangest things I've ever seen on the show.
I'm surprised the lady with the pasta wrestling wasn't on here. AJ.
@@tantheman0921 lmao. I know right? 🤣
What about that torture fetish bar?
@@IgnoredAdviceProductions Seen it. Yeah that was pretty odd, too.
Oh REALLY?!!
Underrated part of this is Jon saying "gimme five" to Phil while holding out a closed fist lmao
I used to go to that bowling alley as a kid then when I was old enough, leagues and visits to the bar as an adult. Their food is absolutely amazing!!!!!! Makes me sad they closed permanently. Mike actually changed the name back and then was bought out by a partner.
That’s sad to here. Is the new owner good?
@@crazy_koneko_chan it’s permanently shut down now
Ignoring the animal rights issues for a moment, I just don’t understand WHY they were racing goldfish. Like, what would make anyone think that was a fun bar activity?! It strikes me as the kind of thing that would only make sense after smoking a LOT of pot too.
Man I haven't smoked in a hot minute and my dumb pothead brain was still like.....goldfish racing......cool.......
@@boojersey13 🤣🤣🤣🤣I mean goldfish racing at the bar, the way they have it set up here. The customers can’t even see the fishies race from where they’re sitting, at all.
@@boojersey13 honestly, I kept thinking, “I’ve seen goldfish ‘play basketball’ before..now THAT would be cool”. But I know it would actually be stupid and mean to the goldfish. (Also, the part of me that thinks it would be cool is the part of me that’s been thoroughly enjoying Canada’s legalization of pot since the pandemic started 🤣🤣🤣)
I smoke a lot .. daily . And that’s not something I’d find fun . And I find weird shit fun lol
@Asherah that’s jackass level stuff lol
Johns' design team are amazing. That first bar looks insane compared to what it was and it goes so well with the bowling theme
It closed.
@@mattinthehat1613 aww damn
@@BeanLuvsLeon 😭
“the food is mis-targeted”
filming crew: *shows bowling ball missing pins*
they knew what they were doing 🤣
Jon says that greasy food is bad for bowling. How about washing your hands after you use them to eat with? The balls are used by a lot of people. Either someone uses their own ball or the place's ball, it's gonna get oil on it. So wash your hands before and after eating while bowling. Though if the people are at the bar eating, they only have to worry about washing their hands before eating and after they're done eating. Not having to worry about washing before eating, and before bowling. Be sanitary. Pizza is greasy and wings are messy, but those are usually on a bowling alley's/center's menu. Nachos are on a lot of them as well. Those are a staple at bowling alleys/centers. Especially pizza. Messy finger food.
They wash the balls, obviously. But you’re right, in a perfect world, people will wash their hands before handing bowling balls and wash their hands after handing a bowling ball… but that doesn’t happen.
My dad was a league bowler and when I was a kid I would go with him and hang in the arcade area but the times he would let me bowl with him he always said don't eat with your bowling hand!
i wouldn’t even dreaaaaam of doing something like that, im too particular about what’s on my hands. i felt this paragraph out of every comment lol
Was just going to like this, but alas I have been forced to comment to preserve the utterly poetic 66 likes...
I used to bowl on occasion. I always had a drink in my hand when I wasn't actively up to bowl (the local bowling alley has a liquor license and this was perfectly OK there). I haven't went since I quit drinking alcohol, though -- maybe that is telling enough right there.
Once the title of questionable activities came up, goldfish racing was up there. That and the owner hustling people playing pool.
The goldfish racing was the first thing that came to my head. When those girls were wrestling in a pool of pasta.
jon is really hard putting at first but once you get past it, you realize it’s all tough love and hustle for your best interest. a true gentlemen
Finally a few bar rescue scenes i haven't saw 100 times!
*seen*
@@telephotousa doesnt matter that much
Aww. When he gave the check and tucked it into his jacket, it was touching.
These are good, humble people.
That first clip made me cry. The fact that John remodeled all of the bar and front, and then helped pay for the expenses really hit me hard. I really hope that that bowling alley is still going strong and that the family that runs it stays on their feet.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but covid kill the establishment.
Kinda awkward to say "do you know what Jesse has done for the community?" immediately after showing someone drunk and slamming into the floor on skates in his bar.
To be honest...I have worked for years in small town restaurants, but even the best employees get fed up with being ignored (for their thoughts, even when they spend their lives in restaurants) or for their time
Its sad that the worst employees in the show probably had promise and ambition at some point, shitty ownership and management will kill your drive
Yea, I used to love working at my job Cava, but now I don’t give a shit
Both of the female bartenders at the great 66 seem to have really good customer service smiles, they walked up to the customers and they had smiles on their faces, they were friendly, and they weren't dour at any point they were just upbeat and tried to get suggestions or ask questions...they were good.
Everyone paying attention to the bars
I’m here hoping Jon’s cat is ok
He has a cat?
@@rosethefirechieftess1683 he made a joke that food he got "looked like something his cat puked up on the floor this morning". I'm guessing it was just a joke and he didn't really have a cat, but I dunno 🤷🏼♀️
Oh…..got my hopes up for a second. I do love his doggos tho
it looks like a hairball so i mean if he does have a cat it has long hair
I love seeing everyone appreciate johns work it’s a nice change
I like how they incorporated fishes into Ynot/The Forbidden Pub's new interior design.
I respect John. He’s truly a honest man
That group of 10 with a 30 min time limit is very easy to resolve. When she takes the drink order for shots, they say they're in a hurry, so what you do is say "Oh ok, in that case do you want me to take your food order now" Tell the bar you need those 10 shots, then put the order in the kitchen, so when you get back to the bar they're already working on the drinks and the food is being made before they even get their first drinks
she could also maybe suggest some food that cooks quickly, maybe like a large app or something.
@@reenie1574 Yep, good server should know the quicker food items
17:13 They’re still doing fish a disservice! MULTIPLE Koi Fish in a tank that looks to be 55 gallons! That tank size is wayyyy too small for a bunch of Koi and Goldfish. Especially with all the decorations sucking up a lot of the room to move.
That water is cloudy too, ugh. Notice the bottle of Seachem Clarity too - that’s not gonna help the root cause: bacteria bloom / high nitrates / high phosphates from that tank being hella overstocked.
Am I buggin? Anybody else agree?
Fish Rescue
The goldfish racing reminded me of the World's Dumbest Inventions where they had the goldfish sports gear and you could train your fish to dunk a little basketball.
I really love how Jon always points out that the bartenders SHOULD love people who order a ton of drinks.
I remember going to a small town bar with a few lady friends of mine from work a few years back and having a similar thought. There were 6 of us, we were all in our 20s and ready to spend lots of money. We started looking up different fancy cocktails, excited to be out and try new drinks we wouldn’t make at home. But the bartender was annoyed, rolling her eyes when we ordered 6 exotic shots and cocktails. I was like “oh I’m sorry, you have a table full of young customers (there was 1 guy other than me and the other 4 were good looking women, exactly the kind of customer you should want) wanting to spend lots of money and you’re visibly irritated that they want to stay and order a bunch of drinks? What’s wrong with you?”
I’m just glad that someone else is pointing out that this is NOT the attitude to have in that circumstance lol.
Because the bartenders at bars like that usually don’t care. They’re happy to have the slow pace easy work of a regular crowd otherwise they’d be working at a busy bar in a bigger city. And if the bar itself flops what do they care? There’s a shit load of jobs they can move on to so they’re happy to be lazy. It’s the owner who wants to get the crowd who orders a ton of shit because it matters to them. To a lazy bartender they’ve already accepted not making a lot of money otherwise they’d have left to go somewhere else. So not appreciating what should be a good thing shouldn’t be a surprise because killers don’t stick around in places like that. That’s an issue this show doesn’t always focus on in the sense that the chances that these people who’ve spent time at these places changing is low because they fact they’ve never left says a lot about the lack of drive or desire to hustle for them.
@@Matt-cr4vv That’s just the thing though, you don’t need to be a killer to appreciate money. Would you rather go home with 40 bucks in tips or 300? Tipping is such a massive part of the income of bartenders, it isn’t like working at McDonald’s where if someone comes through and orders 50 double cheeseburgers it’s just a pain in the ass because you’d make the same either way.
A bartender getting upset at people who want to spend money is like getting mad at your boss offering you a raise.
I love his smile whenever he redo these bars. It prolly makes him feel great, truly amazing work. Just don't get anyone sick
Glad that derby bar is still open and doing well. Not far from my city.
I believe jon taffer is the hero of the bar rescue show and jon taffer does his job to avoid food poisoning for his people so they wont get intoxicated by bugs and contamination that's why jon taffer is the genius of his rescues
The roller skate on was hilarious 🤣 they give her liquor then put 8 wheels on her
"We don't want to play anymore." "Ok. Why??" Cause it's fucking ridiculous!! You're racing fish!! XD
I like how they tried to blur out the the can even though we know that it’s Red Bull
I drink red bull I drink it every spring and summer and autumn but not winter it just makes me anxious when it's cold bc it gives me fight flight response by time to time after my energy levels increases by caffeine
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What Jon did for the bowling alley man brought tears to my eyes. He gave him back his life & Blessed his family & everyone around him. Wow. He did all that & on top of it gave him 10k to meet his payroll, etc. Wow.✳❇🔱⚜✅✅✅🛐✝🎭♣🎖🎖🎖🏅🏆🏅🏆🏅🎇🎆🎇🎆🎀🎉🎊
Absolutely love that Forbidden remodel. That was legit AF. I hope they succeed.
9:08 Jon fist pumping and cheering to a goldfish race is probably my new favourite thing ever
I now love Jon Taffer even more, he may get angry and pissed off but he's got a good heart and I hope he lives for eternity on this earth. Love this guy a lot now
7:07 the most wholesome moment in bar rescue history
That pizza looks like a fucking lunchable 😂😂😂
I'm not crying you are 😭😭😭 the way his voice cracked when he said "I'm worried about you making payroll " I felt that hug 😢
I was a bartender and waitress for 8 years and I have no clue how these people function while drinking. I never took a shot on shift. The closest thing I came to drinking at work was when we had an after hours Christmas gift exchange and I was given a bottle of very nice Sake. I didnt touch it until I got home.
That job is non stop movement and you really have to be on your toes. You have to deal with so much stuff. Food orders, crazy drink combos, beer buckets... I mean you name it. We used to serve homemade dumplings that were so good but took about 30 minutes since they were made from scratch. It was worth the wait but we also had people call in and place an order for them to be ready when they showed up. So between the bar, the food, the lines, the pre-orders and everything else in-between, there was NO WAY I was taking drinks.
Side note drinking always just makes me sleepy. I don't get the energy some people seem to get from it. Drinking just makes me want to nap.
Oh wow, this is good info because how do they drink and do these orders?!?
This is why I like Taffer. Its cause he can be an intense person but it is because he cares.
nah Jon brought out the 10K and I teared up. Mike's face was absolutely priceless.. beautiful moment.
The best part is when John slightly whispers to the chef “I’m sorry” when he took a bite of the burger
John just casually mentioned that the bowling alley employee got in a car accident lmao
There’s a skate rink by me where they serve alcohol certain nights, you have to sign a waiver. It’s actually fun af. Watch yourself.
Waiting for the compilation of John saying “ IM SHUTTING THIS DOWN!”
JON is INSANE. it is like he snaps his fingers and turns any bar into a miracle.
And then most bankrupt due to poor standards, still.
It's scripted lmao
Bowling alley Mike has been in other Bar Rescue videos with Jon.
I'm not an animal rights activist at all (though I believe all animals do have rights) but I found the goldfish racing INCREDIBLY distasteful! My goodness! Absolutely hideous.
I just found it to be very low stakes
Yeah... I mean just getting the harnesses all hitched is major hassle and good luck finding a decent chariot these days.
@@jimnasium452 And then you have to find a decent krill jockey too. I specify krill cause the fast ones out race whales. Kappa
@@a_atrax726 Krill jockeys! Grrr! Don't even get me started about those petulant fucks!
I know a thing or two about fish and it's just awful! Goldfish of that kind can live up to 15 years, and they're likely killing them in days. The stress is just awful on them, not to mention the unconditioned water that burns their sensitive gill systems. So glad they got rid of it.
Not the editing team showing a bad bowl when Jon says “they’re missing the target” xD
When Mike and Jon hugged I cried 😭 ngl
I like that Jon brings up issues like animals rights (let’s be honest, many business owners won’t think twice about a fish) and womens comfortability/safety in other episodes.
I NEVER understand these bartenders- your in a dying bar and a table orders 10 green teas off the bat? They’d make more off that one table then they probably have on previous shifts 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I don't understand expecting food at a restaurant or bar in 30 minutes -- especially for that large of a crowd. If I go out to eat before a show (or more likely a minor league hockey game) I always showed up at the restaurant at least two hours early. Thirty minutes is ridiculously short to expect good food to come out of the kitchen. One of my uncles owned a pizzeria years ago, he couldn't get a large pizza out of the kitchen in 30 minutes and do it right. It can be done but to get it right it takes at least 45 minutes. He had a Greek partner so they also had gyros and other Greek sandwiches that could get out of the kitchen in 10-15 minutes but the pizzas took longer. However, most people aren't looking for a quick sandwich if they are out before or after a show.
@@mharris5047 Excuses me, what ? A pizza taking 30-45 minutes ?
What did your uncle do with that pizza for 30-45 minutes ? I have a pizza chain in my country that bake pizzas with dough, sauce and toppings of your choosing and the time it takes for them to prepare them is around 12 minutes from picking out the dough, to ordering the last topping to getting the pizza freshly baked, all in front of you. And they're one of the best thin crust pizzas you can get around, miles better than Domino's or other popular pizza places we have around.
30 minutes for a pizza to "get it right" ? That's ridiculous, man!
Those goldfish looked pretty small (aka young) and based on the fact they apparently do this often, I'd say ... the goldfish are suffering for this. It kind of reminds me of those old carnivals where you could win slider turtles / goldfish, I don't think I know anyone who actually kept one alive. Not because they were bad people, but because they were given a living creature as a prize / for momentary entertainment value without realizing goldfish and turtles are supposed to live up to thirty years.
Unfortunately the law currently doesn't see this kind of thing as animal abuse but just judging on the faces of the people in the bar, you can tell they feel bad for the fish. Gotta make it really scummy to make a bunch of people feel bad for a fish. Lol. I raise bettas and shrimp and seeing people treat fish like this makes me extremely upset, a lot of people don't realize how smart and long-living fish are.
@@mharris5047waiting 45 minutes for a pizza is crazy.
These films are totally FASCINATING. I never heard of Jon until I saw something with another great man - Robert Irvine. I adore Robert & Gordon Ramsay & have seen 90% of all they have done regarding fixups. Now I'm onto Jon & his work is different but equally interesting. There's all kinds of learning here. And the bravery of these guys is astounding, I think Jon is the most aggressive. I love it when he walks into a place & people are paralyzed with fear. I'm not sure, do they always know who he is or is it just his appearance & vibes? I mean his vibes are like an elephant walking into a room & everyone stands still. He emanates 'this is serious & I have no fear. You will pay attention' lol. Some of it is hilarious even though the mistakes owners are making are terrible & destroying their own lives.
At least Taffer gives a damn even if his delivery isn't professional. Gordon Ramsay is just an (expletive).
gotta say the mike bowling bar episode made me cry. thanks you john for being so great. seeing the anger came from being exhausted of trying to keep his head above water.
As a small business owner, it makes me so happy to these businesses being fixed. I hope some of these people can maintain the success.
I want a compilation of Jon throwing food and drinks. 👏🤣
What I love is how Jon Taffer gets so fired up he has to get in to stop people being Food Poisoned
Yet when he leaves his car he just walks so casually into the premise
Lmaoooo “ I listened but didn’t listen “😂😂😂
I love how the louder he yells the more he sounds like Gilbert Gottfried
Cant imagine him visiting a bar in NT Australia😂😂🤦♀️ I think the cane toad races, nothing but beer and nudie girls flicking their bean in a bar would give him a heart attack 😂
1:08 That double check from that first guy sold this.
This is always been my favorite show lol 😂 I luv how John yells at everyone and throws everything lmao 😂
Dude Jon is such a great guy
lost it at the nacho part lmaoooo
Fairways should be an honorable mention. Golf in a bar also questionable
I mean top golf is doing pretty damn well .. it’s all about execution of the theme you’re trying to go for
@@harrismatthew5553 Unless the secret is to grow mushrooms in the walk in
That episode was crazy
@@harrismatthew5553 Holey Moley as well, even got a TV show out of that one. As you said, its how you deliver the concept.
This show needs to come back
From failing bars that will fail to bars that are renovated and become successful at the end of the day. Welcome to the life of Bar Rescue, everyone! : )
Yep, and then go straight to bankrupt since they still don’t understand what to do/hit with a business genocide caused by a pandemic.
@@motodog242 COVID-19 pandemic. Very true, my man! : )
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❤😢 Jon handing over the 10 grand to mike has got me balling like a baby over here! I thought I clicked Bar Rescue not ‘What would you do!’ 😭😭😭
I was shocked about the animal abuse in some bars. These goldfish, that horse in the bar etc....
John is such a good dude
We need a 10 minute compilation of John yelling continuously.
"the science of food at a bowling center..." he says like a real life definite human person.
Dude wants to complain about greasy food at a bowling alley??
I like when it happens to good people that are deserving and accepting.
The food they are spitting out halfway through the video looks waaaay better than what they serve in my hometown. Lol. We have 3 bars and not even a stop light.
That second bar is my element. I’m a bartender at an airport bar. Speed and efficiency is the name of the game. You gotta serve a lot of people and very fast because people have flights. Occasionally on delayed flight days you’ll have people hang out but generally check times average 20 minutes at the high and 2 minutes at the low.
2:48 did someone just fart LOL
that laugh 6:42😂
4:33 Jon's the most passionate about what he does.
Taffer is like.....wtf people drinking and skating? Are you fkn kidding me? Shut it down.....taffer reopening the bar, drink and skate!!!!
When you know how Mike acted at the beginning, the way Jon took care of him at the end hits the feels even harder.
That dude in the car with him for the first one looks like a counterfeit russel brand lmao
I used to do that bowling technician job, as well as the bowling attendant, and cook position as well. It’s actually quite a fun job. Depending on who you work with.
the girl dropping the cup at 0:56 is sending me 💀💀💀
*"W U U H H"*
to be fair if i was a bartender at the last bar before the transformation i would also have an attitude if i had to walk back and forth all the time just to cook peoples food. Cause i know i’m not getting paid for it i’m getting paid for being at the bar
He gives me mafia vibes 😂
Who goes out to eat only 30 minutes before a show?
That was my thought. Thirty minutes is not enough time to sit down and enjoy a meal
Plus they ordered after like 20 minutes so to get 10 plates of food and eat it in 10 minutes? Yeah, okay
Not me! I usually go an hour or two before.
I had to scroll down way too far for this comment. 10 people would NEVER get served and be able to eat in 30 mins. You could barley do that at a fast food restaurant let alone a bar while getting drinks. That was a joke lol
i love fish and they are extremely sensitive creatures that can live a very long time and recognize, and reciprocate affection. i would be beyond disgusted seeing the fish racing, id finish off my tab and leave, but id be letting the owner know how gross it is before i left
25:12 all they added was a red carpet and some flowers outfront and a tarp😂😂😂
I'm happy for that goldfish. A winner indeed.
Jon: I built this, I built that
Crew: 😢
12:45 -
Jon: WHO CARES ABOUT THE F***ING FISH!
You say it, Jon! : )
bar rescue is an amazing show
7:08...
I cried...😢
John is great. Now we need a guy like him that does dive bars. No need for traditional coctails, but shot and beer joints that need to be "cleaned up".
Funny when he messing with the nachos that dude at the bar just no shame staring lmao