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Bar Rescue
Season 2
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promotional poster for Season 2
No. of episodes10
Release
Original network Spike
Original releaseJuly 29 (2012-07-29) –
September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)
Season chronology
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Season 1
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Season 3
List of episodes

The second season of the American reality show Bar Rescue premiered on July 29 to September 30, 2012, on Spike, consisting of a total of 10 episodes. The series stars renown nightlife consultant Jon Taffer who offers his professional expertise plus renovations and equipment to desperately failing bars in order to save them from closing.

Experts

Culinary

Mixology

Other special experts

Production

On September 14, 2011, Spike renewed Bar Rescue for a second season for Summer 2012. [1]

Season 2 is best known for the season premiere where Jon attempted to rescue the train wreck that was a pirate themed bar called Piratz Tavern. The bar quickly undid all of Taffer's drastic changes shortly after their episode was filmed. The unsuccessful pirate-themed bar was rebranded Corporate Bar and Grill by Taffer but the change was short-lived, as the bar was again going with the pirate theme by the time the episode aired. The owner even released a YouTube video of the new "Corporate" sign created by Taffer's team being burned and shot at in effigy called Piratz Revenge which was heavily disliked by YouTube viewers and currently has only a positive rating of 4%. "If you had a pirate concept that had failed for five years and had a new concept, would you go back to the concept that failed for five years or try something new? ("We like pirates", they said) It defies logic that someone would go back to a (failed) concept just because they don't like the new name", said Taffer of their decision ("We still like pirates", they commented). [2] The owners blamed the "negative publicity" on the show. Piratz was revisited as part of the Back to the Bar episode, where Taffer graded the bar an "epic fail"; the owner wanted to seek a second rescue. Within a week of the episode's airing, however, Piratz decided to close its doors for good. The owners resurfaced in season four where Jon brought them and their daughter in to do recon for Freaki Tiki. In addition, they confirmed to him in another Back to the Bar episode that they are opening up a new bar in Florida called Bar Refuge.

Rock band Halestorm made an appearance during the grand opening of the now defunct Fairfield bar America Live (formerly known as Win, Place or Show).

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleBar nameLocationOriginal air dateProd.
code  [3] 		Viewers
(millions)
111"Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb"Piratz Tavern Silver Spring, Maryland July 29, 2012 (2012-07-29)2031.20 [4]

Tracy lives out the ultimate Peter Pan dream by running a pirate-themed bar. Jon sends in his wife, Nicole, to do recon, but she is met with a rather mild atmosphere and is served unusually politely. Nicole pulls out of the recon believing that the staff know who she is. Jon sends in his backup recon team dressed as pirates. They enter to find the bar deserted. After some time, they are served frozen half-cooked food and a horrendous "Grog" beverage. Jon confronts Tracy, who is unashamed of her establishment despite being $900,000 in debt and living in her parents' basement with her husband and 17-year-old daughter. The staff are also problematic, with the chef and husband Juciano having no training and the bar staff unwilling to change from their pirate ways. Juciano swore he could cook. Taffer blasted him off into the next millennium and said "Your food is something awful Bro!" Recognizing that the bar has a practically non-existent market in Silver Spring, Jon remodels the bar into a corporate-themed bar and grill to capitalize on the nearby business district and lunch traffic. During the seemingly successful re-opening, Tracy and the staff began dressing and acting like pirates, scaring their customers out of the bar;she reverts to the pirate name and theme only a few days after the re-launch of the new bar. As of that bar rescue, Tracy and Juiciano are still acting like pirates. [5]

Note: For the recon in this episode, Jon brought in the owners of The Chicken Bone, featured in the seventh episode of Season 1. This is the first bar to change back to its old name and theme. During the Back to the Bar episode, the bar is shown to be failing badly and requests a re-rescue. However, Jon is not sure he is willing to do it due to the disrespect the owners showed him but will consider it for the sake of their daughter.

New Name: Corporate Bar & Grill [Note 1] [Note 2]
122"Tiki Curse"The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar Fort Lauderdale, Florida July 29, 2012 (2012-07-29)2071.19 [4]

Frank owns one of several bars still allowed to operate directly on the attractive Florida beach. However, he has allowed his bar to fall into serious disrepair, the food and service are well below standard. Furthermore, he has become very lax with his staff, playing favorites and overlooking poor performance and punctuality, including allowing his bartenders to arrive four hours late or even not turning up at all. Taffer convinces Frank to fire his lazy staff, helps develop a tropical theme to the bar menu, and remodels the bar to repair years worth of neglect.

New Name: Bamboo Beach Club & Tiki Bar (modernized version of old name)
133"Murphy's Mess"J.A. Murphy's Fell's Point, Maryland August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05)2041.17 [6]

Jon goes to Baltimore to help two frat brother owners who don't know how to properly run a bar, including one whose arrogant and abrasive attitude has cost them key staff members.

Note: This is the second bar to not have either a stress test or a soft opening; the bar was structurally unsound.

New Name: Murphy's Law (modernized version of old name) [Note 2]
144"Mystique or Murder?"Mystique Lounge West Palm Beach, Florida August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)2081.04 [7]

Jon helps two club promoters who took over a once popular bar whose reputation is badly tarnished by not just a murder that took place a few years back, but also poor management, declining conditions, and a promoter who brings the wrong people.

New Name: Aura Nightclub [Note 2]
155"Bottomless Pit"The Olive Pit Orange, California August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)2011.19 [8]

When the owner's drinking and behavior toward women threatens to shut down a long-running dive bar, Jon must get his daughter to step up and take over.

New Name: The O.P (modernized version of old name)
166"Broke Black Sheep"The Black Sheep Cheviot, Ohio August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26)2051.45 [9]

Jon has a long list to complete at Cheviot when he helps a bar owner who is too busy with his jobs to keep his Irish-German pub in check and has over $800,000 in loans that his family doesn't know about.

New Name: The Public House
177"Weber's of Lies"Weber's Place Reseda, California September 9, 2012 (2012-09-09)2091.32 [10]

Jon's attempts to refurbish a former strip-club-turned-bar in California are complicated by an untrained staff, a head bartender who steals from the till, and a kitchen serving dangerously undercooked food.

Note: This episode was dedicated to Yvette Taffer (1924-2012), Jon Taffer's mother.

New Name: Weber's Rum Bar & Grill (modernized version of old name) [Note 1] [Note 2]
188"Owner Ousted"Win, Place or Show Fairfield, Ohio September 16, 2012 (2012-09-16)2061.29 [11]

A former Navy man who can't run his bar properly and lets his partner/musician run wild has Jon doing a serious tactic in an attempt to save the owner's bar.

New Name: America Live Bar & BBQ [Note 2]
199"On the Rocks"Rocks Laguna Niguel, California September 23, 2012 (2012-09-23)2021.33 [12]

Jon has some major hurdles to get over to rebuild a once popular bar, which fell from grace due to a recent change in laws, but has fierce resistance with regular customers who scare away women.

New Name: Power Plant [Note 1] [Note 2]
2010"Bikini Bust"ExtremesOrange, CaliforniaSeptember 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)2101.23 [13]

The owner's early success with the sports bar goes to his head and causes him to get drunk and disillusioned. The bartenders are required to work in tasteless bikinis, which fail to attract a crowd, and the staff are strongly divided between the senior and new bartenders fighting over tips. The bar also has significant hygiene problems. Taffer addresses the concerns the staff have over the owner's lack of interest, rebrands the bar as "Second Base" as a reference to its past, and provides baseball-inspired uniforms for the bar girls to replace their bikinis.

Note: For the recon in this episode, Jon brought in the owner and general manager of Angel's Sports Bar (re-branded as Racks Billiards & Bourbon), featured in the series premiere. Extremes also appeared in season 4 and was originally going to be the first re-rescue but instead became Jon's second ever walkout when owner Terry refused to reinvest in his bar which caused the failure after the first rescue.

New Name: Second Base

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 This bar reverted to its original name following the rescue.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 This bar has closed.

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References

  1. ↑ "Picks Up "Bar Rescue" for a Second Round". SPIKE. September 14, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ Wetherbee, Brandon (July 30, 2012). "'Bar Rescue' Host Jon Taffer On Piratz Tavern Revolt: 'It Defies Logic'". The Huffington Post . Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "Bar Rescue"]". United States Copyright Office.
  4. 1 2 Sarah Bibel (July 31, 2012). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'Breaking Bad', 'The Newsroom', 'Political Animals', 'Longmire' & More". TVbytheNumbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  5. ↑ Pirates for life
  6. ↑ Sarah Bibel (August 7, 2012). "Sunday Cable Ratings:'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'Falling Skies', 'Breaking Bad', 'Army Wives', 'Leverage'& More". TVbytheNumbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on August 10, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
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