History TearJerker / BarRescue

* Liz quitting KC's Bar & Grill. Here's a girl who was a good manager and have every potential to be a good owner, but due to the guy she bought it from turning it to his own party house in his retirement and not filing the paperwork correctly, it was putting her into financial ruin. When the owner refuses to recompense, she rightfully decides her best choice is to leave and find her dream elsewhere. While Taffer agrees that it was the right decision, it's clear it was not an easy decision for her and she was in tears leaving, as were the other workers who were fond of her.

* Harbor Point Club & Grill, at first glance, seemed like a decent bar in a pretty good location. Jon looks at the camera feeds and doesn't seem to think that the bar is failing. Thinking that the owners, John and Burt, were pulling a fast one on him and his crew, he sends a team member to relay the message that he isn't coming to help their bar. The end result? ''[[CassandraTruth John and Burt both start tearing up and grieving over what will now become of them and the bar, which was actually struggling to be kept running]].'' Taffer finds this [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone very difficult to watch]], so he goes into the bar and gives John and Burt a pep talk to help them get back on their feet.

* Taffer, as well as the employees of the Dugout, finally hit their RageBreakingPoint at the drunken behavior of Eddie, the owner, when he [[TooDumbToLive shows up to the reveal of the refurbished bar totally inebriated]]. They [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere all leave and abandon the relaunch]] after thoroughly ripping into him, telling the waiting crowd outside not to patronize the new bar with [[DisappointedInYou equal measures of disgust and disappointment]]. The end shows Eddie wandering around the newly refurbished-but-empty bar, pouring himself a pint and drinking all alone during what was ''supposed'' to be the grand reopening, quietly despairing to himself as if [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he'd just realized what he'd done, but much too late]].

** What's especially sad is the cases where the bar fails due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner or employees. Several bars ended up losing their liquor license, or having to remove Taffer's new decor and features, due to [[ObstructiveBureaucrat local laws and building codes]].

* O-Face and its questionable practices, particularly the only [[OnlySaneMan two sensible employees]] being treated like shit by the rest of the staff. The manager who attacked a bartender [[UltimateJobSecurity kept her job]] and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming the bartender was fired instead]] [[NeverMyFault because the owners felt she had it coming]]. O-Face's owners likely suffered LaserGuidedKarma, because the town government was so embarrassed by the fiasco O Face's episode became that they declined to renew O Face's liquor licence.

* In "Close But No Cigar," the owner (Rhobb Sr.) reveals that he feels like he sheltered his son (Rhobb Jr.) because he himself never had a male influence in his life. A couple members of the staff are crying as Rhobb Sr. describes how he suppressed the feeling about not having a dad until his son was born, at which point he became a nervous wreck because "I never wanted [Rhobb Jr.] to feel about me the way I felt about my father".

* The story behind Piratz Tavern's financial woes is especially saddening; not so much for the delusional owner of the restaurant, who refused to part with a theme that had alienated her customer base and failed to uphold anything resembling a quality standard, but because her disastrous business sense had forced her entire family to live in the basement of her own parents' house. With her debts ballooning to almost a million dollars, her sixteen-year old daughter would be hard-pressed to afford college, and she was forced to make ends meet by working at the bar which continued to struggle after they destroyed everything Jon had implemented to help them bounce back. [[LaserGuidedKarma Ultimately, Piratz Tavern was forced to close its doors]] as [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome its tacky theme and consistently poor service had finally sunk them.]] (However, they later opened a similarly-themed bar in Florida, where they had moderate success.)

* Harbor Point Club & Grill, to Taffer's eyes, seemed like a decent bar in a pretty good location, but judging by what the camera feed is showing him, he believes that the bar isn't failing, and the owners, John and Burt, were faking him and his crew out. To test them, he sends a team member to relay the message that he isn't coming to help their bar just to see how they would react. The end result? ''John and Burt both start tearing up and grieving over what will now become of them and the bar, which was actually struggling to be kept running.'' Taffer not only finds this very difficult to watch their reactions and hear that they would lose everything (he even started to almost tear up), but he goes into their bar to talk to John and Burt, and give pep talk to help them get back on their feet.

* Harbor Point Club & Grill, to Taffer's eyes, seemed like a decent bar in a pretty good location, but believes that the bar isn't failing, and the owners, John and Burt, were faking him and his crew out. To test them, he sends a team member to relay the message that he isn't coming to help their bat just to see how they would react. The end result? ''John and Burt both start tearing up and grieving over what will now become of them and the bar, which was actually struggling to be kept running.'' Taffer not only finds this very difficult to watch their reactions and hear that they would lose everything (he even started to almost tear up), but he goes into their bar to talk to John and Burt, and give pep talk to help them get back on their feet.

* Harbor Point Club & Grill, to Taffer's eyes, seemed like a decent bar in a pretty good location, but believes that the bar isn't failing, and the owners, John and Burt, were faking him and his crew out. To test them, he sends a team member to relay the message that he isn't coming to help their bat just to see how they would react. The end result? ''John and Burt both start tearing up and grieving over what will now become of them and the bar, which was actually struggling to be kept running.'' Taffer not only finds this very difficult to watch their reactions and hear that they would lose everything (he even started to almost tear up), but he goes into their bar to talk to them, and give pep talk to help John and Burt get back on their feet.

* Harbor Point Club & Grill, to Jon's eyes, seemed like a decent bar in a pretty good location, but believes that the bar isn't failing, and the owners, John and Burt, were faking him and his crew out. To test them, he sends a team member to relay the message that he isn't coming to help their bat just to see how they would react. The end result? ''John and Burt both start tearing up and grieving over what will now become of them and the bar, which was actually struggling to be kept running.'' Jon not only finds this very difficult to watch their reactions and hear that they would lose everything (he even started to almost tear up), but he goes into their bar to talk to them, and give pep talk to help John and Burt get back on their feet.

* Harbor Point Club & Grill, to Jon's eyes, seemed like a decent bar in a pretty good location, but believes that the bar isn't failing, and the owners, John and Burt, were faking him and his crew out. To test them, he sends a team member to relay the message that he isn't coming to help their bat just to see how they would react. The end result? ''John and Burt both start tearing up and grieving over what will now become of them and the bar, which was actually struggling to be kept running.'' Jon not only finds this very difficult to watch their reactions (he even started to almost tear up), but he goes into to their bar to talk to them, and give pep talk to help John and Burt get back on their feet.

* O Face and its questionable practices, particularly the only [[OnlySaneMan two sensible employees]] being treated like shit by the rest of the staff. The manager who attacked a bartender [[UltimateJobSecurity kept her job]] and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming the bartender was fired instead]] [[NeverMyFault because the owners felt she had it coming]]. O Face's owners likely suffered LaserGuidedKarma, because the town government was so embarrassed by the fiasco O Face's episode became that they declined to renew O Face's liquor licence.
** The ''real'' TearJerker in O Face was co-owner Matthew Overmyer turning out to be a ''sexual predator who tried to assault one of his employees''. [[LaserGuidedKarma Thankfully, he was arrested and will be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.]]

* The brothers who own Rhythm And Brews had it rough. Eric lost his car and had his house foreclosed twice because of how little money they were making, Steve had to pick up a second job to stay afloat and Stu was outright homeless. Particularly touching was the scene where he shows their father the couch he sleeps on in the basement of the bar. He proceeds to tear it up while Taffer eggs him on and vows to never spend another night on that couch.

* In "Close But No Cigar," the owner (Rhobb Sr.) reveals that he feels like he sheltered his son (Rhobb Jr.) because he never had a male influence in his life. A couple members of the staff are crying as Rhobb Sr. describes how he suppressed the feeling about not having a dad until his son was born, at which point he became a nervous wreck because "I never wanted [Rhobb Jr.] to feel about me the way I felt about my father".
* Taffer, as well as the employees of the Dugout, finally hit their RageBreakingPoint at the drunken behavior of Eddie, the owner, when he [[TooDumbToLive shows up to the reveal of the refurbished bar totally inebriated]]. They [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere all leave and abandon the relaunch]] after thoroughly ripping into him, telling the waiting crowd outside not to patronize the new bar with [[DisappointedInYou equal measures of disgust and disappointment]]. The end shows Eddie wandering around the newly refurbished-but-empty bar, pouring himself a pint and drinking all alone during what was ''supposed'' to be the grand reopening; quietly despairing to himself as if [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he'd just realized what he'd done, but much too late]].

* The story behind Piratz Tavern's financial woes is especially saddening; not so much for the delusional owner of the restaurant who refused to part with a theme that had alienated her customer base and failed to uphold anything resembling a quality standard, but because her disastrous business sense had forced her entire family to live in the basement of her own parents' house. With her debts ballooning to almost a million dollars, her sixteen-year old daughter would be hardpressed to afford college, and she was forced to make ends meet by working at the bar which continued to struggle after they destroyed everything Jon had implemented to help them bounce back. [[LaserGuidedKarma Ultimately, Piratz Tavern was forced to close its doors]] as [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome its tacky theme and consistently poor service had finally sunk them.]] (However, they later opened a similarly-themed bar in Florida, where they had moderate success.)

* The story behind Piratz Tavern's financial woes is especially saddening; not so much for the delusional owner of the restaurant who refused to part with a theme that had alienated her customer base and failed to uphold anything resembling a quality standard, but because her disastrous business sense had forced her entire family to live in the basement of her own parents' house. With her debts ballooning to almost a million dollars, her sixteen-year old daughter would be hardpressed to afford college, and she was forced to make ends meet by working at the bar which continued to struggle after they destroyed everything Jon had implemented to help them bounce back. [[LaserGuidedKarma Ultimately, Piratz Tavern was forced to close its doors]] as [[RealityEnsues its tacky theme and consistently poor service had finally sunk them.]] (However, they later opened a similarly-themed bar in Florida, where they had moderate success.)

** What's especially sad is the cases where the bar ends up failing due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner or employees. Several bars ended up losing their liquor license, or having to remove Taffer's new decor and features due to ridiculous local laws and building codes.

* Some of the {{where are they now epilogue}}s, if the bar [[DownerEnding continues to fail or closes down after Taffer leaves]]. As many as half of the bars featured on the show still end up closing after their relaunch. ** What's especially sad is the cases where the bar ends up failing due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner or employees. Several bars ended up losing their liquor license, or having to remove Taffer's new decor and features due to ridiculous local laws and building codes.

Some of the {{where are they now epilogue}}s if the bar [[DownerEnding continues to fail or closes down after Taffer leaves]].

* The story behind Piratz Tavern's financial woes is especially saddening; not so much for the delusional owner of the restaurant who refused to part with a theme that had alienated her customer base and failed to uphold anything resembling a quality standard, but because her disastrous business sense had forced her entire family to live in the basement of her own parents' house. With her debts ballooning to almost a million dollars, her sixteen-year old daughter would be hardpressed to afford college, and she was forced to make ends meet by working at the bar which continued to struggle after they destroyed everything Jon had implemented to help them bounce back. [[LaserGuidedKarma Ultimately, Piratz Tavern was forced to close its doors]] as [[RealityEnsues its tacky theme and consistently poor service had finally sunk them.]]

* The owner of Libad's closed down his kitchen in memory of his nephew who had hung himself.

* The story behind Piratz Tavern's financial woes is especially saddening; not so much for the delusional owner of the restaurant who refused to part with a theme that had alienated her customer base and failed to uphold anything resembling a quality standard, but because her disastrous business sense had forced her entire family to live in the basement of her own parents' house. With her debts ballooning to almost a million dollars, her sixteen-year old daughter would be hardpressed to afford college, and she was forced to make ends meet by working at the bar which continued to struggle after they destroyed everything Jon had implemented to help them bounce back. [[LaserGuidedKarma Ultimately, Piratz Tavern was forced to close its doors]] [[RealityEnsues as its tacky theme and consistently poor service had finally sunk them.]]

-->'''Staff Member:''' (''to the crowd, while leaving'') Do not give ''any'' money to this man.

* Taffer, as well as the employees of the Dugout, finally hit their RageBreakingPoint at the owner's drunken behavior when he [[WhatAnIdiot shows up to the reveal of the refurbished bar inebriated]], and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decide to leave and not come back]] after thoroughly ripping into him, telling the waiting crowd outside not to patronize the new bar with equal measures of disgust and disappointment. The end shows the owner wandering around the newly refurbished-but-empty bar, pouring himself a pint and drinking all alone during what was ''supposed'' to be the grand reopening, quietly despairing to himself as if [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he'd just realized what he'd done, but much too late]].
-->'''Staff Member:''' (''to the crowd, while leaving'') [[DisappointedInYou Do not give]] ''[[DisappointedInYou any]]'' [[DisappointedInYou money to this man]].

* Taffer, as well as the employees of the Dugout finally had enough of the owner's drunken behavior, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and decide to leave and not come back.]] The end shows the owner pouring himself a pint and drinking all alone.

** In the comments, Stu reveals that their father died shortly after the episode aired. He leaves several comments stating that he misses his dad and that he still watches the clip mentioned above sometimes, thinking about how low he was and how far he's come. I'm not crying, you're crying. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuJCzl0GnZw]]

%% * The O'Face Bar, especially in the cases of Syck and Cerissa (though in hindsight, it was just as well they didn't go back).
%% * The Black Light District bar, full stop.