History Series / BarRescue

* NoOHSACompliance: Aside from sanitation issues, several bars have had problems with the structural integrity of their buildings. In these cases, Jon often has to recruit contractors and structural engineers to fix the defects before he can even start redesigning the bar.

* StealingFromTheTill: Some of the bartenders brazenly overpour.

** Tim in "The Brixton" didn't seem to understand that people want to enjoy themselves in bars - right down to ''throwing people out for being loud''.

** Subverted - despite what the end-of-episode card implies, the owner used what she learned to pull Piratz out of the gutter. She also now has her own place, and has confronted the show's producers over their misleading text.

A reality show that first aired on Spike TV on July 17, 2011. The show revolves around Jon Taffer, an expert food & beverage industry consultant, and one of six members of the Nightclub Hall of Fame, going around to failing bars, figuring out what is wrong with them and how to fix them. Yes, this is basically [[Main/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]]...but [[RecycledInSpace with bars!]] Despite that, it is a pretty interesting watch, due in no small part to the "bar science" constantly shown through Jon's planning. Of course, there is also a lot of drama with owners.

* BadBoss: Not quite as common as on [[Main/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]], but still pops up from time to time. One especially horrific example is Steve from "Headhunters", who blamed the absolute filth on his bar on his workers, saying it was dirty because the workers weren't doing their job, and trying to convince his workers that they didn't need to be paid.

* FollowTheLeader: The show is essentially KitchenNightmares, but in bars. Spike also copied the formula twice over by premiering another "rescue" show, ''Car Lot Rescue.'' You guessed it- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's about rescuing dealerships on the verge of collapse.]]

A reality show that first aired on Spike TV on July 17, 2011. The show revolves around Jon Taffer, an expert food & beverage industry consultant, and one of six members of the Nightclub Hall of Fame, going around to failing bars, figuring out what is wrong with them and how to fix them. Yes, this is basically [[Main/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]]...but with bars! Despite that, it is a pretty interesting watch, due in no small part to the "bar science" constantly shown through Jon's planning. Of course, there is also a lot of drama with owners.

* BerserkButton: For Jon, dirty bars and especially dirty kitchens. Jon really blows his top in "J.A. Murphy's", as noted below, when a cook handles raw chicken with her bare hands and then handle nachos. Blatant overpouring is another.

* FollowTheLeader: The show is essentially KitchenNightmares, but in bars. Spike also copied the formula twice over by premiering another "rescue" show, ''Car Rescue.'' You guessed it- [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's about rescuing dealerships on the verge of collapse.]]

* PapaWolf: While Taffer has gotten really upset quite often on the show, the angriest he ever got was during the episode based around "J.A. Murphy's", when the chef, on hidden camera, picked up raw chicken with her bare hands, then started preparing nachos. The customer those nachos were for? Taffer's daughter. Needless to say, righteous fury soon entered the bar in the form of Taffer.

* BadBoss: Not quite as common as on [[Main/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]], but still pops up from time to time. One especially horrific example is Steve from "Headhunters", who blamed the absolute filth on his bar on his workers, saying it was dirty because the workers weren't doing their job. One especially terrible line from him saying that the workers were lazy because they were Americans, not Japanese, using that exact comparison.

* BadBoss: Not quite as common as on [[Main/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]], but still pops up from time to time.

* TooDumbToLive: The owner and staff in the "Piratz Tavern" episode. Despite hemorrhaging money for five years on the pirate bar gimmick the owner quickly undid every change Jon made.

* FollowTheLeader: The show is essentially KitchenNightmares, but in bars.

* StickyFingers: Some of the bartenders brazenly overpour.

* BerserkButton: For Jon, dirty bars and especially dirty kitchens. Jon really blows his top in "J.A. Murphy's", as noted below, when a cook handles raw chicken with her bare hands and then handle nachos.

* BerserkButton: For Jon, dirty bars and especially dirty kitchens.

* BerserkButton: Dirty bars and especially dirty kitchens.

* PapaWolf: While Taffer has gotten really upset quite often on the show, the angriest he ever got was during the episode based around "J.A. Murphy's", when the chef, on hidden camera, picked up raw chicken with her bare hands, then started preparing nachos. The customer those nachos were for? Taffer's daughter. Needless to say, righteous fury soon entered the bar in the form of Taffer.

* ManChild: In the episode based on The Blue Frog 22 (renamed to The Local during the episode, now open as Blue Frog's Local 22), the decor of the bar was compared quite seriously to that of a carnival, with board games all over the place and bright red colors. Not exactly inviting decor.

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BadBoss: Not quite as common as on [[Main/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]], but still pops up from time to time.
DownerEnding: Several of the bars have closed down since the episode featuring them aired.
ManChild: In the episode based on The Blue Frog 22 (renamed to The Local during the episode, now open as Blue Frog's Local 22), the decor of the bar was compared quite seriously to that of a carnival, with board games all over the place and bright red colors. Not exactly inviting decor.

A reality show that first aired on Spike TV on July 17, 2011. The show revolves around Jon Taffer, an expert food & beverage industry consultant, and one of six members of the Nightclub Hall of Fame, going around to failing bars, figuring out what is wrong with them and how to fix them. Yes, this is basically [[Series/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]]...but with bars! Despite that, it is a pretty interesting watch, due in no small part to the "bar science" constantly shown through Jon's planning. Of course, there is also a lot of drama with owners.

BadBoss: Not quite as common as on [[Series/KitchenNightmares Kitchen Nightmares]], but still pops up from time to time.