Bar Rescue season 1

Season 1 (2011)
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season Title Bar name Location Original air date
1 1 "Fallen Angels" Angel's Sports Bar Corona, California July 17, 2011
Jon heads to California to help a bar whose general manager has been so hands off, he's caused so many problems that badly affected the owner's reputation.

New Name: Racks Billiards & Bourbon

2 2 "Downey's and Out" Downey's Irish Pub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 24, 2011
Jon goes to Philadelphia to help a one-time chef regain his confidence and backbone in his failing pub.

New Name: N/A

3 3 "Shabby Abbey" The Abbey Pub Chicago, Illinois July 31, 2011
When brothers who own a legendary pub feud over how management is running it, Jon must step in and get them on the same page.

New Name: N/A

4 4 "Beach Bummer" Kilkenny's Irish Pub Redondo Beach, California July 31, 2011
A pub in California, with a tough and rude manager and owners who won't do anything about it, gets help from Jon.

New Name: Breakwall

5 5 "Swanky Troubles" Swanky Bubbles Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 14, 2011
When a once successful bar suffers from an owner blindsiding his partner by offering free drinks and harassing women, Jon must get the partner to set him straight before the bar shuts down.

Note: This is the first episode where the bar reverted back to its old name at the end of the episode.

New Name: Sheer

6 6 "The Blue Frog Sings The Blues" The Blue Frog 22 Chicago, Illinois August 21, 2011
When a mother's bad habits get in the way of her relationship with her son and running their bar, Jon must convince her to give up her habits before the damage is done.

New Name: The Local

7 7 "Bad To The Bone" The Chicken Bone Framingham, Massachusetts August 28, 2011
Jon has his work cut out for him when he confronts an owner whose bad decisions and inability to trust his manager threaten to ruin his bar and finances.

New Name: The Bone (modernized version of old name)

8 8 "Chumps" Champs Sports Pub Burbank, California September 11, 2011
Jon helps a once iconic bar that suffers from the owner being neglectful and blaming his inexperienced staff for the problems.

New Name: N/A

9 9 "Bar Fight" The Canyon Inn Yorba Linda, California September 18, 2011
Jon helps a baseball player turned owner update his dive bar, but not without some opposition.

Note: This is the first bar to not have either a stress test or a soft opening. It is also the second bar to revert back to its old name during the epilogue, when the owner changed the name of "Canyon Saloon" back to the "Canyon Inn".

New Name: The Canyon Saloon (modernized version of old name)

10 10 "Hogtied Ham's" Angry Ham's Garage Framingham, Massachusetts September 18, 2011
Jon heads to Massachusetts to help a failing garage themed bar that includes poor decoration placement, an owner who treat his employees as friends and can't have a liquor license due to two of the owners having past D.U.I.

New Name: Octane