Bar Rescue season 2

Season 2 (2012)

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season Title Bar name Location Original air date
11 1 "Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Dumb" Piratz Tavern Silver Spring, Maryland July 29, 2012
Jon visits a failing Maryland tavern where the owners and staff are reluctant to let go of the cheesy pirate theme, despite it slowly killing the business.

Note: For the recon in this episode, Jon brought in the owners of The Chicken Bone, featured in the seventh episode of season 1. Also, this is the 3rd bar to change back to its old name.

New Name: Corporate Bar & Grill

12 2 "Tiki Curse" The Bamboo Beach Tiki Bar Fort Lauderdale, Florida July 29, 2012
Jon has serious work to do in Florida, when the owner's lack of a backbone has not only allowed staff members to walk all over him, but also caused short tempers with other staff and a bar that's slowly falling apart.

New Name: Bamboo Beach Club & Tiki Bar (modernized version of old name)

13 3 "Murphy's Mess" J.A. Murphy's Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland August 5, 2012
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)

14 4 "Mystique or Murder?" Mystique Lounge West Palm Beach, Florida August 12, 2012
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

15 5 "Bottomless Pit" The Olive Pit Orange, California August 19, 2012
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)

16 6 "Broke Black Sheep" The Black Sheep Cheviot, Ohio August 26, 2012
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

17 7 "Weber's of Lies" Weber's Place Reseda, California September 9, 2012
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)

18 8 "Owner Ousted" Win, Place or Show Fairfield, Ohio September 16, 2012
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

19 9 "On the Rocks" Rocks Laguna Niguel, California September 23, 2012
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

20 10 "Bikini Bust" Extremes Orange, California September 30, 2012
When an owner's early success goes to his head and causes him to get drunk and let the staff become divided, Jon must get him back to reality before his once successful bar closes down.

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 first episode of season 1.

New Name: Second Base