re: Bar Rescue...Anyone ever experience a bar that went through this?

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(who was losing $80,000 a month)

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wtf

Remember when that pizza place on Jefferson had the restaurant people come in and show them a better way?

the owner simply ignored everything they suggested. closed not long after that.

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They did.

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TJ Quills: Season 3, Episode 3 (February 2013)

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That same season just a week or so before they did a place called Turtle Bay in NOLA too. I discovered that show when that season premiered and remember the first 4 or 5 episodes were NOLA and Austin and wondered if they only did places in those two cities.

ETA: I just went to look at a list of places they've done. They aired 3 episodes in a row in Louisiana during Season 5 (2016/2017). I'm wondering how many of yall here got to see the "before and after" IRL and if so, was it good?

Speakeasy Bar and Grill- Kenner, LA
Big Mike's Sports Bar and Grill- Denham Springs, LA.
Desi Romano's Sports Bar and Grill- Chalmette, LA

Someone had real time info on TJ Quills in NOLA when it came on, someone will probably post it in this thread. It sounds like they actually do a decent enough job getting bars updated/new items, but the drama and stuff is relatively fake.

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i suspect it started out fairly realistic, but quickly devolved into mostly scripted nonsense.

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Yep. He started as an actual successful private bar consultant and later pitched the idea to make a reality show.

If you start at season 1 episode 1 you can tell it's more realistic. However, his formula is simple, effective and repeatable so in a sense it did become scripted to be more outrageous as far as bad bartenders, bad food etc.

That said, I like the show and have seen every episode. I binge watched it a few years ago and still keep up. New episodes premier on Sunday nights on the Paramount channel. If you have YoutubeTV you can browse every episode of every season.

Ahh the annual bar rescue thread.

YOU POISONED MY MIXOLOGIST YOU SOB!!!!

NOBODY EATS THIS shite!!!
(slams all the food off the bar onto the floor with dishes crashing)

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YOU POISONED MY MIXOLOGIST YOU SOB!!!!

NOBODY EATS THIS shite!!!

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THAT'S IT, I'M GOING IN!!!

YOU'RE BANKRUPTING YOUR FATHER!!!!

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I knew the people that owned the bar in Kenner (Speakeasy) that they did. There was a script involved. They had the wife twerking on "random patrons", manufactured a lot of drama within the staff, made them do something different with the food in the kitchen so they could chastise them for it... They also knew when they were coming to do the surprise inspection so the wife could look like the party girl always cutting up at the bar, and the husband could look like a lazy drunk.

The stress test was also intentionally set-up to fail.

Even after they did everything, they still had to sell the bar because the issue was the location. They went through all of the trouble to turn it into a "New Orleans themed" bar in what the network referred to as an above average income area; but did not take into consideration that the neighborhood was surrounded by lower priced apartments, and their customer base was significantly changing to a more Hispanic crowd.

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I seem to recall that the owners also changed the theming not long after it was redone. They seemed like they were in over their heads.

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Tj’s went with the new bar theme for like 6 months then went straight back to being Tj’s

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That's how many of them seem to fail. They take the production company's money to redo their run down bars and switch back to their old issues shortly after. Ego takes over.