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kjetting
Jan 18, 2004

Hammer Time
Didn´t that bar rescue guy also do "I sent my newest wife undercover into the bar to flirt with you, and you flirted back! This means you´re a pig and I´m not sure I want to help you anymore!" just about every two episodes or so?

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HEY VAPER
May 15, 2014

by XyloJW

kjetting posted:

Didn´t that bar rescue guy also do "I sent my newest wife undercover into the bar to flirt with you, and you flirted back! This means you´re a pig and I´m not sure I want to help you anymore!" just about every two episodes or so?

bannable catchphrase honey-pot spotted

he's testing the waters

JediTalentAgent
Jun 5, 2005
Hey, look. Look, if- if you screw me on this, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, you rat bastard!

Good gravy! The best part of that, the video was uploaded something like 3 months before the episode even aired. People who had zero idea had to just be linked to that and not have a clue what was going on.

You know, this is sickness and I don't even know what the hell any of the owners/staff were even thinking. I get it, the party scene of the pirate bar vanished and you brought in the suits, that's not horrible. Holy poo poo... The only thing I can think of is I wonder if the owners think they can try to sell the story of the pirate bar saga as a movie or something to further save the bar.

However... I want to see this guy go back and offer them a second chance for a second chance. I want to see that.

kjetting
Jan 18, 2004

Hammer Time

JediTalentAgent posted:

Good gravy! The best part of that, the video was uploaded something like 3 months before the episode even aired. People who had zero idea had to just be linked to that and not have a clue what was going on.

You know, this is sickness and I don't even know what the hell any of the owners/staff were even thinking. I get it, the party scene of the pirate bar vanished and you brought in the suits, that's not horrible. Holy poo poo... The only thing I can think of is I wonder if the owners think they can try to sell the story of the pirate bar saga as a movie or something to further save the bar.

However... I want to see this guy go back and offer them a second chance for a second chance. I want to see that.

While "Piratz Tavern" is a stupid name and "pirate themed" is a phrase that rarely fits before anything other than "amusement park ride", the place looked really cheap and tacky after the rebranding and "corporate" is possibly an even worse name and theme. Especially if it´s true that Taffer is wrong about the neighborhood, as some people here claim.

I really like Kitchen Nightmares because Ramsay is promoting values like quality food from fresh raw materials, and good customer service, while Bar Rescue is all about tricking people into spending more money. Of course they are both really fake reality shows, but one of them makes it seem like the host genuinely has good intentions. Even that Australian hair dresser woman who went from "saving" hair salons to saving bars made a more convincing bar rescue show, and I´m sure her only bar experience is that she likes to drink.

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

Piratz posted:

When Bar Rescue asked me to participate in their show, I truly believed that Taffer’s “experience” and the shows “proven success” would help Piratz Tavern conquer some of the enormous hurdles we had, mostly due to my inexperience.

I was wrong.

In the name of “reality TV”, the tavern that Juciano and I had lovingly cared for was transformed into an aberration. The shiny new equipment we received consisted of a small fryer and an additional terminal for our POS system. The SmartBar and Draft Tables were un-licensed and therefore illegal. Two of the three Tables were leased and were promptly returned. We are still looking for a buyer for the Smart Bar. The construction work was so poorly done that I was embarrassed to open the door.

Neither the “soft” nor the “grand” openings were profitable as little or no money was exchanged between the invited guests and my establishment. The physical destruction to the interior of Piratz Tavern required a total renovation. The contents of the tavern were thrown into a 10×30 storage unit that started costing us over $500 a month, two months after filming.

The principal element that we retained from the experience is that there are no angels, nothing is free, and if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy
Is there an episode of Bar Rescue like the Kitchen Nightmares where Gordon got so mad he told the gangster owner and his catlady wife to gently caress off and ditched them

I want to watch it, if so. Thanks

Is it the Piratz Tavern one

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

One thing I noticed with Bar Rescue is that every few episodes they'll go to a bar where it's a bunch of friends hanging out and "working" while the one friend of the group that's invested all the money is haggard and ulcer ridden.

They had a frat-boy run bar that I think ended up closing down after Bar Rescue went therre. IIRC a few of the guys quit when they realized that the party was over.

MariusLecter
Sep 5, 2009

NI MUERTE NI MIEDO
Taffer is kinda a jerk :(

Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

I can't stand bar rescue but I keep watching because there's something hypnotizing about Taffer's silly putty face.

Like, I don't want to punch him, I just want to mash his face on the funny pages.

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

I just like watching super scummy Captains of Industry in their natural environments.

With regular service you charge people 300% for their alcohol, but if you give them the Bottle Service option then you can charge them 3000% by making them feel like VIP's! :getin:

Reign Of Pain
May 1, 2005

Nap Ghost
This show is so full of poo poo. They set up scenes showing Taffer yelling at people when he's really yelling at no one. The show announced that the owners of the Brixton were expecting a kid and they weren't. I think that rocket they put on the bar is somewhere over on red river now...

Flying Fortress
Oct 23, 2008

more like BARF Rescue, amirite?




I've never seen this show

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...
bar rescue is a poo poo show just watch always sunny in Philadelphia instead, it's sadly more realistic

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

I like all the stories following the episodes better than the actual show.

Goodtime Pancreas
May 31, 2007

Zombies' Downfall posted:

Is there an episode of Bar Rescue like the Kitchen Nightmares where Gordon got so mad he told the gangster owner and his catlady wife to gently caress off and ditched them

I want to watch it, if so. Thanks

Is it the Piratz Tavern one

Amy's baking company is what you are thinking of. The owner was taking servers tips while serving horrible food and had staff turnover of over 100 a year I believe

fuccboi
Jan 5, 2004

by zen death robot
I can't hate the guy he's so new yorker it makes me swell with horrible horrible pride.

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

Goodtime Pancreas posted:

Amy's baking company is what you are thinking of. The owner was taking servers tips while serving horrible food and had staff turnover of over 100 a year I believe

I watched the original episode, the follow up episode with reaction and cut footage, and then the Dr Phil episode they were on.

No one ever addresses her mental illness or the fact that they lied about their pastries and desserts.

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...
doesnt doctor phil say shes delusional tho?

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

I forget

Othin
Nov 20, 2002

Hair Elf
YOURRRRRAAAAAAAAA PIIIGGG *doughy face jiggles*

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Slipknot Hoagie posted:

I can't hate the guy he's so new yorker it makes me swell with horrible horrible pride.

Pff more like jersey

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

MariusLecter posted:

Taffer is kinda a jerk :(

I'm OK with jerks but hr seems like kind of a baby bitch and also not that competent

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003
lol hey guys did you know free ice has a billion impurities

here buy my premium ice balls you'll get a positive return i promise

illestG
Oct 8, 2009

Jon Taffer is God.

fuccboi
Jan 5, 2004

by zen death robot
Would you eat this? WOULD YOU SERVE THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN? *smashes poo poo indiscriminately* I sent my WIFE in here and men FLIRTED with her. RAGGGHH

Demon Of The Fall
May 1, 2004

Nap Ghost
i enjoy this show as well as lots of other bad tv

fuccboi
Jan 5, 2004

by zen death robot
You called my chef fat? Yeah he's fat, but hes the BEST. How dare you point out his weight when hes trying to help you.

Fuck da Mods
Jun 27, 2013

fina get poz'd? :cabot: :gizz: :baby:
he's a angry man lol

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen

Zombies' Downfall posted:

Is there an episode of Bar Rescue like the Kitchen Nightmares where Gordon got so mad he told the gangster owner and his catlady wife to gently caress off and ditched them

I want to watch it, if so. Thanks

Is it the Piratz Tavern one

I don't remember the name but there was an episode where Taffer just gave up and walked out. IIRC one of their bartenders started a fight with one of the waitresses, dragged her out to the parking lot and beat the poo poo out of her, then the owners fired the waitress instead because they were good buddies with the bartender. Of course Taffer and the camera crew did nothing to stop the fight lol. Then Taffer found a video on youtube of the bar owner threatening to murder a customer with his ultra-advanced military training and immediately left.

I remember they converted some failing bar into a video game bar, which sounded retarded. I'm sure letting a bunch of drunk assholes play around with thousands of dollars worth of electronics is a great idea.

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...

CharlestonJew posted:

I remember they converted some failing bar into a video game bar, which sounded retarded. I'm sure letting a bunch of drunk assholes play around with thousands of dollars worth of electronics is a great idea.
my city has a vidya game bar it's pretty chill. get drunk, play nba jam from 1995 for free, sounds alright to me

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

CharlestonJew posted:

I remember they converted some failing bar into a video game bar, which sounded retarded. I'm sure letting a bunch of drunk assholes play around with thousands of dollars worth of electronics is a great idea.

Weren't arcade games originally designed for bars though

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen

Mange Mite posted:

Weren't arcade games originally designed for bars though

Mostly playstations and xboxes on big LED TVs and stuff

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

CharlestonJew posted:

Mostly playstations and xboxes on big LED TVs and stuff

Oh that sounds dumb

Othin
Nov 20, 2002

Hair Elf
I like the one where they gave some old chef a heart attack

Pastry of the Year
Apr 12, 2013

I like the episode of Mystery Diners where the guy pawns a gigantic loving prosciutto to get his cell phone back and the owner of the restaurant acts like his firstborn child has been sold into white slavery.

gently caress Mystery Diners, though, everyone on that show is a garbage can

Al Nipper
May 7, 2008

by XyloJW

CharlestonJew posted:

I don't remember the name but there was an episode where Taffer just gave up and walked out. IIRC one of their bartenders started a fight with one of the waitresses, dragged her out to the parking lot and beat the poo poo out of her, then the owners fired the waitress instead because they were good buddies with the bartender. Of course Taffer and the camera crew did nothing to stop the fight lol. Then Taffer found a video on youtube of the bar owner threatening to murder a customer with his ultra-advanced military training and immediately left.
lol what kind of crackhouse is this. why is it in the suburbs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6FxwRGIy1g

I had to stop watching Hoarders after the inevitable escalation of horror each episode (to the point where the hosts were vomiting off camera) but I kind of want to see Taffer suffer in the shittiest bar imaginable. The closest I remember was the one where the place was full of old skeeves and people were riding harleys and horses into the bar. Also there was one where the liquor stash was full of bugs for some reason.

JediTalentAgent
Jun 5, 2005
Hey, look. Look, if- if you screw me on this, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine, you rat bastard!

kjetting posted:

While "Piratz Tavern" is a stupid name and "pirate themed" is a phrase that rarely fits before anything other than "amusement park ride", the place looked really cheap and tacky after the rebranding and "corporate" is possibly an even worse name and theme. Especially if it´s true that Taffer is wrong about the neighborhood, as some people here claim.

I'll accept that as a possibility, too, and the post following yours, if accurate, sheds a lot more light on the situation.

The attitudes of the owners on opening night becoming so negative so quickly with poor construction and no actual income from the large crowd, the associated issues with the machines they couldn't use, etc.

Besides, Taffer has missed his real calling in life: Professional Wrestling Personality.

Everything from his clothes to his attitude to his looks just screams like he should be escorting a prized heel into the ring and sliding him a folding chair during a match.

Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

There was one where they had a ton of footage of the owner giving away drinks and when Taffer pulled up the numbers, the owner flipped about how his employees are stealing from him and Taffer takes his side.

Locker Room Zubaz
Aug 8, 2006

:horse:
~*~THE SECRET OF THE MAGICAL CRYSTALS IS THAT I'M FUCKING TERRIBLE~*~

:horse:

Al Nipper posted:

lol what kind of crackhouse is this. why is it in the suburbs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6FxwRGIy1g

I had to stop watching Hoarders after the inevitable escalation of horror each episode (to the point where the hosts were vomiting off camera) but I kind of want to see Taffer suffer in the shittiest bar imaginable. The closest I remember was the one where the place was full of old skeeves and people were riding harleys and horses into the bar. Also there was one where the liquor stash was full of bugs for some reason.

the bar is called O-face, what a classy establishment

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haljordan
Oct 22, 2004

the corpse of god is love.






I just like people who are half a mil in debt giving taffer poo poo as if they know anything about properly operating a business. One guy owed his payroll company so much money they wouldn't give him his staff's w2s and he had to sell a car his dad left him to raise the money.

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