Garbo posted:

Ohhhhhhhh boyyyyy family stuff here we go!

-edit- Oh jesus family AND even worse than usual money stuff. This episode

Gonz posted:

That whole fight seemed staged. You'd have to be incredibly, monumentally stupid to know there's a camera filming your words and actions, and then put out a cash bounty on another human being. And that footage sure as hell seemed way too crisp and HD (not to mention well framed) to be some sort of hidden camera.

Bumming Your Scene posted:

Glad Taffer walked out of that bar. I was thinking he would do a Marcus "The Profit" Lemonis thing and demand 51% control of the bar to keep the idiots from changing the name back, but even that seemed stupid and then I just kept wondering why he would help such lovely people.

WickedHate posted:

"Honey, look. I found a nice friendly bar called O-Face! You know, like 'Oh, your face!'"

Vintimus Prime posted:

Yea neither do I. Randy mentioned he was getting overcharged for drinks by her, which would make more sense than the sweatshirt?

CVagts posted:

Free drinks on Taggerfeet!

I think the Jimmy/Monique stuff was probably craftfully edited, but still effective.

Gonz posted:

Is there really any other kind of Mark Paul Gosselar show?

FrozenVent posted:

Edit: Why is Catch a Contractor still on?

Coconut Indian posted:

I just checked if they were still open, and apparently they did go back to having hookah as well as being a dance club.

Doggboat posted:

I didn't expect to find this on there:
http://www.barrescueupdates.com/2014/04/is-bar-rescue-fake-lawsuit-says-so.html

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As a result of this attack, Dr. Wilkes suffers from emotional distress and things such as migraines, nausea, vomiting, night terrors, crying spells, severe depression, and anxiety attacks.

FrozenVent posted:

Holy poo poo. They're an official SXSW location and they only managed to rake in $5,500 while that went on?

smg77 posted:

Is this going to be the catch-all Taffer thread or is there another thread for the new show?

OmegaBR posted:

Now I'm not saying those people don't exist, and it's entirely possible that was part of it, but it's merely an assumption, and I think it boils down to comfort in an establishment rather than staunch homophobia. Are your typical sports bar patrons in Texas going to want to see men stripping? No. But does that mean they hate homosexuals? No, not necessarily.

OmegaBR posted:

Spike is running commercials for a "lost episode" this Sunday. Taffer himself makes it sound like this was some kind of pilot/pitch episode.

T Bowl posted:

Did the murder one ever make it to the net?

No. 9 posted:

Vice shadowed Taffer recently

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By the early 1990s, he owned or co-owned 17 different clubs, including Pulsations, outside Philadelphia, where he drew in customers by raffling off free breast implants. (The National Organization for Women picketed.) Other nights, a robot named Pulsar descended from the ceiling and danced lustily with the female customers. “That’s one of two times at a bar that I’ve ever cried,” Taffer told me on set one day. “It was so amazing.”

quote:

On May 30th 2012, "Prosecutor Kenneth Strait Jr. brought up 12 charges against the bar, including buying alcohol from a prohibited source and illegal drug use on the premises. The drug use allegation, as reported by The Montclair Times, occurred in 2009 when police on an ABC (Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control) inspection found owner Jeffry Melnikoff smoking pot inside the bar. Other charges include incidents initially reported over two years ago, including five reported bar fights, several with underage patrons. With each charge, the bar could face a 30-day liquor license suspension." (Link)

On June 19th 2012, there was a city council meeting attended by about 50 neighbors of the bar who were objecting the renewal of the Park Sports Bar's liquor license. They contended that "blaring music from the bar and the profanity-laced shouting of its intoxicated patrons as they exit the place and hang around outside after closing has been disturbing their sleep for years." They also complained about "groups of anywhere from five to 30 "rowdy drunks" loitering outside the pub between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. on a regular basis." Despite the complaints, the liquor license was renewed with the only condition being that they had to hire a professional security guard outside the bar from 10pm to 2:30am.

In October of 2012, Jeff Melnikoff plead no contest to the 12 charges against him filed on May 30th. This resulted in a 30-day liquor license suspension - 5 days for excessive noise, 15 days for a brawl outside the bar in December 2010, and 10 days for serving too much alcohol to a patron (Link). He closed the bar for good after that.

jscolon2.0 posted:

Big Smo of "MT Bottles" fame is getting his own TV show on A&E.

Zero One posted:

I thought the same thing.


I did love that drunk teen chasing the cameraman.

Saint Freak posted:

I tuned in just in time for the COPS camera style run down the road with some girl screaming "CALL ME A CAB"? What the hell happened to lead into that?

CHiRAL posted:

I have only watched the piratez episode so far (just wow) but I gotta ask.. why isn't this in the OP?

FrozenVent posted:

They already crossed over with Bar Rescue, it was terrible and pointless.

limp_cheese posted:

Does Taffer just not give a poo poo about his recon anymore? He was just laughing with his experts about how someone will get sick eating that while they eat it. I've seen him loving storm places and knock it out of their hands for worse.

Luigi Thirty posted:

Piratz isn't real right? They made this up for the show? It's all fake like wrestling and American Idol?

quote:

"Great intimate place to hear awesome live music. Staff is very friendly and Lonnie gets the whole audience involved. I highly recommend it."
"House band, Lonie walker and her bad rear end company band, was one of the most amazing bands I'd seen. Got the crowd participating. Drinks were a bit more expensive than what i'm used to, but i'm not used to downtown Chicago prices. All the bar staff were pretty freindly. If I lived in Chicago I would be in this bar every Friday."
"Had live music which was excellent but I can't remember the name of the band. Bartender was cool and always had a pint of Guinness ready for me. Thanks!"
"Nice chill place. Loved the music and the crayons they give you for coloring! But had to leave cuz the music was wayyyy too loud"

Murphy Brownback posted:

But the main thing that gets to me is how abnormal every bar in the show is compared to bars I've actually been to. Even in the sports bars, everyone on the show is always ordering named cocktails (or if it's beer, it's guiness and you know they are going to bring in the Irish guy to tell them how to do the ~perfect pour~). Most bars I've been to, unless they specifically describe themselves as a "cocktail bar", everyone is drinking beer or liquor+soda.

TheAsterite posted:

Looks like Piratz Tavern is closing down for good. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2015/03/26/pirate-themed-piratz-tavern-will-hoist-its-last-tankard-on-april-4/

Holyshoot posted:

Shows like this one and kitchen nightmares makes me so glad I worked at a good restaurant. One that had been around for 20 years with the same owner and made everything fresh and cleaned the place every night and had a pos system. Common loving sense all these dip shits fail to realize and then wonder why their business sucks dick.

Binary Logic posted:

Or...have a show that features well-run establishments and show what they're doing right. Reward them with flight to distillery/brewery to learn more about products. Give them new and improved signage / POS systems, new furniture, etc. Prizes for great staff who are competent and well-liked by customers.

Would that be so bad?!

CVagts posted:

FOOD BLOGGERS.

Man don't mess with them or they'll use their social media presence to run you out of town.

FrozenVent posted:

Looks like the owner is kind of realizing she squandered an opportunity, and what Taffer to come back.

So that's going to be the season finale.

CrowsNestMutineer posted:

Power of Pecota posted:

I'm really hoping the Underground Wonder Bar/Clear Bar is actually working out now, because Taffer got way too giddy about telling the owner her dream was dumb and a money sink and she'd have to give up on it. It was totally true, but just done in an overly mean way.