Season 3

E1. Turtle on Its Back

Feb 10, 2013 · 43m

For a bar to fail on Bourbon Street in New Orleans it takes a special kind of incompetence.

E2. Rock N Roaches

Feb 17, 2013 · 43m

Jon Taffer descends on a grotesque goth and rock bar in Austin, TX. Tasteless performances and cockroach infestations are the least of his problems as he spars with the worst bar owner to date.

E3. Bro's Got to Geaux!

Feb 24, 2013 · 43m

Jon schools the owner of a beat-up college bar with a reputation for serving underage drinkers.

E4. Tears for Beers

Mar 3, 2013 · 43m

A too-hip-for-its-own-good bar in Austin may need a hip replacement if it is to survive.

E5. Empty Pockets

Mar 10, 2013 · 43m

A Denver pool hall owned by a proud immigrant gets help.

E6. Jon T, He Don't Like It

Mar 17, 2013 · 43m

The formerly rocking Kasbah Lounge in Aurora, Colorado, which has fallen on hard times, is made over.

E7. In a Pinch

Mar 24, 2013 · 43m

The locals are up in arms over a controversial lobster-tank game at a blue-collar watering hole.

E8. Karaoke Katastrophe

Mar 31, 2013 · 43m

Jon makes over one of the country's first karaoke bars, dealing with outdated decor, a hot-under-the-collar chef and an owner who's oblivious to what's going on in his place, and a hoarder to boot.

E9. A Horse Walks Into a Bar

Apr 7, 2013 · 43m

Horses defecating inside this Arizona bar are the least of Jon Taffer’s problems. He must contend with drunk owners, a family in turmoil, and a bank foreclosure if he hopes to save this business.

E10. Meat Sauna

Apr 14, 2013 · 43m

Bad ventilation cause hot, moist burger smoke to fill Scottsdale’s least funny comedy club. Jon Taffer arrives to clear the air and use proven bar techniques to create bigger laughs and bigger profits for the troubled owners

E11. Don't Mess With Taffer's Wife

Jul 7, 2013 · 43m

An aggressive Las Vegas bar owner tries to pick up Nicole Taffer, sending Jon into a rage. Can he set this owner’s wandering eyes straight and save a once famous blues bar without coming to blows first?

E12. Don't Judge a Booze by its Bottle

Jul 14, 2013 · 43m

North Carolina’s Cashmere Nightclub has a bad name, poor décor and an embarrassing manager, but when Jon learns that they are refilling premium liquor bottles with cheap booze, all hell breaks loose.

E13. Two Flew Over the Handlebars

Jul 21, 2013 · 43m

Two buxom sisters have driven their biker bar in Pawcatuck, Connecticut into a ditch. Can Jon get these party women to stop binge drinking and focus on the real assets of their bar?

E14. There's No Crying in the Bar Business

Jul 28, 2013 · 43m

Jon heads to a Georgia sports bar and encounters an owner who’s incessant crying seems to prevent her noticing the massive employee theft issue occurring right under her nose.

E15. Play Some Janet Jackson!

Aug 4, 2013 · 43m

Las Vegas' first gay nightclub, Gipsy, is months from closing its doors thanks to its verbally abusive and over intoxicated owner.

E16. Characters Assassination

Aug 11, 2013 · 43m

A poor concept is among the problems hampering a North Carolina bar run by a family of Yankees.

E17. Corking the Bunghole

Aug 18, 2013 · 43m

13 miles from Fort Bragg, Cliques suffers from a juvenile name and a repugnant reputation. Jon puts a bar's owners through a personal bar boot camp to attract the local military personnel.

E18. A Bar Full of Bull

Aug 25, 2013 · 43m

Jon tries to help two siblings from wasting their father's retirement with a rickety mechanical bull in a New England bar.

E19. Beer and Loathing in Las Vegas

Sep 8, 2013 · 43m

Jon visits a struggling blue-collar joint in Las Vegas, where he deals with the strained friendship between the two classically trained chefs who own and operate it.

E20. Barely Above Water

Sep 15, 2013 · 43m

Taffer makes two bars out of one in an attempt to save both a beachfront bar in Warwick, Rhode Island, and the owner’s marriage.

E21. Crappy Cantina

Oct 6, 2013 · 43m

Jon steps in to help two brothers whose ill-conceived idea for a death-metal concert bar has drained their parents' retirement fund.

E22. Jon of the Dead

Oct 13, 2013 · 43m

Jon has a few shocks to deliver to two former members of the music industry who have opened a horror-themed bar that is dying on its feet.

E23. Grandpa Got Run Over by His Grandkids

Oct 20, 2013 · 43m

Jon tries to turn around a Las Vegas establishment owned by a man whose family is wasting his money.

E24. Hurricane Jon vs Hurricane Sandy

Oct 27, 2013 · 43m

Jon races to repair the battered Bungalow Bar in Rockaway Beach after it felt the full force of Hurricane Sandy.

E25. Drunk & Dirty Dolls

Nov 3, 2013 · 43m

After a near-fatal heart attack, Artie, the owner of Alibi in Las Vegas, lost his zeal for the work, and it's up to Jon to help him get it back.

E26. Empty Bottles Full Cans

Nov 10, 2013 · 43m

Customers bringing in their own booze and bartenders flashing their boobs aren’t Jon’s biggest problems with this Tennessee watering hole. Taffer must ignite a lazy owner’s ingenuity to save the bar from going bust.

E27. Hole in None

Nov 17, 2013 · 43m

This golf-themed bar is a swing and a miss and its horrendous sanitary conditions are completely out of bounds. Jon must clean house and get rid of the filth as well as the staff responsible for making his expert sick.

E28. Music City Mess

Nov 24, 2013 · 43m

Jon attempts to turn around a Nashville bar with a dated concept. Note: The episode was originally supposed to air on November 24, 2013, but was replaced with an encore after the owner was involved in a fatal shooting.

E29. Brawlin Babes

Dec 8, 2013 · 43m

A sports bar with no TV's isn't Jon's biggest problem at this Missouri establishment. Taffer must get brawling buckle bunny bartenders and their spineless owner to unite in one common cause: Gut the competition!

E30. Twin vs. Twin

Dec 15, 2013 · 43m

Lights, sirens and handcuffs greet Jon before he even enters the door of this Kansas City bar. Sibling rivalry between two identical twins with identical huge egos present Taffer with one of his toughest rescues.