Most of the failures were for the first few reasons. Is there anything you can do to help him? A few episodes no longer appear in reruns. Any thoughts on why so many bars close after taffer leaves? The bartenders and Gary put the blame on Bryant for the bars current condition which the owner vehemently denied. And, they party and give the bar away. 9 Following. I love the changes and improvements that are made. This is why Jon Taffer had to come back and rescue the baragainin 2015. You deserve it! They just needed to get inspired again. Its not making any money right now but has the potential. On their Facebook page there were comments critical of Bryant but the pages admin replied saying that Bryant had nothing to do with Second Base. Im sure there are reasons for closure. Certainly better than some yahoo taking pot shots at him in the comments section of a website. He also brought in executive chef Nick Liberato to work with kitchen staff Rey in reviving the menu, while Joyce taught the bartenders cocktails worthy of a premium sports bar. But no. But the writing was on the wall from the moment he set foot in there this time, and it would have been a waste of time to order new uniforms. And it also takes the blame off of Jon and puts it squarely on this scu--ag owner. Weekends now draw a college crowd for DJs and dancing. Like OFace, as this bar still is open, years later, it has to count as a Taffer Success Story. The bar on West Chapman Avenue went through that process in 2012, when Taffer implemented a new menu, put the servers in uniforms and changed the name from Extremes to Second Base. I don't blame the guy for not sinking $30K into this failing bar. It's a business decision, he said that other bars opened in the area and now the competition makes things difficult. Jerry's Dockside Bar and Grill - OPEN. You can read about this sad event in an article from CBS Los Angeles. Second Base Bar. Jimmy's - OPEN. It isnt listed either. That's what Jon tried to do. Wikipedias episode list has 235 episodes. You can try submitting your sons bar to the Bar Rescue producers, though. Thanks! looking for Season 5 episode 27 Daddy Dearest. Sara Salazar Assistant Vice President at Marsh Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 547 followers 500+ connections Join to connect Marsh The University of British Columbia Activity I can't believe. Couple questions: This means that Second Base has been the beneficiary oftwodifferent Bar Rescue episodes. Its still using the Second Base name and its kept the bikini bartender concept. Verify to immediately update business information, respond to reviews, and more! They pass every year if you can believe it. It's true that he didn't manage the business very well at all and failing to keep the menu and drink changes going after the resuce was his own fault. No experience in bar business. Should have left this clown. Taffer then revealed his plans for the third incarnation of the bar with expenses that amounted to around a hundred grand. At the beginning of the show when they scoped out the place outside for the second time, they seen that the light on the sign was off. I agree that Jon was way too quick to just buy into Terry's version of events. Im not the first person to tell him that his bar was dirty, or that his bar doesnt look good, Taffer said. Why hasn't Taffer invested in fixing those disgusting Chicklettes in his mouth?The 5 minutes of fame are running out on the big headed one trick pony. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Black Light District Rock & Roll Lounge - CLOSED, Desi Romanos Sports Bar and Grill - OPEN, https://realitytvupdates.com/bar-rescue/crowne-irish-pub-the-forge/, https://realitytvupdates.com/bar-rescue/lake-house-sidelines-sports/, Peter's Italian Restaurant - Kitchen Nightmares. Its for Lease now. 101 of the bars from Bar Rescue are still open while the remaining 113 bars have closed as of 2023. Im willing to bet the bars that embraced change, education and technology are thriving and owners that slid back into their filing comfort zones are the majority of closures. One has added pizza to his menu and has increased foot traffic because of Bar Rescue!!! Subtract the UNLV Episode = 233 Taffer loved the owner of Second base just pissing all over him,, who knew Taffer loved a golden shower from a dude. That prick owner deserves to be living in a sewage treatment plant in raw crap. I have seen countless of blooper edits like you see in some movies and this show was no different. I created a bar that increased his revenues by 400 percent, Taffer said of the shows first visit to Bryants bar. I thought about Piratz too!! Piratz, Brixton, Dirty Rooster, MT Bottle, Drunken Donkey, Baseline Bar). It's weird to me that the shooting wasn't even *mentioned* (or at least, made the final edit) but I guess that gets in the way of the it's-all-Gary's-I-mean-Terry's-fault. Of course things are hyped up for television but can't imply the show was lies when that bar is still horrible overall. THE FACT THAT THE PLACE IS SURVIVING, IS BEYOND ME! "god bless black guys. Ve el perfil completo en LinkedIn y descubre los contactos y empleos de Sara en empresas similares. Glad you like it! So even if Taffer fixes everything and the bar is starting to be profitable, it still might not be enough to escape the debt. Yeah, I thought that was where the episode was going. You can click the button below to view all of the Bar Rescue bars that are closed. Your poor grammar and lack of spelling ability is not going to take you very far in life otherwise. Taffer was furious that Second Base had slipped backed into its old ways. Director Glenn GT Taylor See production, box office & company info I dont see any half naked guys there. They would have had to peel me out of his ass if he ever disrespected me the way he did to John, and the people there to help him. Extremes never has $180k debt. Click here to check out their official page, or click here if you want to visit their website. Keep it going! Food and drink seem to be a bit of an afterthought heres an example of the Second Base Bar menu: Unsurprisingly, the reviews are pretty bad. In Season 4, Jon Taffer went back to Second Base to try to re-rescue the bar in Episode 11, which was named Second Base, Third Strike. This TV program regularly calls bars fishing for opportunity. They contacted us, clearly.. Second Base Bar & Grill is open Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun. Bartender at Second base bar and grill Huntington Beach, CA. Space is FOR LEASE.. Second Base was formerly known as Extremes which was rescued by Jon Taffer and Bar Rescue in 2012. Please call someone to come and check the health code! The bar had smoking before and after the episode. I wish the staff the best, and I hope they're really looking. Good thing you only manage a bar. Ve el perfil de Sara Salazar en LinkedIn, la mayor red profesional del mundo. Theres a lot of time and money goes into these renovations. Just found this awesome site! Thanks for the site! Joe, it goes to show you that an older, not so sexy-guy like Jon Taffer can get a really hot wife if he's got the money, ambition and career. I write about anything and everything that catches my fancy, but mostly I try to provide the answers to the questions our readers ask every day. Yes, the uniforms made some nighttime customers (women) more comfortable, but it hurt the daytime crowds, Salazar said. Issues like this, and others, led to the bar going downhill (or even more downhill). Ask the Yelp community! I do restaurant consultation as well. Bartender at Second base bar and grill Huntington Beach, California, United States. You could argue that the Piratz folk are sticking to their vision when they're being assholes. Finally, in a few cases, Jon Taffer really did get it wrong and put in a bad concept. He did praise Gary and the employees and told them that they earned his respect. Probably because Taffer would not re-rescue the bar and the staff probably gave the Owner the ultimatum that if improvements are not made they will leave. It only has a 2.5-star rating on Yelp and reviewers regularly complain about music, lack of sports, bad smells, and other generally horrible experiences. The staff had heart and passion for the bar. The owner should have kept his yap shut, said "yes sir" and took his lumps. Jon's been doing this for 30 years and, if what he said on the O'Face episode is true, this is only the second time he's ever walked away from a rescue. If he had, I doubt Taffer would have required the $30K and he'd have a renovated bar to screw up again. Guys this show is all marketing and bologna. From the Photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram it looks like the Bar might have gotten a small make over and some money put back into it by the owner. Thank God they have!!! Selling some equipment he wasnt using. I wasnt sure where the heck the smell was coming from, but couldnt seem to avoid it. The trio immediately sees signs of distress, as the bars exterior looks rundown and lacks any lights. @SecondBaseBar. I have actually been here and go here somewhat often, said Paul G. of Orange on Yelp. That would have been neat, give Gary and the girls a stake in the business. Sara Salazar Senior Program Management Costa Rica. Qumico farmacutico con experiencia en gestin de uso seguro de medicamentos , manejo de errores de Medicacin, farmacovigilancia , tecnovigilancia, gestion de proyectos y mejora de procesos Sanitarios .<br><br>Con habilidad en docencia, investigacin , planificacin, gestin de proyectos , y desarrollo de equipos de alto rendimiento . sad event in an article from CBS Los Angeles, Pineapple Hill Grill / Renz Social House in Tustin, https://www.yelp.com/biz/second-base-bar-and-grill-orange-2, https://www.facebook.com/SecondBaseBarGrill/, Peter's Italian Restaurant - Kitchen Nightmares. JJ's Chicken Bar - OPEN. , Hannah, Mayra and our favorite of all and newest bartender Chelsea. Instead of requiring the owner to put up money, John should have required him to give each employee a percentage ownership, maybe 3-8% depending on position. The Crowne Irish Pub - CLOSED. It didn't affect either of our places. Sounds like out of the 2, 2nd base is the only one making any money. I give them props for positively responding to Taffer's support and motivation, but they lost major points with me for their complacency. In the original Extremes episode Taffer thought Terry was a low life and then after a heart to heart he said he deserved a chance. Sara Salazar See Photos Profile @sara.aguirre.3323 Los Angeles, California Sara Salazar See Photos Lives in Chicago, Illinois Sara Salazar See Photos Works at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Sara Salazar See Photos Sara Salazar See Photos Sara Salazar See Photos Sara Salazar See Photos Maria Sara Salazar See Photos Sara Salazar See Photos In Orange County, she wrote about arts, features and home decor. There are plenty of bars that kept Taffers name/concept and still ended up closing (and plenty that went back to their old ways and closed, of course). I heard this place was on bar rescue, but if they were, they didnt get rescued. Youre right that Im missing The Lost Episode with South Park. The menu Jon created when rescuing Extremes the first time was totally gone and things were just generally filthy all around. I love watching this show. Terry is a idiot thanks jon for not redoing his bar. Can you tell me What Taffers financial arrangements are with the bars he rescues? Positive reviews are few and far between, so well see how Second Base does in the future. Ahh I see. Still Taffer tried to see if the establishment was still rescuable and brought in champion bartender Lisa Marie Joyce to help revive the bar area. Gary was no longer as enthusiastic unlike before, and some of the old bartenders were replaced with new blood. FWIW, the Lost Episodes bar was already closed when they aired the episode, and the location stood empty as of late 2022. Not changing over night. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. Fun to watch but but as real as Professional Wrestling! Season 8, The Forge, Patrick and Marielle going through the stages of divorce, are a month a away from financial ruin. I stopped going here at the last time because there are too many other places that better. What is the percentage of bars closed after sticking with Tappers changes? Did this bar in Orange need a rescue? Glad you like it! because thats what I would have done. Here are a few other examples of negative reviews that happened after the visit from Jon Taffer. That means that roughly 53% of the Bar Rescue bars closed after Jon Taffers visit. Though the original Second Base Bar Rescue episode aired in September 2012, the actual filming and visit from Jon Taffer took place before that. It's possible he thought the area has changed and is now too saturated with bars to make an acceptable profit even if he had gone for the $30K deal and did the upgrades. To make matters worse Bryant and general manager Gary blamed each other for the bars dying state. In our full Bar Rescue open or closed list, we take a look at the failure rate for the various bars he tried to turn on around as of 2023. Antonie Boessenkool is a freelancer who previously covered education and the Los Angeles Unified School District for the Los Angeles Daily News. Insignia del perfil pblico de sara Incluir este perfil de LinkedIn en otros sitios web . Some of the criticism is coming from people who have never been to Second Base, Salazar said, and its dragging down the places ratings. Insignia del perfil pblico de Sara Incluir este perfil de LinkedIn en otros sitios web . Salazar said Second Base is bringing in about 200 people on weekend nights with DJs and dancing. While Brooke and Colonna entered the bar to do recon, Taffer summoned Bryant to his car. The sports bar that they tried to make it, it was a good idea, Salazar said about the first time Bar Rescue came to Bryants bar. I list them by the name that Jon Taffer gave them. Even after changes theyre not capable of keeping them up. that conceited f**kin ahole. I definitely take my hat off to Taffer. Keep up the entertaining posts. They did none of that. 10.7k Followers, 486 Following, 802 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Second Base Bar (@secondbasebar) secondbasebar. It would set a world record for fastest time for a business to be run into the ground. Taffer walked on the owner in Iowa running the bar because they were fucking scumbags. Taffer returned the next day and was immediately furious after seeing that nobody even bothered to clean up the bar last night. The recent episode ended in disagreement after Taffer said the show would put about $100,000 into Second Base if Bryant came up with $30,000. I also havent really noticed any trends either way. To say 52% closed is a misleading statistic. It could be that he just didn't want to go back into debt again, or it could be that he didn't like what Taffer wanted to spend the money on but I can't blame him for saying "no". So he screwed his GM, his bartenders, tried to screw Taffer and his staffand is also trying to screw the government..hes knows what hes doing. Follow. Seriously like every negative review mentions that it smells like vomit all the time. Despite the change to uniforms at Taffers direction, Second Base eventually went back to bikinis. Powered by. Putting the blame on the staff, also if i was a staff member i would of walked out and never come back. The only way for ABSOLUTE Success is new owners, management and STAFF.. Trust Me, 30yrs of Restaurant Experience here!! Extremes, later renamed Second Base Bar and Grill, was an Orange, California bar that was featured on Season 2 of Bar Rescue (and then again on Season 4). I would think once he was called back he should have known Terry screwed up. Its not clear to me who is writing this post. Most of those bartenders could probably find jobs elsewhere, as they were pretty much the only reason anyone would come into that place. Given all the additional info as to why they closed or additional information, & a roughly 50-50 success rate seems not to good. Second Base could have dealt with the competition with promotions, marketing, parties and discounts, Taffer said. Yet almost half fail after all the help. Those cases are a really small percentage, though. The bars recent appearance on Bar Rescue has drawn some pretty harsh reviews online on Yelp from those who sought out Second Base after seeing it on the TV show and on Second Bases Facebook page from those who write about the TV appearances rather than visits to the bar. The bars revenue initially soared after the makeover, but Taffer and his Bar Rescue crew returned to Second Base in December (whether the encore visit was initiated by the bar or the show is disputed by the two sides). During the staff meeting Taffer learned about Bryants treatment of the employees as if they were expendable and the latter even had the gall to blame the Bar Rescue host for what happened to Second Base. If someone gives you a Porsche and you drive it like an idiot, it's not the fault of the Porsche (though you probably should never have been given one in the first place). I suspect that a lot of the staff gave up and continued to collect tips from customers who came into that stank nasty crap hole to ogle at women wearing bikinis. Hay 703 personas ms con el nombre de sara salazar salazar en LinkedIn Ver a otras personas con el nombre de sara salazar salazar. They immediately notice Second Bases exterior which was not as appealing as how Taffer left it three years ago, not to mention being devoid of lights. Add the Lost Episode (South Park) = 236 I'm also the guy who's always glued to an LCD screen of some sort. There is. Ive enjoyed this site to find out what happened to the renovated places. Lazy Management & Employees. TERRY WAS TRYING TO COVER UP FOR HIS FAILURE AS AN OWNER, BLAMING EVERY SINGLE NEGATIVE THING GOING ON AT THIS PLACE ON THE REST OF THE STAFF. View Sara Salazar's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Thanks for what you do, it would be interesting to know, open versus closed of the owners that embraced and continued Jons systems that he put into place. Ive thought about this but its hard because some bars do a mix. He would have followed through with a new concept & remodel (including new uniforms) if things had played out differently. Dozens of scantily clad women showing off their breasts cant be wrong. Ever wondered if those bars you see on Bar Rescuewere able to turn it around or not? Staff is nice but everything else is awful! 802 posts. Helped one with his kitchen. Heres an example of what the outside looks like as of August 2022: If you want to see some other nearby Los Angeles area Bar Rescue episodes, you can check out my updates for The Cave in Anaheim, Pineapple Hill Grill / Renz Social House in Tustin, and The Olive Pit in Orange. (Click here to read our post about the episode). After reading to see if this was still open in 2022, and the comments, no one said if the staff were still all there, did the manager leave and find another job? . LinkedIn es la red de negocios ms grande del mundo que ayuda a profesionales como Sara Salazar a encontrar contactos internos para recomendar candidatos a un empleo, expertos de un sector y socios comerciales. This prick is slick. JJ's Sports Cafe - OPEN. The shows formula is that bar consultant and host Jon Taffer goes to a struggling bar and tries to whip the staff and management into shape to improve business, suggesting changes in decor and service, doling out loud, and often bleeped, critiques in the process. There wasnt many sports bars back then.. Years after the rescue Second Base was once again in trouble as other sports bars opened up around the area which proved to be formidable competition. E.g. It's when it happens inside and often that it ruins businesses. agreed , the owner was a sleezzzz-bag..I just don't understand why Taffer wasted all the time he did with this man..I am beside myself!#*?! Tells you how great that other bar is doing if he needs every dollar from this bar to keep it open! A Valentines Day party last weekend advertised dance and Top 40 music, a costume contest, a raffle and bottle service. In fact the nearest big sorts bar has actually closed down. I'd rather watched 41 minutes of Taffer berating that jughead owner and 1 minute of them taking all the cameras down and walking out.Barring that, Taffer should have said he would invest the additional $100K ONLY if the owner signed an agreement turning the running of the bar, checkbook included, over to Gary and completely stayed away. In fact, the bars official website and social media profiles lean heavily into the scantily clad women angle. He clearly wanted a makeover (got it) didn't keep the work required and thought that he would get another re-rescue for free.ahahahahaha, spare me dude. In the first Bar Rescue, Bryant had said the place was $180,000 in debt, which he said he since has paid off. Got a question about Second Base Bar & Grill? Hes heard these things from other people. Third, Covid-19 killed a decent number of bars that had been successful after Taffers visit until the health restrictions. He has to be pretty dumb to treat people like this. Reality TV show made second visit to Second Base, Rowdy crowd temporarily pauses Rolling Loud fest, but the party continues in Inglewood. What days are Second Base Bar & Grill open? I manage the bat across the street from them and have not noticed a spike in their business at any time. Which bars? Terry is a idiot.Like jon said put up the money and i will help you. maybe they keep Taffers name but they still bring back some/all of their old menu. There are three other bikini bars nearby the Pump Room across the street and Salty Dawg Tavern and Blondies Saloon within a few miles so with servers at Second Base showing less skin, patrons will head to those spots, he said. As of 2023, 101 of the 214 bars featured on Bar Rescue are still open. Just curious. Bryant and Salazar pointed to the competition that has grown up around them, such as Buffalo Wild Wings at the Outlets at Orange, which opened in March 2012, and the Tilted Kilt, which opened in December 2012. Thank you in advance for your help. I went to the front door and the place is EMPTY.. The makes me think that it's true that a lot of this stuff is pre-planned and acted out. you obviously haven't been to either spot Rob. The first Bar Rescue episode at Second Base was filmed in May 2012 and aired in October 2012, Salazar said.