bar rescue

CocoboloCowboy said:
Saw the program, and after the Rescue the place was making money, and dowing well, as a Bar with Pool Tables.
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That's certainly a good thing. (Though the color scheme of the cloth sounds atrocious.)

I have never heard of this show, how long has it been on? Have they ever gone back to a bar after X months or years to see how things are continuing? I just wonder if the bump in business is due to them being on TV and if it sustains after that novelty has worn off.
 
Really not much about pool. The owner is an idiot. Yelled at employees because they didn't control costs, yet he was giving away everything.
Too many shows like this show why so many businesses fail. He was standing outside of his bar yelling free drinks. He attracted the low end of the customer scale. He then could not understand why other people would not go there. He was even yelling free sex! What a schmuck.
 
3-6 months later?

Yeah, I'd also like to know how this place is doing 3-6 months after this "bowling alley" transformation.

With an owner like that, I suspect he's going to go back to his old self, "It's not my fault" syndrome, and eventually the workers there are gonna go back hating the owner and quit on him. I know I would've quit the first time he called one of his workers "FATSO!".
 
The show's been on since late 2011/early last year.At the end of each episode,they give an update of the bar x amount of weeks/months later.

The show doesn't air until months after it records,so it likely has little to no effect on how many people visit the place when they're just starting to turn around.
 
krupa said:
That's certainly a good thing. (Though the color scheme of the cloth sounds atrocious.)

I have never heard of this show, how long has it been on? Have they ever gone back to a bar after X months or years to see how things are continuing? I just wonder if the bump in business is due to them being on TV and if it sustains after that novelty has worn off.
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One bar went back to the original idea that was failing. They had a pirate theme, Jon made them a coprorate bar because of the location. The owner and her boyfriend hated the idea, and went back to being scallywags. :)

Overall I like the theme of the show, and some of it, is very funny. I do like when they show employees that really care. Not enough of them, and of course, when an owner gets it, they come around. The turtle bar in New Orleans was a great episode.

JV
 
leto1776 said:
The show's been on since late 2011/early last year.At the end of each episode,they give an update of the bar x amount of weeks/months later.

The show doesn't air until months after it records,so it likely has little to no effect on how many people visit the place when they're just starting to turn around.
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But the locals would know before, during, and after filming. I wasn't suggesting that literally being on TV increased their business, just the fact that changes were made would get people to check it out again.

For example, in my town, when a new restaurant opens, the place is packed for a month or two while everyone checks it out. Then the business simmers down as people incorporate it into their "restaurant rotation." So if you look too early, you're think "wow, that place must be doing spectacular!"

And since it's "reality TV", they make every effort to show you exactly what they want you to see.
 
He always brings in an "Expert" to teach the bartenders how to mix drinks and another "Expert" to overhaul the menu and the kitchen, not once has he brought in an "Expert" to upgrade the pool areas of these bars, they have had some new felt installed on a few of the shows I’ve seen, but he could at least bring in someone from the local APA or Tavern leagues to consult with about table placement, lighting, equipment and the possibility of starting some league nights, or at the least the owner of the billiards supply company that services that area.
 
I work about 3 blocks from this place. I'll have to hobble down there on my crutches and check it out.
 
I've not seen the pool hall episode but the one episode I watched was about redoing a dive bar. It was a joke, the consultant seems to have no clue about what makes a dive bar successful. The owner was a creep, but bringing in a "corporate bar consultant" (read: Applebee's , not a real bar) making a fruity drink menu and weighing bottles? Lol.


The old neighborhood bar and dive bar are dying out, one of the factors being people in the "bar business" just not getting it.
 
CaptainHook said:
He always brings in an "Expert" to teach the bartenders how to mix drinks and another "Expert" to overhaul the menu and the kitchen, not once has he brought in an "Expert" to upgrade the pool areas of these bars, they have had some new felt installed on a few of the shows I’ve seen, but he could at least bring in someone from the local APA or Tavern leagues to consult with about table placement, lighting, equipment and the possibility of starting some league nights, or at the least the owner of the billiards supply company that services that area.
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John Taffer is an expert in the Bar business, and that is a simple thing. Making money with Booze Sales. That is the Bar business, and if pool tables, music machines, food, or a DJ are in the Bar it is to keep customer there longer, buying more drinks.

I had a friend who owned several Bars with Pool Tables in Phoenix Area, he said many times Booze Paid the Bills. He did not want "A" Type Great Pool Players in the Bar, as they did not drink. He catered to drinker, recreational league players, and bangers who drank.

The guy who had the Pool Bar in Denver had some Bar Flies in his place at the start of he show. you know they Drunks who are there for the cheap drinks, and will drinks, and bum free drinks all day.

At the Show End, and 6 weeks later the Bar was making money on Booze, Food, and Renting Pool Tables, so Taffer accomplished his mission.

BTW IMHO it is today difficult for a Pool Room to make money, and maybe that is why so many have closed. An APA Operator is only going to take money out of the Bar Owner Pockets. If an owner was smart he would start some type of his own in house league, with a end of season CASH Payout to get the money for himself. IMHO.
 
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