Bar Rescue season 1

*Bar Rescue*
Bar Rescue
Season 1
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Spike
Original release	July 17 –; September 25, 2011
Season chronology
	Next →; Season 2
	List of episodes

The first season of the American reality series Bar Rescue premiered on Spike on July 17, 2011 and concluded on September 18, 2011 with a total of 10 episodes. The series stars renowned nightlife consultant Jon Taffer who offers his professional expertise plus renovations and equipment to desperately failing bars in order to save them from closing.

Experts

Jon Taffer – Host/Star/Bar Consultant/Recon Spy
Nicole Taffer – Host's Wife/Marketing/Recon Spy

Chefs

Brian Duffy
Josh Capon
Brian Hill
Spike Mendelsohn
Eric Greenspan

Mixologists

Michael Tipps
Keith Raimondi
Elayne Duke
Tobin Ellis
Peter O’Connor

Other special experts

Nancy Hadley – Concept/Interior Design
Deborah Maguire – Hospitality
Ed Warnick – Retired Health Inspector

Production

Spike originally picked the series up for 10 episodes in January 2011 but was reduced to 8 episodes. The show began shooting in April 2011.^[1]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Bar name	Location	Original air date
1	1	"Fallen Angels"	Angels Sports Bar	Corona, California	July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17)
2	2	"Downey's and Out"	Downey's Irish Pub	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	July 24, 2011 (2011-07-24)
3	3	"Shabby Abbey"	The Abbey Pub	Chicago, Illinois	July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31)
4	4	"Beach Bummer"	Kilkenny's Irish Pub	Redondo Beach, California	July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31)
5	5	"Swanky Troubles"	Swanky Bubbles	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14)
6	6	"The Blue Frog Sings The Blues"	The Blue Frog 22	Chicago, Illinois	August 21, 2011 (2011-08-21)
7	7	"Bad To The Bone"	The Chicken Bone	Framingham, Massachusetts	August 28, 2011 (2011-08-28)
8	8	"Chumps"	Champs Sports Pub	Burbank, California	September 11, 2011 (2011-09-11)
9	9	"Bar Fight"	The Canyon Inn	Yorba Linda, California	September 18, 2011 (2011-09-18)
10	10	"Hogtied Ham's"	Angry Ham's Garage	Framingham, Massachusetts	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)

Notes

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References

^ "Spike Orders Two New Reality Series". Broadcasting & Cable. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

External links

Bar Rescue season 1 at IMDb
Bar Rescue Updates — Unaffiliated site that keeps track of bars being open or closed and has updates for each bar

[1] "Spike Orders Two New Reality Series". Broadcasting & Cable. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2012-02-16.

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