5 Things Training Professionals Can Learn From Watching "Bar Rescue"
“Bar Rescue” is a makeover/reality show that airs on Spike, and follows bar industry specialist Jon Taffer as he renovates and rescues failing bar establishments across the U.S. What I find interesting about the show is that many techniques and processes Taffer offers (minus the drama, of course) mirror important techniques for training professionals. […]
Q&A: 'Bar Rescue' host calls Old Market one of the best downtowns in America
Bellevue’s Sorties Tavern hits television screens Sunday night during the season premiere of Spike TV’s “Bar Rescue.” The show visits bars that may be struggling and overhauls them in hopes of saving them. The “Bar Rescue” crew came to the Omaha area late last year and transformed O’Banion’s Sports Bar into Sorties. Two other […]
Bar Rescue's Taffer on hottest drinks now [CNBC Video]
Jon Taffer weighs in on the “hottest drinks” in this segment for CNBC’s Closing Bell. See the clip here.
Bar Rescue host: Blaming weather ‘my pet peeve’ [CNBC Video]
Jon Taffer was recently interviewed for CNBC’s “Closing Bell” citing people blaming the weather as one of his biggest pet peeves. See the whole video here.
F&B Magazine Sits Down With Jon Taffer
Food & Beverage Magazine had a wonderful opportunity to take a moment with Jon Taffer and ask him a few questions What does your typical day look like? I start at about 6:00 in the morning; get out of the hotel about 8:30 after about an hour and a half on my computer doing emails. […]
Q+A: Jon Taffer previews 2014 Nightclub & Bar Convention — NSA spyware a big concern?
Is National Security Agency-type profile spyware coming to your neighborhood bar and lounge? Will rival nightclubs poach valuable data from each other to get the ultimate “steal them away information” in customer needs? Apparently so! It’s just one of the innovations going on display for the first time in the 28-year history of the […]
Strip Scribbles: Hard Rock Hotel → Bud Light Hotel?
The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas will change names and be transformed into the Bud Light Hotel during the upcoming 2014 Nightclub & Bar Convention starting March 24. “Bar Rescue” star Jon Taffer says that comedian Adam Carolla will be this year’s opening keynote speaker and that DJ Avicii has signed on for the opening […]
‘Bar Rescue’ host talks TV show and work ethic
‘Bar Rescue’ host Jon Taffer on his TV show, the bar industry, work ethic and latest projects. See the Varney & Company interview here.
HOW JON TAFFER DEALS WITH IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE
Think opening a bar would be fun? Jon Taffer would like you to know that you’re being an idiot. Taffer is the host of Spike’s Bar Rescue—a show in which the bullish Taffer coaxes, charms, illuminates, pleads with, shouts at, and intimidates failing bar owners—often as inept as they are unwilling to change—until they mend their ways. […]
Strip Scribbles: Hard Rock Hotel → Bud Light Hotel? Plus, Linq’s magic piano
The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas will change names and be transformed into the Bud Light Hotel during the upcoming 2014 Nightclub & Bar Convention starting March 24. “Bar Rescue” star Jon Taffer says that comedian Adam Carollawill be this year’s opening keynote speaker and that DJ Avicii has signed on for the opening […]