'Bar Rescue' Star Jon Taffer Shares His Secrets
You hear it from people occasionally: “Bar Rescue” is the best show on television. That’s the reality show on Spike TV in which bar industry veteran Jon Taffer travels the country to help bail out failing bar owners. Outdated décor, dirty kitchens, employee theft, over pouring the drinks – Taffer serves up his tough love to owners and […]
'Bar Rescue' Host Jon Taffer On The Top 5 Mistakes Small Businesses Make
Since 2011, restaurateur Jon Taffer has attempted to turn around 53 failing businesses across America as the host and executive producer of “Bar Rescue” on Spike TV. He’s seen roaches in liquor bottles, unpaid staff, extremely high debt levels, and owners who are figuratively — and literally — drunk on the job. While each of these […]
Spike TV Host Jon Taffer Talks Tequila Shots, Irresistible Bacon and Thousand-Dollar Whiskey
The expert hospitality consultant and host of “Bar Rescue” takes THR’s Taste Test. “The whole point of a bar is, I look in your eyes, you look in my eyes, we’ve never met each other before, we talk, we get to know each other, have a drink together, and the great end of that story […]
Jon Taffer Set to Launch Third Annual Rescue Tour with an Engaging Workshop in Los Angeles
Presented by Nightclub & Bar Media Group, Jon Taffer’s Rescue Tour continues into its third year with an inspiring new workshop for bar owners, managers, bartenders, chefs, and other hospitality industry professionals aiming to take their career and business to a higher level of success. The first stop for this acclaimed workshop will be held inside […]
Lou Dobbs Speaks With Jon Taffer on ObamaCare Changing How Businesses Operate
‘Bar Rescue’ host Jon Taffer on how to improve service industry businesses such as bars and the impact of ObamaCare. See the video here!
“Bar Rescue” Host Jon Taffer Explains Why Some Sports Bars Fail
Spike TV Bar Rescue host Jon Taffer stopped by SI Now today, and naturally the topic of sports bars came up. The best ones, Taffer notes, recognize that sporting events only fill the bar 70 days per year so you need to have great food and emulate the energy of the game. (So that’s what’s made Hooters so successful.) And why […]
Amazon's Massive Tracy Warehouse Opens – Ships Jon Taffer Book First
Just in time for the holiday retail rush,Amazon.com’s new Bay Area fulfillment warehouse is officially up and running. The company on Wednesday announced that the first item has shipped from its Tracy, Calif. warehouse — a copy of Jon Taffer’s new book “Raise the Bar” — to a customer in Menlo Park. The 1-million-square-foot facility has more […]
Nightclub & Bar Opens 2014 Top 100 Survey and Continues to Serve as the Industry’s Leading Source for Identifying Top Nightlife Venues
LAS VEGAS – Nightclub & Bar Media Group continues to serve as the industry’s leading source for identifying top nightlife venues with the opening of its survey for the 2014 Top 100 list. Serving as the nation’s only annual listing of revenue-based nightlife venues, inclusion in the Nightclub & Bar Top 100 list […]
Jon Taffer's 5 Secrets for Small Business Success
In his 30-plus years in the hospitality business, consultant Jon Taffer has rescued nearly 1,000 bars and many more restaurants from the brink of failure. He’s done it in part by employing high standards, emphasizing measurable results–and mincing no words about costly mistakes managers are making so they can correct them quickly and staunch the […]
Jon Taffer's 5 Ways to Raise the Bar in Business (And Life)
In his 30-plus years in the hospitality business, consultant Jon Taffer has rescued nearly 1,000 bars and many more restaurants from the brink of failure. He’s done it in part by employing high standards, emphasizing measurable results – and mincing no words about costly mistakes managers are making so they can correct them quickly and […]