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 […]
Creating Interactions With Bar Rescue’s John Taffer
John Taffer is the President of Bar & Nightclub Media and the Host of Spike TVs Bar Rescue (new episodes start October 6th!). I sat down (ok, had a call) with Mr. Taffer recently to discuss the new season of Bar Rescue, his new book and his years in the bar business. John has been creating and running bars for over […]
10 Things Jon Taffer of 'Bar Rescue' Wants You to Know About Running a Business
Who knew that so many business lessons could be learned from running a bar? Award-winning hospitality expert Jon Taffer knew it early on in his career. After revealing his business revamp process on Spike TV’s Bar Rescue, the nightlife consultant is divulging his brick-and-mortar business secrets in a new book, Raise the Bar: An Action-Based Method for […]
Jon Taffer Video Interview on AXS Live
Jon Taffer joins us in studio for an exclusive interview, discussing everything from his “Bar Rescue” show to some of the worst business decisions he has ever made.
Jon Taffer Raises the Bar
I have to admit, I had only seen two episodes of Bar Rescue before my interview with Jon Taffer. This sent me into research mode, where I found out that he was about much more than remodeling. By the time the interview day arrived, I was ready with questions and Jon had the answers as we talked […]
How To Rescue Your Sports Bar Experience With Spike TV's Jon Taffer
When Jon Taffer, host of the Spike TV show “Bar Rescue”, isn’t working to save one of the thousands of bars around in the country that have fallen into disrepair and debt, he can sometimes be found watching his beloved New York Yankees or Los Angeles Dodgers. “When I grew up in New York in […]
On Sound: Jon Taffer of Bar Rescue on running rock clubs, the science of BPM, and Van Halen’s boozy business affairs
“Running a bar is not just a business – it’s a science… nobody knows more about bar science than Jon Taffer.” Three seasons in, that opening voiceover to Spike TV’s Bar Rescue is undoubtedly the most recognizable on the current reality television landscape. Taffer, a bar business veteran, takes on the tired, the angry, the bitter, and the dejected […]
'Bar Rescue' visits 2 Austin nightclubs
Roaches. Mold. And the scent of cat pee. Before a recent visit from Spike TV’s “Bar Rescue,” Austin’s Headhunters was the worst bar in America, host Jon Taffer says. “It’s repulsive,” he told me just hours before crews gave the place a top-to-bottom makeover. “This is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen.” The lack […]