1 00:00:00,734 --> 00:00:02,302 All right. Jon is leaving. 2 00:00:02,302 --> 00:00:03,570 I repeat. 3 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:05,205 Jon is leaving the bar. 4 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:06,740 Copy that. 5 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:08,541 Uh, let's go ahead and strike everything. 6 00:00:12,278 --> 00:00:15,081 Guys, looks like we're walking out on this one. 7 00:00:15,081 --> 00:00:17,717 [dramatic music] 8 00:00:21,454 --> 00:00:22,856 narrator: For over 30 years, 9 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:24,824 Jon Taffer has traveled the country, 10 00:00:24,824 --> 00:00:28,828 saving hundreds of bars from failure and ruin. 11 00:00:28,828 --> 00:00:31,631 The past few years had been harder on our country 12 00:00:31,631 --> 00:00:34,100 than I've ever seen before. 13 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,403 But now, in a post-pandemic world, 14 00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:39,339 restaurants and bars are seeing a massive surge 15 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:40,340 in business... 16 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:41,641 Yeah. 17 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:43,643 narrator: ...and a customer base 18 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:45,678 that has a much higher expectation 19 00:00:45,678 --> 00:00:47,614 for quality food and drinks. 20 00:00:47,614 --> 00:00:49,382 Not a huge fan of this. 21 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:51,351 narrator: So I'm on a mission to save bars 22 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:53,253 that had been struggling 23 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:55,288 to keep up with the new landscape of our industry. 24 00:00:55,288 --> 00:00:57,123 [cheering] 25 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:59,125 narrator: So, now, Jon is back out on the road 26 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:01,327 and heading to Meridian, Idaho 27 00:01:01,327 --> 00:01:04,497 to rescue The Hideaway Bar & Grill. 28 00:01:04,497 --> 00:01:06,699 This is a new era for our country, 29 00:01:06,699 --> 00:01:08,735 so we need to raise the bar 30 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:10,470 and rise to these challenges. 31 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:14,574 narrator: In 2012, 32 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:16,176 construction company entrepreneur, 33 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:17,744 Dwayne Fulbright, 34 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:20,847 bought his first bar, Harry's Meridian Grill. 35 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:22,549 I decided to build a bar 36 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:25,385 because when everything went down in 2008, 37 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:28,421 I got bored and thought it would be fun. 38 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:32,158 narrator: After a successful few years, 39 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:34,461 Dwayne moved the bar to its current location 40 00:01:34,461 --> 00:01:38,364 and renamed it The Hideaway Bar & Grill. 41 00:01:38,364 --> 00:01:41,367 Well, my background is in homebuilding and construction. 42 00:01:41,367 --> 00:01:43,436 And I'm hands-on. I like to be involved. 43 00:01:43,436 --> 00:01:47,674 So I decided to design and build my own building. 44 00:01:47,674 --> 00:01:49,409 I spent, on the total project, 45 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:52,378 about $1.7 million to build it. 46 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:56,483 When I first got this building going, 47 00:01:56,483 --> 00:02:00,687 The Hideaway Bar & Grill made about $25,000 per month. 48 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:02,789 narrator: But despite the initial success, 49 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:05,325 Dwayne's bar struggled to hire and retain 50 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:08,661 the sizable number of employees needed to run it. 51 00:02:08,661 --> 00:02:11,264 When I tell people I work at The Hideaway Bar & Grill, 52 00:02:11,264 --> 00:02:13,700 they're like, "Oh, no. Why? Like why are you there?" 53 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:18,238 Well, we've had staffing issues and not having enough employees. 54 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:19,372 It's rough. 55 00:02:19,372 --> 00:02:21,674 We used to have 45 employees 56 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:23,276 and now we have 13. 57 00:02:23,276 --> 00:02:26,312 Dwayne isn't super into the hiring process. 58 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:28,815 They just hire on the spot and people just get thrown in. 59 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:31,384 And I think we're having problems with turnover 60 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:32,886 because there's not much training. 61 00:02:32,886 --> 00:02:34,921 We've had people that show up for like an hour 62 00:02:34,921 --> 00:02:36,422 and then they're like, "And we're done." 63 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:39,692 We do not. 64 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:41,294 We Google it. 65 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:42,896 [chuckles] 66 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:45,832 narrator: With staffing and turnover threatening operations, 67 00:02:45,832 --> 00:02:47,834 Dwayne turned to his girlfriend, Vanesa, 68 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,569 to manage The Hideaway. 69 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:50,870 Well, before working at The Hideaway, 70 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:52,605 I had no training. 71 00:02:52,605 --> 00:02:53,840 My previous background, 72 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,475 it's auto financing 73 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:56,843 aside from lending. 74 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:57,944 Camri, did you lock your till? 75 00:02:57,944 --> 00:02:59,412 What? 76 00:02:59,412 --> 00:03:01,014 -Did you lock your till? -Yes. 77 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:03,283 narrator: But with no hospitality experience 78 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:04,951 of her own, 79 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:07,420 Vanesa did little to help the bar find success. 80 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,822 We're not making money and we're losing money. 81 00:03:09,822 --> 00:03:12,292 narrator: And as the business continued to decline, 82 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:14,961 the staff began noticing bad habits with Dwayne 83 00:03:14,961 --> 00:03:16,930 forming at the bar. 84 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:20,466 Dwayne typically will be eating at the bar with a beer 85 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:22,702 and we all have been kind of trained 86 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:24,771 that once it gets down to a certain point, 87 00:03:24,771 --> 00:03:26,639 you refill the beer. 88 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,508 narrator: And Dwayne's drinking 89 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:31,444 not only affects the staff but the customers too. 90 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:32,812 Dwayne will sit at the bar and have a few beers 91 00:03:32,812 --> 00:03:34,547 and everyone will watch. 92 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:36,616 All the customers and regulars know who he is 93 00:03:36,616 --> 00:03:38,051 and know what he's doing. 94 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,953 Dwayne doesn't have a very good 95 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:42,288 representation right now. 96 00:03:42,288 --> 00:03:44,324 I get along really well with most of my customers. 97 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:46,859 Like, you know, sometimes I sit and have beers with them. 98 00:03:46,859 --> 00:03:50,830 Dwayne's drinking does create a problem here at the bar. 99 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:54,634 Customers see him as just the town drunk. 100 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:57,670 And I'm worried because I'm having major heart surgery 101 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:59,539 and I'm gonna go through three to six months 102 00:03:59,539 --> 00:04:01,007 painful recovery 103 00:04:01,007 --> 00:04:03,476 and I'm leaving Dwayne like this. 104 00:04:03,476 --> 00:04:06,512 narrator: So with Vanesa's future at The Hideaway in doubt 105 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:08,014 and Dwayne's bad habits 106 00:04:08,014 --> 00:04:10,083 becoming more apparent by the day, 107 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:13,720 the couple now find themselves losing $6,000 a month 108 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,522 and are six months away from closing. 109 00:04:16,522 --> 00:04:18,758 I see him all stressed out all the time. 110 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:20,460 narrator: So Dwayne and Vanessa 111 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:22,795 had made the decision to pull back the doors, 112 00:04:22,795 --> 00:04:24,397 bust open the books, 113 00:04:24,397 --> 00:04:26,733 and make a call for help to "Bar Rescue." 114 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:29,636 Whatever we're trying, it's not working. 115 00:04:29,636 --> 00:04:31,504 We don't have a plan B. 116 00:04:31,504 --> 00:04:33,906 Clearly, we have all the eggs in one basket. 117 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:35,575 If The Hideaway doesn't survive, 118 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:37,410 we'll lose everything that we have. 119 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:48,839 Spending time in Boise, 120 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,741 one thing that has really stood out 121 00:04:50,741 --> 00:04:53,978 is the community and their support of local businesses. 122 00:04:53,978 --> 00:04:55,679 -Hi there. -Hello, sir. How are you? 123 00:04:55,679 --> 00:04:57,548 -Good. Nice to meet you. -Very. It's a pleasure. 124 00:04:59,383 --> 00:05:00,684 [sighs] Hi, everybody. 125 00:05:00,684 --> 00:05:01,719 -Hi. -Hi. 126 00:05:01,719 --> 00:05:02,987 -Hi. -Hello. 127 00:05:02,987 --> 00:05:04,655 -What's your name? -Rose. 128 00:05:04,655 --> 00:05:06,423 -Rose? You work at the bar? -Yes, I do. 129 00:05:06,423 --> 00:05:08,626 And although the rescues had been challenging 130 00:05:08,626 --> 00:05:09,627 in one way or another... 131 00:05:09,627 --> 00:05:10,995 That's definitely wrong. 132 00:05:10,995 --> 00:05:13,364 Hey, guys, we're in emergency mode now. 133 00:05:13,364 --> 00:05:14,665 -Tickets are still piling up. -Where's table five drinks? 134 00:05:14,665 --> 00:05:16,367 I'm working on them, sir. 135 00:05:16,367 --> 00:05:17,735 The printer is not working. 136 00:05:17,735 --> 00:05:19,436 Wrong. It's supposed to be half ounce. 137 00:05:19,436 --> 00:05:21,071 We're at 15 minutes. 138 00:05:21,071 --> 00:05:22,806 [balloon popping] 139 00:05:22,806 --> 00:05:24,008 That's it. 140 00:05:25,809 --> 00:05:27,845 We're sorry. We love you. Please come back. 141 00:05:27,845 --> 00:05:30,781 ...they've been very rewarding, each in its own unique way. 142 00:05:30,781 --> 00:05:33,417 [cheers and applause] 143 00:05:33,417 --> 00:05:34,652 -Whoa. -Wow. 144 00:05:35,819 --> 00:05:37,354 It's awesome. 145 00:05:37,354 --> 00:05:39,056 Oh. 146 00:05:39,056 --> 00:05:40,557 You happy? 147 00:05:40,557 --> 00:05:41,992 Yeah. I mean, you outdid yourself. 148 00:05:41,992 --> 00:05:43,427 Thank you. 149 00:05:43,427 --> 00:05:44,795 So now I'm in Meridian, 150 00:05:44,795 --> 00:05:46,463 a fast-growing city 151 00:05:46,463 --> 00:05:48,699 just west of Boise. 152 00:05:48,699 --> 00:05:49,900 And for this recon, 153 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:51,468 I've asked one of the top chefs 154 00:05:51,468 --> 00:05:53,337 in my hometown in Las Vegas 155 00:05:53,337 --> 00:05:55,105 to come help me check this place out. 156 00:05:55,105 --> 00:05:56,507 Nice to have you back, Jen. 157 00:05:56,507 --> 00:05:57,975 Yes. Thanks for having me again. 158 00:05:57,975 --> 00:05:59,643 narrator: For the kitchen, 159 00:05:59,643 --> 00:06:01,445 Jon brings in Chef Jennifer Murphy, 160 00:06:01,445 --> 00:06:03,781 a 15-year veteran of Las Vegas fine dining, 161 00:06:03,781 --> 00:06:06,417 who is overseeing kitchens at the Bellagio, MGM Grand, 162 00:06:06,417 --> 00:06:08,852 and Caesars Palace. 163 00:06:08,852 --> 00:06:09,987 So we're in Idaho. 164 00:06:09,987 --> 00:06:11,889 In Meridian, Idaho. 165 00:06:11,889 --> 00:06:14,758 We're about 20 miles outside of Boise. 166 00:06:14,758 --> 00:06:16,593 Idaho is not a very wealthy state, 167 00:06:16,593 --> 00:06:18,896 but this area has a median household income 168 00:06:18,896 --> 00:06:21,398 of about $91,000. 169 00:06:21,398 --> 00:06:23,500 Fifty percent above the national average. 170 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:25,069 And the cost of living here is low. 171 00:06:25,069 --> 00:06:26,937 So if you're making 80 grand here, 172 00:06:26,937 --> 00:06:28,772 -you're doing pretty good. -That's right. 173 00:06:28,772 --> 00:06:30,641 So this bar is called The Hideaway, 174 00:06:30,641 --> 00:06:32,643 and it's been here for four years. 175 00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:34,845 Look at the size of this place. 176 00:06:34,845 --> 00:06:36,113 There's the owner, Dwayne. 177 00:06:36,113 --> 00:06:37,948 [laughter] 178 00:06:37,948 --> 00:06:39,616 There you go. 179 00:06:39,616 --> 00:06:41,151 Dwayne was in the construction business. 180 00:06:41,151 --> 00:06:42,753 Always wanted to own a bar. 181 00:06:42,753 --> 00:06:44,388 So he bought a bar, 182 00:06:44,388 --> 00:06:46,590 closed it 'cause he didn't like the lease. 183 00:06:46,590 --> 00:06:47,858 Then built this bar. 184 00:06:47,858 --> 00:06:49,560 Spent over $1,000,000 on it. 185 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,829 Now he's losing $6,500 a month. 186 00:06:51,829 --> 00:06:54,965 And his reputation-- I gotta read you this. 187 00:06:54,965 --> 00:06:56,600 This is a review. 188 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,102 An online review. 189 00:06:58,102 --> 00:07:01,004 Sat at a table next to a very drunk person 190 00:07:01,004 --> 00:07:02,439 while ordering dinner. 191 00:07:02,439 --> 00:07:04,074 My server was awesome, 192 00:07:04,074 --> 00:07:06,009 but when he asked the drunk person a question, 193 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:08,045 I realized the drunk was his boss. 194 00:07:08,045 --> 00:07:09,880 How the hell does that work? 195 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,715 He was rude to the employee 196 00:07:11,715 --> 00:07:14,051 like he was interrupting his booze time. 197 00:07:14,051 --> 00:07:15,686 Wow. That's crazy. 198 00:07:15,686 --> 00:07:16,787 I've never heard of anything like this. 199 00:07:16,787 --> 00:07:17,821 -No. -Listen to this one. 200 00:07:17,821 --> 00:07:18,956 Worst service ever. 201 00:07:18,956 --> 00:07:20,791 Even the regulars have to wait. 202 00:07:20,791 --> 00:07:23,060 The drunk owner tries to jump in and help, 203 00:07:23,060 --> 00:07:25,129 breaks a glass in the drink well, 204 00:07:25,129 --> 00:07:26,764 and stumbles back to his stool. 205 00:07:26,764 --> 00:07:27,965 This place is a joke. 206 00:07:27,965 --> 00:07:29,700 Sounds like a joke. 207 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:31,635 Reviews like these are a major red flag, 208 00:07:31,635 --> 00:07:33,871 especially when it comes to an owner's behavior 209 00:07:33,871 --> 00:07:35,072 in his own bar. 210 00:07:35,072 --> 00:07:37,541 So that's Dwayne, 211 00:07:37,541 --> 00:07:39,710 and he's now in debt $1,000,000 too. 212 00:07:39,710 --> 00:07:41,612 Wow. That's incredible. 213 00:07:41,612 --> 00:07:42,846 You still need the margarita or do-- 214 00:07:42,846 --> 00:07:44,615 -I'll make it right now. -Okay. 215 00:07:44,615 --> 00:07:46,817 -I'm making all the other ones. -Okay. 216 00:07:46,817 --> 00:07:48,218 There is Vanesa. 217 00:07:48,218 --> 00:07:50,220 Vanesa is Dwayne's girlfriend 218 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:52,022 of about five years. 219 00:07:52,022 --> 00:07:53,657 They can't afford a manager, 220 00:07:53,657 --> 00:07:54,992 so Vanesa, 221 00:07:54,992 --> 00:07:56,860 who's in a real estate business, 222 00:07:56,860 --> 00:07:59,129 and Dwayne, who's in a construction business, 223 00:07:59,129 --> 00:08:00,631 are running this place. 224 00:08:00,631 --> 00:08:01,732 Sounds like a recipe for disaster. 225 00:08:01,732 --> 00:08:02,833 Completely. 226 00:08:02,833 --> 00:08:03,967 -You guys ready? -Yeah. 227 00:08:03,967 --> 00:08:05,502 -Okay. -There's Camri. 228 00:08:05,502 --> 00:08:07,070 She's a bartender. 229 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:08,639 Look at how she's the only one working 230 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:10,073 behind the bar tonight. 231 00:08:10,073 --> 00:08:13,110 And there's Alexis and she's a server. 232 00:08:13,110 --> 00:08:14,745 How's your night? 233 00:08:16,180 --> 00:08:18,115 So there's Filiberto. 234 00:08:18,115 --> 00:08:19,583 He's our cook. 235 00:08:21,652 --> 00:08:24,488 Never seen somebody stir French fries in the fryer like that. 236 00:08:24,488 --> 00:08:25,622 No. [laughs] 237 00:08:25,622 --> 00:08:27,958 Uh, where are our plastic-- 238 00:08:27,958 --> 00:08:31,195 uh, you guys took away the Coke cups. 239 00:08:31,195 --> 00:08:32,596 Who's he talking to? 240 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:34,598 Uh, I'll just use the glass. 241 00:08:34,598 --> 00:08:35,999 Hands on the floor? 242 00:08:35,999 --> 00:08:37,267 Oh, boy. 243 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:39,069 So for recon tonight, 244 00:08:39,069 --> 00:08:42,840 I have Nikki West from WOW Country Radio here. 245 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,174 You know, radio people, 246 00:08:44,174 --> 00:08:45,943 they do loads of bars all the time. 247 00:08:45,943 --> 00:08:47,945 And she's a bar person and was a bartender. 248 00:08:47,945 --> 00:08:50,881 So she came with a girlfriend of hers, Nicole. 249 00:08:50,881 --> 00:08:52,249 Hello. 250 00:08:52,249 --> 00:08:53,917 Hi. 251 00:08:53,917 --> 00:08:55,085 How's it going? 252 00:08:55,085 --> 00:08:56,253 -How are you? -Good. 253 00:08:56,253 --> 00:08:57,554 What are you two drinking tonight? 254 00:08:57,554 --> 00:08:58,889 Uh, I heard about a Hideaway. 255 00:08:58,889 --> 00:09:00,924 Yeah. That one has lemon vodka in it. 256 00:09:00,924 --> 00:09:01,992 -Perfect. -That one? Okay. 257 00:09:01,992 --> 00:09:03,160 Yeah, let's go with that. 258 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,528 I'll do a Lynchburg Lemonade. 259 00:09:04,528 --> 00:09:06,864 Okay. Got it. 260 00:09:06,864 --> 00:09:08,999 The vibe in the bar was pretty sterile. 261 00:09:08,999 --> 00:09:10,734 It felt pretty stark 262 00:09:10,734 --> 00:09:13,570 and kind of rough, a little masculine. 263 00:09:13,570 --> 00:09:15,706 When we walked in, that was the first thing that I felt. 264 00:09:15,706 --> 00:09:17,641 The weird, bright orange and then like, 265 00:09:17,641 --> 00:09:19,176 "Did you finish this? 266 00:09:19,176 --> 00:09:21,245 Were you planning on painting soon?" 267 00:09:21,245 --> 00:09:23,280 I'm a do-it-yourselfer and the whole time I'm like, 268 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,982 "Okay, so I need to paint this. 269 00:09:24,982 --> 00:09:27,117 I need to do this." It needed love, yeah. 270 00:09:28,252 --> 00:09:30,320 -Do we have menus? -I'm not sure-- 271 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,955 All right. 272 00:09:31,955 --> 00:09:33,223 Oh, yeah, and could we get a food menu too? 273 00:09:33,223 --> 00:09:34,658 Yeah. 274 00:09:34,658 --> 00:09:35,759 [laughter] 275 00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:37,327 Food menu. 276 00:09:37,327 --> 00:09:38,996 Now, why wouldn't she have brought them the menu naturally, 277 00:09:38,996 --> 00:09:40,664 right, try to sell the food? 278 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:42,132 Right. There should be a sequence of service. 279 00:09:42,132 --> 00:09:43,734 It doesn't seem like that exists. 280 00:09:43,734 --> 00:09:45,202 Yeah. 281 00:09:45,202 --> 00:09:47,704 -Thank you. -There you go. 282 00:09:47,704 --> 00:09:50,874 This menu is overwhelming. 283 00:09:50,874 --> 00:09:52,175 -It's like-- -And the menu is very dirty. 284 00:09:52,175 --> 00:09:53,343 Yeah. 285 00:09:53,343 --> 00:09:54,978 Well, let's see how this is. 286 00:09:54,978 --> 00:09:56,780 Yeah. 287 00:09:56,780 --> 00:09:57,948 Okay. 288 00:09:59,116 --> 00:10:00,551 Mmm. 289 00:10:02,319 --> 00:10:05,188 Oh, that's really sour. 290 00:10:05,188 --> 00:10:06,223 Yeah. 291 00:10:06,223 --> 00:10:07,724 Oh, she didn't like that. 292 00:10:07,724 --> 00:10:09,359 [groans] 293 00:10:09,359 --> 00:10:11,061 When you get a minute, can we grab some food from you? 294 00:10:11,061 --> 00:10:12,996 Yeah. Give me one second. I'll be right with you. 295 00:10:12,996 --> 00:10:14,231 Just one girl here? 296 00:10:14,231 --> 00:10:15,832 Yeah, I guess so. 297 00:10:18,235 --> 00:10:20,938 So he had his hands on the floor 298 00:10:20,938 --> 00:10:23,273 and now he's holding the glasses like that. 299 00:10:23,273 --> 00:10:24,908 [groans] 300 00:10:24,908 --> 00:10:26,343 Look at his hands on the top of the glass. 301 00:10:26,343 --> 00:10:27,778 His palm was pressing against it. 302 00:10:27,778 --> 00:10:28,912 Whee! 303 00:10:28,912 --> 00:10:30,881 Oh, there's one for himself too. 304 00:10:30,881 --> 00:10:31,882 Oh, there we go. 305 00:10:31,882 --> 00:10:32,950 [chuckles] 306 00:10:35,752 --> 00:10:38,221 Oh, I have-- something's in my drink. 307 00:10:38,221 --> 00:10:40,757 Oh, my God. 308 00:10:40,757 --> 00:10:41,858 Something's in her drink? 309 00:10:41,858 --> 00:10:42,893 No way. 310 00:10:42,893 --> 00:10:44,061 Ew. 311 00:10:44,061 --> 00:10:45,963 There's more. 312 00:10:45,963 --> 00:10:47,130 Okay. I'm done. 313 00:10:47,130 --> 00:10:48,632 -No. -No, I'm done. 314 00:10:48,632 --> 00:10:50,033 -[chuckles] -No. 315 00:10:50,033 --> 00:10:51,868 What are we thinking, ladies? 316 00:10:51,868 --> 00:10:53,637 Uh, we wanna share The Hideaway mac and cheese please. 317 00:10:53,637 --> 00:10:55,072 -All right. -Anything else? 318 00:10:55,072 --> 00:10:57,708 Uh, I wanna try the Cuban also. 319 00:10:57,708 --> 00:10:58,775 Good choice. 320 00:10:58,775 --> 00:10:59,843 I'll do the Philly dog. 321 00:10:59,843 --> 00:11:01,244 Okay. 322 00:11:01,244 --> 00:11:03,046 And, um, she's got floaties in her-- 323 00:11:03,046 --> 00:11:04,181 I got a few floaties here. 324 00:11:04,181 --> 00:11:05,649 I don't know if it's pepper or-- 325 00:11:05,649 --> 00:11:06,883 Let me remake it for you. 326 00:11:06,883 --> 00:11:08,318 -Thank you. -It's okay. 327 00:11:10,887 --> 00:11:13,156 Smile. 328 00:11:13,156 --> 00:11:15,125 And what's Dwayne doing? 329 00:11:15,125 --> 00:11:16,860 At the corner of the bar, talking to those customers, 330 00:11:16,860 --> 00:11:18,328 not paying attention or anything. 331 00:11:18,328 --> 00:11:20,230 Beautiful. Get it sold. 332 00:11:20,230 --> 00:11:21,431 Get it done. 333 00:11:21,431 --> 00:11:22,432 -There you go. -Thank you. 334 00:11:22,432 --> 00:11:23,800 Oh. 335 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,703 Uh, actually, this is a bigger floaty. 336 00:11:26,703 --> 00:11:29,339 That one's even bigger than it was before. 337 00:11:29,339 --> 00:11:31,141 It's okay. I think I'm okay. 338 00:11:31,141 --> 00:11:32,809 We got another one with black stuff floating in it. 339 00:11:32,809 --> 00:11:34,344 What is that? 340 00:11:34,344 --> 00:11:35,345 Their ice machine could have mold in it. 341 00:11:35,345 --> 00:11:36,913 How safe is the food 342 00:11:36,913 --> 00:11:38,949 when you see particles like that in the drinks? 343 00:11:38,949 --> 00:11:39,983 You can see some filth. 344 00:11:39,983 --> 00:11:41,852 Look there. 345 00:11:41,852 --> 00:11:43,186 Those have not been cleaned in quite some time. 346 00:11:45,422 --> 00:11:47,257 Look, that is turkey, ham, bacon. 347 00:11:47,257 --> 00:11:48,425 That's a Cuban sandwich. 348 00:11:48,425 --> 00:11:50,293 -It looks dry. -It does. 349 00:11:50,293 --> 00:11:52,262 'Cause the pork's already cooked. 350 00:11:52,262 --> 00:11:54,464 And you have to be very careful when you apply heat to it again 351 00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:56,299 because you can easily dry it out. 352 00:11:56,299 --> 00:11:57,801 It's getting drier by the second too 353 00:11:57,801 --> 00:11:59,236 just sitting there. 354 00:11:59,236 --> 00:12:01,171 Did you see how he's put the pasta 355 00:12:01,171 --> 00:12:03,340 into the pan with no sauce? 356 00:12:03,340 --> 00:12:04,808 -In a dry pan? -Yeah. 357 00:12:04,808 --> 00:12:06,443 That's a high flame too. 358 00:12:06,443 --> 00:12:08,345 So that pasta on the bottom is gonna burn 359 00:12:08,345 --> 00:12:09,946 -and that's gonna get dry. -It's gonna be all crispy 360 00:12:09,946 --> 00:12:11,448 and it's gonna change the texture of the pasta. 361 00:12:11,448 --> 00:12:13,050 -It's not gonna be pleasant. -Yup. 362 00:12:13,050 --> 00:12:14,885 Was that one, okay? 363 00:12:14,885 --> 00:12:16,286 Uh, there's actually like a bigger floaty in that one. 364 00:12:16,286 --> 00:12:17,421 Awesome. 365 00:12:17,421 --> 00:12:19,022 Perfect. 366 00:12:27,030 --> 00:12:29,232 Maybe it's from the ice 367 00:12:29,232 --> 00:12:32,135 or like the plastic cup. She's like [indistinct] 368 00:12:32,135 --> 00:12:33,437 Now she's checking. 369 00:12:37,474 --> 00:12:39,109 At this point, I wouldn't have a whole lot 370 00:12:39,109 --> 00:12:40,444 -of confidence in having... -No. 371 00:12:40,444 --> 00:12:42,012 ...any cocktails here. 372 00:12:42,012 --> 00:12:43,313 Third times. 373 00:12:44,748 --> 00:12:45,916 Perfect. 374 00:12:45,916 --> 00:12:47,250 -Thanks. -Oh, yeah. 375 00:12:47,250 --> 00:12:49,052 -Much better. -Thank you. 376 00:12:54,224 --> 00:12:55,859 Oh, that's... 377 00:12:55,859 --> 00:12:57,160 Does it taste better the third time around? 378 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:58,862 -Uh, it's--no. -Oh. 379 00:12:58,862 --> 00:13:00,831 It's not pretty much better. 380 00:13:05,235 --> 00:13:07,170 I use the ice out of there. 381 00:13:07,170 --> 00:13:08,772 I guess I didn't triple check the ice. 382 00:13:08,772 --> 00:13:10,240 I'm not positive. 383 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,274 I've never really got that complaint 384 00:13:11,274 --> 00:13:13,043 since I've been here. 385 00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:15,812 But, but you treat me like that, like it's--it's-- 386 00:13:15,812 --> 00:13:17,881 like if you guys wanna send in customers like that 387 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:19,950 and give us reputation, that's fine. 388 00:13:19,950 --> 00:13:22,819 Um, I'm gonna be done with the show after this though, 389 00:13:22,819 --> 00:13:24,421 just so you guys know, 390 00:13:24,421 --> 00:13:25,822 'cause if you guys are gonna represent us like that, 391 00:13:25,822 --> 00:13:27,257 then I'm not a part of it. 392 00:13:28,825 --> 00:13:30,160 Uh, like... 393 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,328 Unbelievable. 394 00:13:33,063 --> 00:13:35,966 Camri said on camera that she's gonna be done with the show. 395 00:13:35,966 --> 00:13:37,234 That there's no point of her coming back. 396 00:13:40,437 --> 00:13:42,105 Are you walking out? 397 00:13:42,105 --> 00:13:44,307 Okay. Well, come here for a sec. 398 00:13:51,882 --> 00:13:52,949 No. 399 00:13:56,353 --> 00:13:57,921 No way. 400 00:13:57,921 --> 00:13:59,089 I've never seen a situation like this 401 00:13:59,089 --> 00:14:01,124 in all my years of "Bar Rescue." 402 00:14:09,266 --> 00:14:10,867 Are they firing her 403 00:14:10,867 --> 00:14:12,269 for something that took place last week? 404 00:14:26,983 --> 00:14:28,251 Can I have my backpack back? 405 00:14:28,251 --> 00:14:29,586 What backpack? 406 00:14:29,586 --> 00:14:31,054 Get out. 407 00:14:32,022 --> 00:14:33,590 I'm not. Go. Bye. 408 00:14:33,590 --> 00:14:36,159 You're eighty-six'd from the bar. 409 00:14:36,159 --> 00:14:38,161 What the hell is going on in this place? 410 00:14:44,868 --> 00:14:45,869 Get out. 411 00:14:46,970 --> 00:14:48,572 I'm not. Go. 412 00:14:48,572 --> 00:14:50,307 But you're gonna say I'm a thief on camera like that? 413 00:14:50,307 --> 00:14:51,975 Do you want to say that, Vanesa? 414 00:14:51,975 --> 00:14:53,310 You know, my second day, 415 00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:54,544 you went through my purse looking for cash. 416 00:14:54,544 --> 00:14:55,612 -I didn't wanna-- -Remember? 417 00:14:55,612 --> 00:14:57,114 Camri, you're the--you're-- 418 00:14:57,114 --> 00:14:58,115 Don't pull-- don't go [indistinct] 419 00:14:58,115 --> 00:14:59,449 I have it on camera. 420 00:14:59,449 --> 00:15:00,484 Vanesa, do you want that on camera too? 421 00:15:00,484 --> 00:15:02,386 Hey, bye, bye, bye. 422 00:15:02,386 --> 00:15:03,987 You're eighty-six'd from the bar. 423 00:15:03,987 --> 00:15:05,922 -Okay. Thank you. -You're welcome. 424 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,896 Will you guys stop now? 425 00:15:12,896 --> 00:15:14,364 I'm--I'm done. 426 00:15:14,364 --> 00:15:17,034 Like I don't want a part of this business at all. 427 00:15:17,034 --> 00:15:19,069 Like this was a whole shitshow. 428 00:15:19,069 --> 00:15:23,106 Um, I guess I'm a thief 'cause I gave a free beer a while ago. 429 00:15:23,106 --> 00:15:25,008 Dwayne needs a reality check. 430 00:15:25,008 --> 00:15:26,610 His business is not successful. 431 00:15:26,610 --> 00:15:28,545 He drinks a lot and it makes him look silly. 432 00:15:28,545 --> 00:15:30,447 It's embarrassing. 433 00:15:30,447 --> 00:15:32,049 And it's the last place that people wanna come in. 434 00:15:32,049 --> 00:15:33,950 I just don't wanna ever come here again. 435 00:15:39,423 --> 00:15:41,391 Look at this. We have floaties in drinks. 436 00:15:41,391 --> 00:15:43,326 An owner drinking with customers. 437 00:15:43,326 --> 00:15:45,228 A bartender quit or fired. 438 00:15:45,228 --> 00:15:47,097 I don't even really know what happened 439 00:15:47,097 --> 00:15:49,566 but clearly they do not have a handle on their business. 440 00:15:49,566 --> 00:15:51,201 I got to go in there, talk to Dwayne, 441 00:15:51,201 --> 00:15:53,136 and figure out what the hell is going on here. 442 00:15:53,136 --> 00:15:54,404 Keep an eye on me, okay? 443 00:15:54,404 --> 00:15:56,106 For sure. 444 00:15:56,106 --> 00:15:59,142 [dramatic music] 445 00:16:00,677 --> 00:16:02,546 narrator: Jon enters The Hideaway, 446 00:16:02,546 --> 00:16:05,482 a bar located just west of Boise, Idaho. 447 00:16:05,482 --> 00:16:08,652 The Hideaway is a large industrial-themed space 448 00:16:08,652 --> 00:16:11,088 with high ceiling, various table games 449 00:16:11,088 --> 00:16:12,556 scattered throughout the layout, 450 00:16:12,556 --> 00:16:14,591 and a U-shaped bar in the center. 451 00:16:14,591 --> 00:16:17,027 With the average American bar and kitchen 452 00:16:17,027 --> 00:16:19,996 generating $150 per square foot, 453 00:16:19,996 --> 00:16:22,265 at 6,900 square feet, 454 00:16:22,265 --> 00:16:23,967 The Hideaway would need to bring in 455 00:16:23,967 --> 00:16:25,936 over $1,000,000 a year 456 00:16:25,936 --> 00:16:29,940 or $86,000 a month just to break even. 457 00:16:32,342 --> 00:16:35,145 -Oh, there he is right there. -Uh-hmm. 458 00:16:35,145 --> 00:16:36,246 Hi. 459 00:16:36,246 --> 00:16:37,380 -Hi, there. -Hi. 460 00:16:37,380 --> 00:16:38,548 That must be his people. 461 00:16:40,717 --> 00:16:42,719 What was in that drink? Did you figure that out? 462 00:16:42,719 --> 00:16:44,321 No, we don't know. 463 00:16:44,321 --> 00:16:45,655 This is the third one but I'm not sure. 464 00:16:45,655 --> 00:16:47,090 Would you take a bite for me? 465 00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:48,291 Uh... 466 00:16:48,291 --> 00:16:49,593 Are you scared to take a bite? 467 00:16:49,593 --> 00:16:51,161 I don't know. I'm scared of this. 468 00:16:51,161 --> 00:16:52,195 -Really? -Yeah, this messy, greasy-- 469 00:16:52,195 --> 00:16:55,632 the bun is totally dry. 470 00:16:57,367 --> 00:16:58,535 Nope. 471 00:16:59,569 --> 00:17:01,204 Nope. 472 00:17:01,204 --> 00:17:03,106 -What's wrong? -It's super dry. 473 00:17:03,106 --> 00:17:04,474 And the flavor--like something is wrong with the flavors combo. 474 00:17:04,474 --> 00:17:06,743 We knew that was gonna be a dry sandwich. 475 00:17:06,743 --> 00:17:08,078 Something is very wrong. 476 00:17:08,078 --> 00:17:09,613 You know, it's interesting. 477 00:17:09,613 --> 00:17:11,481 -We watched the cook cook it... -I don't wanna eat it. 478 00:17:11,481 --> 00:17:12,983 ...and we knew that this turkey was gonna be really dry 479 00:17:12,983 --> 00:17:14,084 by the way he had it on the grill. 480 00:17:14,084 --> 00:17:15,385 Look at this. 481 00:17:15,385 --> 00:17:17,220 It just taste awful. 482 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:19,189 Never a good sign when somebody spits out their food. 483 00:17:19,189 --> 00:17:20,223 Okay, guys. 484 00:17:20,223 --> 00:17:21,658 Well, the food? Fail? 485 00:17:21,658 --> 00:17:23,093 both: Food, fail. 486 00:17:23,093 --> 00:17:24,194 -Drinks? -Drinks fail. 487 00:17:24,194 --> 00:17:25,195 -Fail? -Fail. 488 00:17:25,195 --> 00:17:26,196 Environment? 489 00:17:26,196 --> 00:17:27,297 both: Fail. 490 00:17:27,297 --> 00:17:28,698 There's nothing going on here. 491 00:17:28,698 --> 00:17:30,133 -We're good. Yeah. -Let me go to work. 492 00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:31,134 -Thank you, guys. -Thank you. 493 00:17:31,134 --> 00:17:32,536 Oh, gosh. Thank you. 494 00:17:32,536 --> 00:17:33,670 Can I interrupt your drinking for a moment? 495 00:17:33,670 --> 00:17:34,671 Sure. 496 00:17:34,671 --> 00:17:37,474 Oh, jeez. 497 00:17:37,474 --> 00:17:40,310 These are two friends of mine that goes on radio. 498 00:17:40,310 --> 00:17:41,578 -Uh-huh. -Hi there. 499 00:17:41,578 --> 00:17:43,113 So if she had a great experience today, 500 00:17:43,113 --> 00:17:44,648 when you went on the radio tomorrow, 501 00:17:44,648 --> 00:17:46,216 -what would happen? -I would talk all about it. 502 00:17:46,216 --> 00:17:47,417 And would you fail this place? 503 00:17:47,417 --> 00:17:48,685 Uh, yeah. Absolutely. 504 00:17:48,685 --> 00:17:50,287 She ordered a drink. 505 00:17:50,287 --> 00:17:52,022 It had a black thing floating in it. 506 00:17:52,022 --> 00:17:53,690 Then the food comes out. 507 00:17:53,690 --> 00:17:56,626 Your cook does something I've never seen before, Dwayne. 508 00:17:56,626 --> 00:18:01,464 He takes the pasta, puts it in a dry frying pan. 509 00:18:01,464 --> 00:18:03,266 Let's it cook in a dry frying pan. 510 00:18:03,266 --> 00:18:05,068 See how the pasta is burnt? 511 00:18:06,403 --> 00:18:07,604 Got you. 512 00:18:07,604 --> 00:18:09,105 Brown pasta. That's not right, is it? 513 00:18:09,105 --> 00:18:10,640 So now she thinks this is a bug too 514 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,509 because of the bugs in there, right? 515 00:18:12,509 --> 00:18:14,177 Who designed this bar? 516 00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:16,146 -Me. -I can tell. 517 00:18:16,146 --> 00:18:17,380 Have you ever designed a bar before? 518 00:18:17,380 --> 00:18:19,149 No. 519 00:18:19,149 --> 00:18:20,317 It's the worst designed bar I've seen in my life. 520 00:18:21,318 --> 00:18:23,086 Okay. 521 00:18:23,086 --> 00:18:24,721 Let me tell you, the ceilings are too high. 522 00:18:24,721 --> 00:18:26,489 This is the most unintimate environment ever. 523 00:18:26,489 --> 00:18:27,524 You feel like you're in a shopping center 524 00:18:27,524 --> 00:18:29,125 when you're in this place. 525 00:18:29,125 --> 00:18:30,260 I look back there, it's a sea of tables. 526 00:18:30,260 --> 00:18:32,062 I'm staring in the kitchen. 527 00:18:32,062 --> 00:18:34,464 The colors in the walls are about as old as it gets. 528 00:18:34,464 --> 00:18:36,466 The bar design is so horrible, 529 00:18:36,466 --> 00:18:38,101 you guys just sitting here, 530 00:18:38,101 --> 00:18:39,336 it's like you're staring in the kitchen, isn't it? 531 00:18:39,336 --> 00:18:40,770 -Yeah. -Right? 532 00:18:40,770 --> 00:18:41,771 Does that look like a bar to you? 533 00:18:41,771 --> 00:18:43,039 No. 534 00:18:43,039 --> 00:18:45,308 So this is the worst designed bar I've ever seen in my life. 535 00:18:45,308 --> 00:18:46,343 It's a joke. 536 00:18:46,343 --> 00:18:47,677 Rookie as it gets. 537 00:18:47,677 --> 00:18:49,613 Even the dish machine is right there 538 00:18:49,613 --> 00:18:51,481 so you can watch them every step of the way, right? 539 00:18:51,481 --> 00:18:53,116 Oh, yeah. 540 00:18:53,116 --> 00:18:54,584 So everything you did is completely wrong. 541 00:18:54,584 --> 00:18:55,852 The layout is wrong. 542 00:18:55,852 --> 00:18:57,354 The kitchen, I'm staring into it. 543 00:18:57,354 --> 00:18:58,822 The positioning of that is wrong. 544 00:18:58,822 --> 00:19:00,390 The beer tap. 545 00:19:00,390 --> 00:19:01,791 She's gotta get on a ladder 546 00:19:01,791 --> 00:19:03,693 to take beer out of the top one. 547 00:19:03,693 --> 00:19:05,262 This is wrong. 548 00:19:05,262 --> 00:19:07,664 There is nothing right about this bar. 549 00:19:07,664 --> 00:19:09,366 Nothing! 550 00:19:09,366 --> 00:19:12,168 Then you come in here, the food sucks, the drinks suck. 551 00:19:12,168 --> 00:19:14,838 Then I read reviews. 552 00:19:14,838 --> 00:19:16,273 Here we go. 553 00:19:16,273 --> 00:19:18,108 "Sat a table 554 00:19:18,108 --> 00:19:20,210 next to a very drunk person 555 00:19:20,210 --> 00:19:22,112 while ordering dinner." 556 00:19:22,112 --> 00:19:23,680 "My server was awesome, 557 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,416 but when he asked the drunk person a question, 558 00:19:26,416 --> 00:19:29,085 I realized the drunk was the boss." 559 00:19:29,886 --> 00:19:31,454 How the hell does that work? 560 00:19:31,454 --> 00:19:33,189 "He was rude to the employee 561 00:19:33,189 --> 00:19:34,591 and was interrupting 562 00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:36,192 his booze time." 563 00:19:36,192 --> 00:19:37,327 Next one. 564 00:19:37,327 --> 00:19:39,396 "Worst service ever." 565 00:19:39,396 --> 00:19:41,264 "Even the regulars have to wait." 566 00:19:41,264 --> 00:19:44,567 "The drunk owner tries to jump in and help, 567 00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:46,703 breaks a glass in the drink well, 568 00:19:46,703 --> 00:19:48,538 stumbles back to his stool." 569 00:19:48,538 --> 00:19:50,674 This place is a joke. 570 00:19:52,809 --> 00:19:54,811 Was that your goal when you opened this place? 571 00:19:54,811 --> 00:19:56,246 No, sir. 572 00:19:56,246 --> 00:19:57,647 So what do you wanna be, 573 00:19:57,647 --> 00:19:59,382 successful or a drunk? 574 00:19:59,382 --> 00:20:00,517 Which is it? 575 00:20:00,517 --> 00:20:02,285 Successful. 576 00:20:02,285 --> 00:20:04,921 Every drink you take makes you lose more money, 577 00:20:04,921 --> 00:20:09,192 chase away more customers, alienate more employees. 578 00:20:09,192 --> 00:20:11,561 The epitome of failure. 579 00:20:11,561 --> 00:20:13,663 So what are you gonna do it, Dwayne? 580 00:20:13,663 --> 00:20:15,198 Have another drink? 581 00:20:18,668 --> 00:20:19,769 No. 582 00:20:21,738 --> 00:20:22,939 Here is the deal. 583 00:20:22,939 --> 00:20:24,874 I will help you this week 584 00:20:24,874 --> 00:20:26,743 and I'll straighten out your freaking mess, 585 00:20:26,743 --> 00:20:28,178 but I am gonna carry 586 00:20:28,178 --> 00:20:30,246 an alcohol meter in my pocket 587 00:20:30,246 --> 00:20:33,917 and I am gonna breathalyze you every freaking day I'm here. 588 00:20:33,917 --> 00:20:37,620 If you fail, I take my crew and I leave 589 00:20:37,620 --> 00:20:39,422 and you can have your shithole. 590 00:20:39,422 --> 00:20:42,225 [dramatic music] 591 00:20:50,167 --> 00:20:53,370 Every drink you take makes you lose more money, 592 00:20:53,370 --> 00:20:57,174 chase away more customers, alienate more employees. 593 00:20:57,174 --> 00:20:59,543 The epitome of failure. 594 00:20:59,543 --> 00:21:01,678 So what are you gonna do about it, Dwayne? 595 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:03,247 Have another drink? 596 00:21:06,750 --> 00:21:07,784 No. 597 00:21:09,586 --> 00:21:11,221 Here the deal. 598 00:21:11,221 --> 00:21:12,856 I will help you this week 599 00:21:12,856 --> 00:21:14,858 and I'll straighten out your freaking mess, 600 00:21:14,858 --> 00:21:16,460 but I am gonna carry 601 00:21:16,460 --> 00:21:18,629 an alcohol meter in my pocket 602 00:21:18,629 --> 00:21:21,899 and I am gonna breathalyze you every freaking day I'm here. 603 00:21:21,899 --> 00:21:25,636 If you fail, I take my crew and I leave 604 00:21:25,636 --> 00:21:27,504 and you can have your shithole. 605 00:21:31,241 --> 00:21:32,576 Okay. 606 00:21:32,576 --> 00:21:34,278 -Is that acceptable to you? -Sure. 607 00:21:34,278 --> 00:21:35,746 You think he can do it? 608 00:21:36,947 --> 00:21:38,448 -Yes. -You do? 609 00:21:38,448 --> 00:21:39,650 -Yes. -Well, we'll see. I don't. 610 00:21:39,650 --> 00:21:40,751 Prove me wrong. 611 00:21:41,718 --> 00:21:42,953 See you tomorrow, Dwayne. 612 00:21:42,953 --> 00:21:44,354 Don't eat that, girl. 613 00:21:44,354 --> 00:21:45,489 Thank you. 614 00:21:45,489 --> 00:21:46,657 Don't worry. 615 00:21:50,527 --> 00:21:53,563 That's bullshit. 616 00:21:53,563 --> 00:21:55,732 Dwayne says he doesn't have a drinking problem, 617 00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:58,669 but his staff and the reviews say otherwise. 618 00:21:58,669 --> 00:22:01,872 So I'm gonna get to the bottom of this and determine myself. 619 00:22:01,872 --> 00:22:03,607 Giving an owner a breathalyzer 620 00:22:03,607 --> 00:22:05,943 is something I've done for years when rescuing bars. 621 00:22:05,943 --> 00:22:09,613 This is a breath analyzer, an alcohol tester. 622 00:22:09,613 --> 00:22:11,481 Okay. 623 00:22:11,481 --> 00:22:13,283 What I like about it is it holds them accountable 624 00:22:13,283 --> 00:22:15,652 for their own actions. 625 00:22:15,652 --> 00:22:17,754 both: Zero. 626 00:22:17,754 --> 00:22:20,557 She scored a zero, so now I'm gonna go to work. 627 00:22:20,557 --> 00:22:22,693 This is my first day of sobriety. 628 00:22:22,693 --> 00:22:24,761 And when their friends and family can see 629 00:22:24,761 --> 00:22:27,331 that they're actually committed to being sober, 630 00:22:27,331 --> 00:22:29,266 that's when the magic happens. 631 00:22:29,266 --> 00:22:31,001 -This is ridiculous. -Yeah. 632 00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:33,403 I'm still hungry. 633 00:22:33,403 --> 00:22:34,972 Like, you know, we didn't even get to eat. 634 00:22:34,972 --> 00:22:37,341 So, yeah, hot mess. 635 00:22:37,341 --> 00:22:39,242 I wouldn't come back to a place that 636 00:22:39,242 --> 00:22:41,945 doesn't have a clean glass to serve a drink in. 637 00:22:41,945 --> 00:22:43,847 And are you kidding? After two? 638 00:22:43,847 --> 00:22:45,282 After two? 639 00:22:45,282 --> 00:22:46,583 No, we--we're done. 640 00:22:46,583 --> 00:22:47,751 -We're not coming back. -We're done. 641 00:22:47,751 --> 00:22:49,619 I mean, oh, my gosh. 642 00:22:49,619 --> 00:22:51,855 There is no one I am referring to this place 643 00:22:51,855 --> 00:22:53,757 as it is right now. I will tell you that. 644 00:22:53,757 --> 00:22:57,995 So, hopefully, Jon can help it and we can get some TLC in there 645 00:22:57,995 --> 00:23:00,630 and then maybe I'll come back and refer people. 646 00:23:00,630 --> 00:23:02,265 How it sits now, 647 00:23:02,265 --> 00:23:03,867 maybe if it was somebody I really didn't like. 648 00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:05,469 -Uh-huh. -Like, "I know where go. 649 00:23:05,469 --> 00:23:06,870 Check this place out." 650 00:23:06,870 --> 00:23:08,705 Other than that, it's not happening. 651 00:23:08,705 --> 00:23:09,706 It's not gonna hit my radio show, I'll tell you that. 652 00:23:09,706 --> 00:23:10,707 [laughs] 653 00:23:10,707 --> 00:23:11,942 Oh, my God. 654 00:23:11,942 --> 00:23:13,910 -[sighs] -[sighs] 655 00:23:13,910 --> 00:23:16,947 [dramatic music] 656 00:23:24,921 --> 00:23:26,490 How did it go, guys? 657 00:23:26,490 --> 00:23:27,991 [laughs] 658 00:23:27,991 --> 00:23:29,826 You really wanna know what you missed out on? 659 00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:31,361 -Sure. Why not? -Yeah? 660 00:23:31,361 --> 00:23:32,429 'Cause I went home and went to sleep. 661 00:23:32,429 --> 00:23:34,564 Well, lucky you. 662 00:23:34,564 --> 00:23:35,732 [chuckles] 663 00:23:35,732 --> 00:23:37,300 I was not here last night. 664 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:39,369 I did hear snippets of what happened. 665 00:23:39,369 --> 00:23:40,971 We got not one single table. 666 00:23:40,971 --> 00:23:42,506 Oh. 667 00:23:42,506 --> 00:23:44,441 -So I was a food runner. -What did you do? 668 00:23:44,441 --> 00:23:45,942 Like scare off customers or what? 669 00:23:45,942 --> 00:23:47,677 I am confused on what's next. 670 00:23:47,677 --> 00:23:50,580 I think we all have something to learn from Jon. 671 00:23:50,580 --> 00:23:54,584 At the same time, we probably won't be able to fix everything, 672 00:23:54,584 --> 00:23:57,521 but this has been a great opportunity so far. 673 00:23:57,521 --> 00:23:59,890 Jon walked in and went straight to the customers. 674 00:23:59,890 --> 00:24:01,558 -Okay. -Yeah. 675 00:24:01,558 --> 00:24:03,593 So there was two gals who hollered over 676 00:24:03,593 --> 00:24:06,329 at Camri for something that was found in the drink. 677 00:24:06,329 --> 00:24:08,432 -Is that floaties in here? -Got a few floaties here. 678 00:24:08,432 --> 00:24:10,634 I don't know if it's pepper or there are like 679 00:24:10,634 --> 00:24:12,035 black flakes in there? 680 00:24:12,035 --> 00:24:13,837 Like... 681 00:24:13,837 --> 00:24:15,505 Then went over to Dwayne 682 00:24:15,505 --> 00:24:17,841 and kind of went at it with Dwayne. 683 00:24:17,841 --> 00:24:19,109 When I came over, 684 00:24:19,109 --> 00:24:22,012 it was when I heard Jon 685 00:24:22,012 --> 00:24:23,747 going off at Dwayne, 686 00:24:23,747 --> 00:24:26,583 saying something that Dwayne has never done, 687 00:24:26,583 --> 00:24:28,952 like stumble, breaking glass in the bar. 688 00:24:28,952 --> 00:24:30,921 "Worst service ever." 689 00:24:30,921 --> 00:24:32,656 "Even the regulars have to wait." 690 00:24:32,656 --> 00:24:36,026 "The drunk owner tries to jump in and help, 691 00:24:36,026 --> 00:24:38,095 breaks a glass in the drink well, 692 00:24:38,095 --> 00:24:40,030 stumbles back to his stool." 693 00:24:40,030 --> 00:24:42,032 This place is a joke. 694 00:24:42,032 --> 00:24:43,834 Ooh. 695 00:24:43,834 --> 00:24:45,602 When Jon came in, it was hard to keep my mouth shut 696 00:24:45,602 --> 00:24:47,537 'cause I wanna be a mama bear. 697 00:24:47,537 --> 00:24:49,573 Meeting with Jon will be interesting. 698 00:24:49,573 --> 00:24:51,441 Well, I guess he's gonna tell us where we're failing, 699 00:24:51,441 --> 00:24:53,643 why we're failing. 700 00:24:53,643 --> 00:24:55,912 His black SUV pulled up. 701 00:24:55,912 --> 00:24:57,481 Shit. 702 00:24:57,481 --> 00:24:58,949 What would it take for you to kill me? 703 00:24:58,949 --> 00:25:00,784 Tell me how last night went. 704 00:25:00,784 --> 00:25:02,486 Uh, it didn't go so well. 705 00:25:02,486 --> 00:25:04,521 Jon pretty much cut me down. 706 00:25:04,521 --> 00:25:07,524 Some of the stuff that he said is not true. 707 00:25:07,524 --> 00:25:10,060 He kind of tried to blame it on me. 708 00:25:10,060 --> 00:25:11,661 I don't have a drinking problem. 709 00:25:14,464 --> 00:25:15,899 [sighs] 710 00:25:15,899 --> 00:25:17,534 -Hi. -Hi. 711 00:25:17,534 --> 00:25:18,735 You guys are smiling. 712 00:25:18,735 --> 00:25:20,437 -One of us is. -Yeah. 713 00:25:20,437 --> 00:25:22,405 Last night, Dwayne wouldn't admit to anything. 714 00:25:22,405 --> 00:25:23,807 He wouldn't even really say anything. 715 00:25:23,807 --> 00:25:26,743 It's like he didn't care or he's not engaged. 716 00:25:26,743 --> 00:25:28,545 -Hi. -Hello. 717 00:25:28,545 --> 00:25:29,746 -You are? -Vanesa. 718 00:25:29,746 --> 00:25:31,047 Hi, Vanesa. Nice to meet you. 719 00:25:31,047 --> 00:25:32,749 -Nice to meet you too. -I'm Jon. 720 00:25:32,749 --> 00:25:34,918 Today, I wanna see if I can pull him out of his shelf. 721 00:25:34,918 --> 00:25:36,753 If I can get him to say something. 722 00:25:36,753 --> 00:25:40,490 Certainly, admit to his failure, and then we have a start. 723 00:25:40,490 --> 00:25:41,758 -I'm Alexis. -Alexis. Nice to meet you. 724 00:25:41,758 --> 00:25:43,426 -And you are? -I'm Lindsay. 725 00:25:43,426 --> 00:25:44,427 -Hi, Lindsay. Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. 726 00:25:44,427 --> 00:25:45,996 It's okay. You can stay. 727 00:25:45,996 --> 00:25:47,697 -Nice to meet you. -Dwayne, 728 00:25:47,697 --> 00:25:50,000 would you guys come with me for a moment? 729 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,502 But it starts with a breathalyzer. 730 00:25:52,502 --> 00:25:54,504 He's got to pass the breathalyzer 731 00:25:54,504 --> 00:25:55,972 so we can move forward. 732 00:25:55,972 --> 00:25:57,140 I'm not here to beat you up, buddy. 733 00:25:57,140 --> 00:25:58,775 I swear I'm here to help you. 734 00:25:58,775 --> 00:26:00,177 -Don't seem like-- -And you're in a jam, 735 00:26:00,177 --> 00:26:02,112 and I'm told you're a good guy. 736 00:26:02,112 --> 00:26:04,548 -Yeah. -Had a construction company, 737 00:26:04,548 --> 00:26:05,982 -made money. Still do? -Still do. 738 00:26:05,982 --> 00:26:07,951 Built this bar yourself, right? 739 00:26:07,951 --> 00:26:09,486 Spent million and a half or so? 740 00:26:09,486 --> 00:26:10,620 -Correct. -Now, 741 00:26:10,620 --> 00:26:12,589 this bar has been open how long? 742 00:26:12,589 --> 00:26:13,924 -Since... -Seven years. 743 00:26:13,924 --> 00:26:15,625 ...October 2017. 744 00:26:15,625 --> 00:26:16,793 So--and how much money are you losing a month? 745 00:26:16,793 --> 00:26:18,962 I'm told about $6,500? 746 00:26:18,962 --> 00:26:20,764 -Am I close? -Maybe. 747 00:26:20,764 --> 00:26:22,732 Are you working now on the construction business 748 00:26:22,732 --> 00:26:24,568 -to feed this? -Correct. 749 00:26:24,568 --> 00:26:26,203 So you're losing money every month? 750 00:26:26,203 --> 00:26:27,871 Yeah. 751 00:26:27,871 --> 00:26:29,873 We push through and we do whatever, 752 00:26:29,873 --> 00:26:32,075 whatever it takes to keep the lights open. 753 00:26:32,075 --> 00:26:34,477 So do you worry about that when you go to sleep at night, 754 00:26:34,477 --> 00:26:36,079 when you wake up in the morning? Is it haunting you? 755 00:26:36,079 --> 00:26:38,081 -'Cause I've been there. -Yeah. 756 00:26:38,081 --> 00:26:39,883 I mean, yeah, a little bit. 757 00:26:39,883 --> 00:26:43,119 And you're going in a hospital soon, aren't you? 758 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:44,654 Yes. 759 00:26:44,654 --> 00:26:46,756 And how long are you gonna be out of the bar? 760 00:26:46,756 --> 00:26:48,592 Six to eight weeks. 761 00:26:48,592 --> 00:26:51,561 For weeks, you're not gonna be here to support him. 762 00:26:51,561 --> 00:26:52,929 -So are you worried... -Yup. 763 00:26:52,929 --> 00:26:54,998 ...that his drinking is gonna get worse 764 00:26:54,998 --> 00:26:58,134 without you here and that he's gonna fail? 765 00:26:58,134 --> 00:27:02,572 I worry about him not having me to help him out with the staff. 766 00:27:02,572 --> 00:27:05,775 So if I don't get him up on his feet again, 767 00:27:05,775 --> 00:27:09,579 energized, excited, sober, 768 00:27:09,579 --> 00:27:11,448 I can't dig him out, can I? 769 00:27:12,549 --> 00:27:14,584 -No. -I understand that. 770 00:27:14,584 --> 00:27:16,219 I wanna set this up so that he doesn't have 771 00:27:16,219 --> 00:27:18,088 this pressure anymore. This is my medic. 772 00:27:18,088 --> 00:27:22,025 I've asked him to administer a breathalyzer for you. 773 00:27:22,025 --> 00:27:25,829 So taking a breathalyzer test is humiliating. 774 00:27:25,829 --> 00:27:27,030 If I have to take the breathalyzer, 775 00:27:27,030 --> 00:27:28,765 then he should too. 776 00:27:30,767 --> 00:27:31,968 How do you feel about it? 777 00:27:31,968 --> 00:27:33,803 I know him and I know he could do it 778 00:27:33,803 --> 00:27:36,539 without having somebody babysit him. 779 00:27:39,009 --> 00:27:40,677 You want him to stay drunk? 780 00:27:40,677 --> 00:27:42,812 No--well, I know he will-- 781 00:27:42,812 --> 00:27:44,948 I know he won't be drinking. 782 00:27:44,948 --> 00:27:46,650 How come you're ignoring the drinking? 783 00:27:46,650 --> 00:27:48,818 You're not being honest with me. 784 00:27:48,818 --> 00:27:50,020 Come on. Let's be honest with each other. 785 00:27:50,020 --> 00:27:52,022 When he's drunk on a barstool, 786 00:27:52,022 --> 00:27:54,124 can he run this place when he's falling off a barstool? 787 00:27:54,124 --> 00:27:55,158 Can he? 788 00:28:00,563 --> 00:28:02,032 He's never fallen off the barstool. 789 00:28:02,032 --> 00:28:03,300 -That's a lie. -Okay. 790 00:28:03,300 --> 00:28:04,601 Well, I don't know if it's a lie. 791 00:28:04,601 --> 00:28:06,102 You know, I don't like to be-- 792 00:28:06,102 --> 00:28:07,837 I don't like to be lied to, and this is a lie. 793 00:28:07,837 --> 00:28:10,140 Until you're straight with me, I can't help you. 794 00:28:13,886 --> 00:28:16,689 Have you guys ever heard Dwayne called the town drunk? 795 00:28:16,689 --> 00:28:19,191 Be honest with me. Have you ever heard that expression? 796 00:28:19,191 --> 00:28:21,560 -No. -Not till last night. 797 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:22,828 -That's a lie. -Okay. 798 00:28:22,828 --> 00:28:23,929 Well, I don't know if it's a lie. 799 00:28:23,929 --> 00:28:25,631 You know, I don't like to be-- 800 00:28:25,631 --> 00:28:26,965 I don't like to be lied to, and this is a lie. 801 00:28:26,965 --> 00:28:28,901 Well, if somebody saw you that way, 802 00:28:28,901 --> 00:28:31,136 like the reviews that I read to you, 803 00:28:31,136 --> 00:28:33,972 would it be reasonable for somebody to say, 804 00:28:33,972 --> 00:28:35,641 "That guy's a drunk?" 805 00:28:35,641 --> 00:28:37,743 -That's not true. -You're never drunk here? 806 00:28:37,743 --> 00:28:39,078 No. 807 00:28:39,078 --> 00:28:40,679 Is he being honest with me? Come on. 808 00:28:40,679 --> 00:28:43,148 I've seen him drink a beer here 809 00:28:43,148 --> 00:28:44,149 -but I have not seen him drunk. -But not be drunk here? 810 00:28:44,149 --> 00:28:45,150 No. 811 00:28:45,150 --> 00:28:47,119 I agree with Jon 812 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:49,354 as for maybe not drinking publicly. 813 00:28:49,354 --> 00:28:51,824 Hey, if you own this place, be respectable 814 00:28:51,824 --> 00:28:53,726 and--and don't drink there, 815 00:28:53,726 --> 00:28:55,627 but I don't agree that he's a drunk. 816 00:28:55,627 --> 00:28:57,596 Just because somebody drinks a beer, 817 00:28:57,596 --> 00:29:00,799 I don't think that that can-- that means his a drunk. 818 00:29:00,799 --> 00:29:02,668 Have you ever seen him drunk here? 819 00:29:02,668 --> 00:29:04,169 -Come on. -I've seen him drinking, yes. 820 00:29:04,169 --> 00:29:07,940 I don't know what level-- like what is his drunk. 821 00:29:07,940 --> 00:29:09,374 I don't know what he's like drunk. 822 00:29:09,374 --> 00:29:10,909 I've worked here since January. 823 00:29:10,909 --> 00:29:13,746 I have seen Dwayne drink at the bar. 824 00:29:13,746 --> 00:29:15,180 He's had a few beers. 825 00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:19,017 Um, he's had like a shot or two with customers. 826 00:29:19,017 --> 00:29:22,154 But to admit to something not knowing the extent 827 00:29:22,154 --> 00:29:23,522 to how it would lead, 828 00:29:23,522 --> 00:29:25,791 I honestly didn't wanna be like, "Okay, this is my fault." 829 00:29:25,791 --> 00:29:27,192 Well, if you guys are scared to say it, 830 00:29:27,192 --> 00:29:28,894 there's no reason for me to be here. 831 00:29:28,894 --> 00:29:30,195 He's not a drunk. 832 00:29:30,195 --> 00:29:32,231 He's got all this money. He's good to go. 833 00:29:32,231 --> 00:29:34,900 I'll leave. And you guys can fail. 834 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:37,336 Until you're straight with me, I can't help you. 835 00:29:37,336 --> 00:29:39,705 So I'm gonna start walking towards the door 836 00:29:39,705 --> 00:29:42,341 and somebody better say reality 837 00:29:42,341 --> 00:29:44,243 or I keep walking. 838 00:29:44,243 --> 00:29:47,746 [dramatic music] 839 00:29:47,746 --> 00:29:49,815 Does Dwayne have a drinking problem that affects 840 00:29:49,815 --> 00:29:53,085 the operation of this bar, yes or no? 841 00:29:54,987 --> 00:29:56,388 Five, 842 00:29:56,388 --> 00:29:58,056 four, 843 00:29:58,056 --> 00:29:59,691 three. 844 00:29:59,691 --> 00:30:01,226 This failure's gonna be yours. 845 00:30:01,226 --> 00:30:02,628 Two, 846 00:30:04,029 --> 00:30:06,198 one. See you, guys. 847 00:30:06,198 --> 00:30:09,868 [dramatic music] 848 00:30:09,868 --> 00:30:11,837 It's not my place. 849 00:30:11,837 --> 00:30:13,272 Where we come from, you don't turn your back on people 850 00:30:13,272 --> 00:30:15,240 and I just don't think that 851 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,310 it's my place to cause issues between the four of us. 852 00:30:20,379 --> 00:30:23,015 -Are we done here? -I don't know. 853 00:30:24,917 --> 00:30:27,419 Well, Jon came in, said a bunch of stuff 854 00:30:27,419 --> 00:30:29,688 that's not true and tried to call me a drunk. 855 00:30:29,688 --> 00:30:30,956 That's not true. 856 00:30:33,458 --> 00:30:36,094 -Let's go sit down. -Uh-hmm. 857 00:30:36,094 --> 00:30:37,896 I've never heard of that before in my life. 858 00:30:37,896 --> 00:30:39,765 Either--any of that. 859 00:30:43,969 --> 00:30:45,904 Well, this is awkward. 860 00:30:45,904 --> 00:30:48,807 There is like a combination of factors 861 00:30:48,807 --> 00:30:52,177 for us to be in the position that we are. 862 00:30:52,177 --> 00:30:56,782 Not just one person does everything together. 863 00:30:56,782 --> 00:30:59,384 Jon came in and he was trying to 864 00:30:59,384 --> 00:31:03,188 have me say that he's gonna fail when I'm gone. 865 00:31:03,188 --> 00:31:04,857 Sometimes Dwayne's biggest problems 866 00:31:04,857 --> 00:31:07,192 are that he'll drink with customers, 867 00:31:07,192 --> 00:31:11,196 but I have no worries about him getting drunk or anything. 868 00:31:11,196 --> 00:31:13,799 We do need the help but, at the same time, 869 00:31:13,799 --> 00:31:16,235 we don't need somebody to come and insult. 870 00:31:16,235 --> 00:31:18,170 At least [indistinct] for a moment. 871 00:31:18,170 --> 00:31:20,205 [laughs] 872 00:31:23,008 --> 00:31:26,378 [dramatic music] 873 00:31:27,779 --> 00:31:29,114 This is crazy. 874 00:31:29,114 --> 00:31:31,350 I've been rescuing bars for decades 875 00:31:31,350 --> 00:31:33,218 and I can count on one hand 876 00:31:33,218 --> 00:31:35,120 the amount of bars that I haven't rescued. 877 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,488 -Military, you mother[bleep] -I didn't say-- 878 00:31:36,488 --> 00:31:38,423 I will [bleep] take you out! 879 00:31:38,423 --> 00:31:40,025 I [bleep] you. 880 00:31:40,025 --> 00:31:41,760 -Whoa. -You understand me? 881 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,395 -Hey, hey, hey, hey. -So here's the deal. 882 00:31:43,395 --> 00:31:45,764 I'm leaving. I am not rescuing your bar. 883 00:31:47,532 --> 00:31:49,101 I've had owners lie to me. 884 00:31:49,101 --> 00:31:50,469 I've had employees lie to me. 885 00:31:56,174 --> 00:31:57,910 This guy is so full of [bleep] it's unbelievable. 886 00:31:57,910 --> 00:31:59,511 As I said... 887 00:31:59,511 --> 00:32:00,913 Let's get out of here, guys. 888 00:32:00,913 --> 00:32:02,547 It's over. 889 00:32:02,547 --> 00:32:05,517 'Cause I don't trust you 'cause you are a slime bucket. 890 00:32:05,517 --> 00:32:08,754 But, in this case, they're both lying to me. 891 00:32:10,255 --> 00:32:12,224 So I've asked my team to gather the materials 892 00:32:12,224 --> 00:32:15,527 we've already obtained to back up my claim 893 00:32:15,527 --> 00:32:17,229 that Dwayne have a drinking problem 894 00:32:17,229 --> 00:32:19,197 that affects the operation of this bar. 895 00:32:19,197 --> 00:32:21,199 Let's listen to them. 896 00:32:21,199 --> 00:32:24,870 Dwayne's drinking does create a problem here at the bar. 897 00:32:24,870 --> 00:32:28,273 Customers see him as just the--the town drunk. 898 00:32:28,273 --> 00:32:30,275 They see Dwayne as the town drunk. 899 00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:32,210 So that's it. 900 00:32:32,210 --> 00:32:34,079 And while they're doing that, I'm gonna think long and hard 901 00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:35,881 if I even wanna rescue this bar. 902 00:32:41,829 --> 00:32:44,932 [dramatic music] 903 00:32:44,932 --> 00:32:46,334 -Just say. -Just the right glasses. 904 00:32:46,334 --> 00:32:47,902 I'll do the test. 905 00:32:49,036 --> 00:32:50,037 -[laughs] -What? 906 00:32:50,037 --> 00:32:51,339 I said I'll do the test. 907 00:32:51,339 --> 00:32:52,907 I'll test for you. 908 00:32:52,907 --> 00:32:54,308 -Do the test? -I said I would do it. 909 00:32:54,308 --> 00:32:55,810 I was like, "I'll do the breathalyzer." 910 00:32:55,810 --> 00:32:57,445 -"You can test it on me." -Yeah. 911 00:32:57,445 --> 00:32:58,880 -Hey, I'll do it too. -Yeah. 912 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,348 -Me too. -That's fine. 913 00:33:00,348 --> 00:33:02,083 Look, we have teamwork. 914 00:33:02,083 --> 00:33:04,051 A team together. We have each other's back. 915 00:33:04,051 --> 00:33:06,754 I should have been there the other night, "I'll take it." 916 00:33:08,789 --> 00:33:11,359 Everyone in that room is lying to me, 917 00:33:11,359 --> 00:33:14,262 but they have the audacity to call me a liar? 918 00:33:14,262 --> 00:33:16,898 I didn't come up with the word town drunk. 919 00:33:16,898 --> 00:33:18,266 Their employees did. 920 00:33:18,266 --> 00:33:20,968 [dramatic music] 921 00:33:22,904 --> 00:33:26,140 -Hello. -Hello. 922 00:33:26,140 --> 00:33:28,843 I'm guessing this is not easy for you. 923 00:33:28,843 --> 00:33:31,445 I've done 240 episodes of "Bar Rescue." 924 00:33:31,445 --> 00:33:33,881 I've never lied once. 925 00:33:33,881 --> 00:33:38,019 I've walked two times out of 240 episodes. 926 00:33:38,019 --> 00:33:40,054 You guys have called me a liar. 927 00:33:42,857 --> 00:33:44,392 I'd like you to watch this. 928 00:33:48,496 --> 00:33:50,498 Dwayne typically, when he's done prepping, 929 00:33:50,498 --> 00:33:53,334 he'll be seen at the bar with a beer, 930 00:33:53,334 --> 00:33:55,937 and we all have been kind of trained 931 00:33:55,937 --> 00:33:57,872 that once it gets down to a certain point, 932 00:33:57,872 --> 00:33:59,874 you refill the beer. 933 00:33:59,874 --> 00:34:02,276 So he drinks all night long automatically. 934 00:34:02,276 --> 00:34:03,444 He doesn't even ask for the drink. 935 00:34:03,444 --> 00:34:06,080 Now, the coup de grace. 936 00:34:08,549 --> 00:34:12,553 Dwayne's drinking does create a problem here at the bar. 937 00:34:12,553 --> 00:34:13,955 Why is that? 938 00:34:13,955 --> 00:34:15,523 Customers see him 939 00:34:15,523 --> 00:34:17,892 as just the town drunk. 940 00:34:17,892 --> 00:34:19,393 They see Dwayne as the town drunk. 941 00:34:19,393 --> 00:34:22,463 That they never see him actually working. 942 00:34:22,463 --> 00:34:24,065 All he's doing is drinking. 943 00:34:27,268 --> 00:34:28,869 The town drunk. 944 00:34:28,869 --> 00:34:30,304 That's what your employees think of you. 945 00:34:30,304 --> 00:34:33,207 You see, I won't work with the town drunk 946 00:34:33,207 --> 00:34:36,077 'cause my reputation is on this when I leave 947 00:34:36,077 --> 00:34:37,912 and I won't have the town drunk 948 00:34:37,912 --> 00:34:39,480 representing the work that I've done. 949 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,248 You lied to me 950 00:34:41,248 --> 00:34:43,184 when you said you didn't want him to drink 951 00:34:43,184 --> 00:34:44,652 'cause I know you don't 952 00:34:44,652 --> 00:34:46,554 'cause you told my research team otherwise. 953 00:34:46,554 --> 00:34:48,222 You're all liars. 954 00:34:48,222 --> 00:34:50,524 And they're enabling your failure 955 00:34:50,524 --> 00:34:52,293 by pouring you the next drink. 956 00:34:52,293 --> 00:34:54,462 You'll off the next barstool, 957 00:34:54,462 --> 00:34:58,199 and in a few months, your destiny is made out, 958 00:34:58,199 --> 00:35:01,268 'cause you're enabling him, you're enabling him, 959 00:35:01,268 --> 00:35:04,138 and you're enabling him, and it's your failure. 960 00:35:05,473 --> 00:35:09,610 So 240 episodes of "Bar Rescue." 961 00:35:09,610 --> 00:35:11,412 You know what I'm gonna do now? 962 00:35:11,412 --> 00:35:12,580 I'm gonna walk out. 963 00:35:12,580 --> 00:35:14,448 I'm taking my crew with me. 964 00:35:14,448 --> 00:35:16,317 I am not remodeling your bar. 965 00:35:16,317 --> 00:35:18,586 I want nothing to do with you. 966 00:35:18,586 --> 00:35:22,089 Now, when his drink gets down, don't forget to refill it? 967 00:35:22,089 --> 00:35:23,591 Go have a drink, buddy. 968 00:35:23,591 --> 00:35:25,126 I'm done. 969 00:35:26,427 --> 00:35:27,695 Guys, pack up. 970 00:35:27,695 --> 00:35:29,697 We're going home. 971 00:35:29,697 --> 00:35:33,034 Let's go to a bar that is honest with us 972 00:35:33,034 --> 00:35:35,036 and appreciates the work we do. 973 00:35:35,036 --> 00:35:38,472 Our work is too important to do it here. 974 00:35:38,472 --> 00:35:39,640 Let's pack up, guys. 975 00:35:40,608 --> 00:35:42,410 All right. Jon is leaving. 976 00:35:42,410 --> 00:35:44,679 I repeat, Jon is leaving the bar. 977 00:35:44,679 --> 00:35:47,415 Copy that. Stand by for instructions. 978 00:35:47,415 --> 00:35:49,350 I won't work for liars. 979 00:35:49,350 --> 00:35:51,318 They're enabling Dwayne's failure. 980 00:35:51,318 --> 00:35:54,388 I want nothing to do with Dwayne's failure. 981 00:35:54,388 --> 00:35:56,157 I'm out of here. 982 00:35:56,157 --> 00:35:58,325 Jon's saying there's no rescue. 983 00:35:58,325 --> 00:35:59,527 Copy you. 984 00:35:59,527 --> 00:36:01,028 Don't stop rolling on this. 985 00:36:01,028 --> 00:36:03,064 Keep rolling. Keep recording. 986 00:36:03,064 --> 00:36:06,100 [dramatic music] 987 00:36:13,140 --> 00:36:15,109 -No. -No. 988 00:36:16,577 --> 00:36:18,913 It's very quiet in there. 989 00:36:20,181 --> 00:36:21,649 Spin the dials. 990 00:36:21,649 --> 00:36:23,150 Let all the channels know we're done. 991 00:36:23,150 --> 00:36:24,719 All right. Wrap it up. 992 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:26,420 Pack everything up. 993 00:36:26,420 --> 00:36:29,323 We're-- we're heading out of here. 994 00:36:29,323 --> 00:36:32,493 I definitely don't remember her saying that. 995 00:36:32,493 --> 00:36:34,361 Like maybe I just didn't pay attention 996 00:36:34,361 --> 00:36:36,097 to the choice of words that she made, 997 00:36:36,097 --> 00:36:38,999 but it's definitely a slap in the face. 998 00:36:42,303 --> 00:36:43,637 I'm done with it. 999 00:36:55,015 --> 00:36:59,053 Embarrassed, for somebody to be calling him out liar, 1000 00:36:59,053 --> 00:37:00,287 town drunk. 1001 00:37:02,022 --> 00:37:06,794 I need to figure out this-- the stuff for the time-- 1002 00:37:06,794 --> 00:37:08,262 the time that I'm gonna be gone. 1003 00:37:08,262 --> 00:37:09,730 I could always 1004 00:37:09,730 --> 00:37:11,599 try to push back my surgery. 1005 00:37:14,168 --> 00:37:17,037 I do feel responsible for why Jon left. 1006 00:37:17,037 --> 00:37:18,773 I honestly don't know how the relationship 1007 00:37:18,773 --> 00:37:20,775 will be going forward. 1008 00:37:20,775 --> 00:37:25,212 I--I'm the reason why they're not getting the help. 1009 00:37:25,212 --> 00:37:27,381 I could have spoken up. 1010 00:37:27,381 --> 00:37:30,684 Honestly, I don't know what the future holds 1011 00:37:30,684 --> 00:37:33,420 for me or The Hideaway. 1012 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:36,056 Will you guys let me know when you're done with power, please? 1013 00:37:36,056 --> 00:37:37,258 -Yeah. -Copy. 1014 00:37:42,663 --> 00:37:44,231 It's really unfortunate. 1015 00:37:44,231 --> 00:37:45,299 You know, I came here to rescue a bar, 1016 00:37:45,299 --> 00:37:46,634 trying to help somebody 1017 00:37:46,634 --> 00:37:48,736 who's in a serious financial problem. 1018 00:37:48,736 --> 00:37:50,404 I'm told he's a good guy, 1019 00:37:50,404 --> 00:37:52,373 but until the people around him 1020 00:37:52,373 --> 00:37:54,074 help him improve his life 1021 00:37:54,074 --> 00:37:56,710 and until he wants to, I can't help him. 1022 00:37:56,710 --> 00:37:59,446 Working out on a rescue is no small matter. 1023 00:37:59,446 --> 00:38:01,415 The fact is I have hundreds of people 1024 00:38:01,415 --> 00:38:03,317 who help me rescue a bar. 1025 00:38:03,317 --> 00:38:06,153 Cameramen, soundmen, audio, construction workers, 1026 00:38:06,153 --> 00:38:08,255 plumbers, electricians, and they're all working 1027 00:38:08,255 --> 00:38:11,725 to remodel this bar in a matter of mere days. 1028 00:38:13,527 --> 00:38:16,363 But the dignity and reputation of this show 1029 00:38:16,363 --> 00:38:21,435 and my name on a bar means more than Dwayne's lies. 1030 00:38:21,435 --> 00:38:24,438 The good news is there are other bars I can go to 1031 00:38:24,438 --> 00:38:26,240 where I will make a difference. 1032 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,510 [dramatic music] 1033 00:38:43,224 --> 00:38:44,291 This episode is done. 1034 00:38:46,327 --> 00:38:47,661 -Thanks, everybody. -Yeah, thank you. 1035 00:38:47,661 --> 00:38:48,696 -Thanks, Jon. -Get out of the heat. 1036 00:38:50,464 --> 00:38:52,399 narrator: Promotional consideration provided by: 1037 00:38:52,399 --> 00:38:54,401 Partender, Pathspot, Skytab POS, Blue Ocean Cleaning 1038 00:38:54,401 --> 00:38:56,370 Plumbing Solutions of Idaho, Bar Products, 1039 00:38:56,370 --> 00:38:57,872 Audio Video Professionals, Curtis Restaurant Equipment, 1040 00:38:57,872 --> 00:38:59,740 Riverside Embroidery, Ellis Amusements 1041 00:38:59,740 --> 00:39:00,741 Standard Restaurant Supply, One Stone, and ESRI.