Episode
Bar Rescue: Thugs with Mugs
Overview
Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill, Yonkers, NY. Rowdy customers at a New York sports bar attack Taffer's crew when they discover they are being served cheap booze at premium prices, prompting Jon to teach the importance of serving quality drinks and maintaining crowd control.
Details
- Series
- Bar Rescue
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2014-10-12
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Thugs with Mugs is Episode 2 in Season 4 of Bar Rescue. It aired on 2014-10-12. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 1: Bug Bite
Thanks to an ill-advised promotion and sloppy maintenance, a nightclub is overrun by mosquitos, fruit flies and unruly minors.
Episode 3: Schmuck Dynasty
Rhythm & Brews, Staten Island, NY. A Staten Island bar that is overrun by customers who are cooking their own food and getting their drinks, due to the employees poor work ethic and the owner's hands off approach in running the bar. Jon must re-ignite the owner's fire and teach the staff why they need to do their own work.
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