Episode
Bar Rescue: Backroads to Ruin
Overview
Mixologist Phil Wills travels to Holly, Michigan to help rescue a bar whose failure has impacted an entire family and threatens to break themapart.
Details
- Series
- Bar Rescue
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 2025-03-30
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Backroads to Ruin is Episode 28 in Season 9 of Bar Rescue. It aired on 2025-03-30. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 30: Honey, I Bought a Bar!
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Episode 25: Rock Bottom at Top Shelf
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Episode 31: The Airliner Is Grounded
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Episode 24: Lights Out in the Harbor
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Episode 32: Calendar's Crisis
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Episode 23: Jimmy Meet World
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Episode 33: On the 3:10 to Failure
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Episode 22: Midtown Slump
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Episode 34: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fireplace
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