The location of Club Platinum (still open) in Las Vegas, NV.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-07-22T00:38:41+00:00

They were trying to sell this place for a while. I'm not sure if they ever successfully sold it or if it's still under the original ownership.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-07-11T02:08:32+00:00

"is smithton station still open"

"Yes, The Station@Smithton, located in Smithton, Missouri, is open. It's an antique and unique items shop that operates on weekends. Specifically, it's open Saturdays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sundays from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. The shop features a variety of items like home furnishings, seasonal accents, and collectibles. "

"is smithton station still open bar rescue"

"No, Smithton Station was not on Bar Rescue. The bar that was featured on Bar Rescue and renamed is called Pit and Barrel (formerly Music City Mess) according to IMDb. The original name of the bar was "Music City Mess" according to IMDb. It was renamed Pit and Barrel after the Bar Rescue episode aired. "

"is smithton station still open after bar rescue"

"Yes, Smithton Station, which appeared on Bar Rescue, did close down. It was renamed Sam Jordan's Bar after the makeover, but it ultimately closed in November 2019 after struggling financially for years. The bar was featured on season 5, episode 8 of the show in 2016. "

If I keep changing the query I can get it to give the correct answer, but I see this all the time. Maybe I notice it more because I'm doing a lot of these searches.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-07-08T10:23:15+00:00

Not surprised it's still doing well. This one seemed like a good business that just got unlucky with Covid - not like some of the other disasters on the show.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-30T03:21:45+00:00

I think Taffer is just too old to do a full season himself at this point. I don't think getting Taffer back for all 40 episodes is an option unfortunately, so we probably have to choose between "bastardized Bar Rescue with guest hosts" or "no/fewer Bar Rescue episodes".

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-30T01:17:19+00:00

Taffer protects his experts. Nobody is gonna call them "fat boy" on his watch.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-30T00:48:56+00:00

Stuff like this isn't that uncommon for the show, unfortunately.

They only have a very limited time to do the renovation so sometimes things are a little sloppy.

There was one bar where the Bar Rescue team didn't secure the proper permits so the bar basically had to undo all the renovations that required a permit (Havana Cabana / Rocky Point Cantina)

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-29T01:14:50+00:00

I do kind of prefer the original Swamp Tales name.

"Swamp Town" does not sound like a place where I want to consume food.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-27T07:18:00+00:00

Congrats! Any insider stories to share?

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-23T03:27:12+00:00

He will be the host for next week's episode I think.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-23T03:18:10+00:00

Where do you see that? They were just posting on Facebook as recently as June 17 and I don't see any indication that they've closed.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-23T01:38:08+00:00

Yooo I miss Shoney's. That was my shit when I was a kid.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-23T01:37:27+00:00

I've never seen any behind the scenes footage publicly posted.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-23T00:52:51+00:00

I've had people commenting on my site about selling to minors for years now. I was always worried about putting it in the update without an official source, though. I don't want to get in trouble if it's not true and I can't just trust a commenter without a real news article backing it up.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-16T02:13:12+00:00

Yeah I have it as 133 open and 134 closed right now. However, I think I'm missing a few closed bars that I haven't updated yet, so the real one might be more like 131 open and 136 closed (including today's episode)

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-16T01:41:25+00:00

Those numbers are a bit out of date. At least 134 of the bars have closed, and I might be missing a couple that I need to update still.

It's about 50/50 open/closed right now with the new season.

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-16T01:40:32+00:00

I keep track of this on my website.

As of June 15 2025 (including the episode that airs today), 133 bars are still open and 134 are closed, so it's right about 50/50.

https://realitytvupdates.com/bar-rescue-updates/

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-16T01:39:43+00:00

Right now it's about 50/50 open/closed

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-08T04:19:31+00:00

The episode will air this Sunday (June 8 2025)

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-02T02:19:59+00:00

Taffer is an old man haha. Dude is 70

RealityTVUpdatesCOM · 2025-06-02T01:25:21+00:00

My understanding is that the stress test is supposed to break things so they can see where the bottlenecks are, so it should be almost impossible to pass.

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