Step into the bar and you can't miss it: an assortment of wall-mounted sponges (fortunately not nearly as corny as it sounds), pastel-toned maps of North Pinellas waterways, a terrifyingly large lobster exoskeleton in a mounted trap, and even a wooden ship's wheel mounted to the railing surrounding the upper-seating level. Now, this is Tarpon Springs, and you know the Bar Rescue folks couldn't resist cramming as much local flavor into the project as possible. Bill himself next to the bar's entrance genuinely moving. I may be a sucker, but I found the giant boat mural outside (the boat is named Mr. This serves as a dramatic plot point in the episode's narrative, but after the cast and crew are gone, it can also be a nice, sentimental touch that patrons and staff will appreciate down the road. The Bar Rescue formula typically involves a complete rebranding, but in the case of bars with especially strong family connections, Taffer sometimes opts to keep the name, as he has done with the Bridge. Bill - passed away last year, leaving the bar under the operation of his children, who subsequently worked with Taffer and company to breathe fresh life into the fading, smoky dive. The family patriarch, Bill - known affectionately as Mr. 03/01/20 AT 9:00 AM Bar Rescue is an American reality TV show hosted by Jon Taffer about a man who transforms dive bars into upscale bars and beer gardens.
The Bridge was purchased by the Cladakis family in 2003 and has been operated by the family since. The show premiered on what was then known as Spike in the United States on July 17, 2011.
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Taffer offers his professional expertise, renovations and equipment to desperately failing bars, in an effort to save them from closing. This is the case with the Bridge Lounge, an enduring locals spot in Tarpon Springs that's the subject of an upcoming episode. It stars Jon Taffer, a long-time food and beverage industry consultant specializing in nightclubs, bars and pubs. Some "rescued" bars come out of the process with new directions, concepts and themes that truly click. Occasional bombast aside, Bar Rescue often gets it right.