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Struggling KC area bar "RGs Lounge" gets "Bar Rescue" visit
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/12...s-tvs-bar.html
A bar near the Truman Sports Complex has gotten a reality TV makeover, thanks to Spike TV’s “Bar Rescue” show. The series stars “renowned bar and nightlife expert” Jon Taffer, who with his crew swoops into a struggling bar, fixes its problems and gives it a new name and concept. In the case of RG’s Lounge, at 9100 E. 35th St. in Independence, the place gets renovated and is reportedly given the new moniker “BarCode.” That, we suppose, is the good news. The bad news is that in a preview of the episode (airing at 9 p.m. Sunday on Spike), RG’s beyond-grimy kitchen does not exactly invite business. It looks like the last place you want preparing your food. We’ll just assume that Taffer and “Bar Rescue” did a deep cleaning. The preview clip is also noteworthy for the number of bleeps, as Taffer and a cook scream and curse at each other over the condition of the kitchen. The dispute devolves into a shoving match. Spike TV sums up the episode, “Twin vs. Twin,” this way: “Jon is met by lights, sirens and handcuffs before he even enters the door of this Kansas City bar. Sibling rivalry between two identical twins with identically huge egos” — that’d be Randy and Rick Houser — “present Taffer with one of his toughest rescues yet.” Sunday’s episode is the second of three filmed in our area. An episode titled “Brawlin’ Babes,” shot at the former Long Shots in Grain Valley, premiered last Sunday. Catch a rerun of that one at 8 Sunday night, part of a “Bar Rescue” marathon on Spike. Long Shots has been renamed Badlands. When we checked in with RG’s, we learned that a “Bar Rescue” watch party starts at 7 p.m. Sunday. The public is invited. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/12...#storylink=cpy |
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12-21-2013, 04:44 PM | #16 |
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supposedly these guys are coming to a local topeka sports bar too
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12-21-2013, 05:02 PM | #17 |
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The Brixton makeover was complete bullshit.
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12-21-2013, 05:05 PM | #18 |
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Not sure i've seen the Brixton episode, was that the hipster bar in Austin owned by the husband and wife team, and the husband was driving everyone off with the snarky attitude?
The place kinda looked like a normal house, not a bar? |
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12-21-2013, 05:07 PM | #19 |
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Yes. And he "set them up" with a food truck and renamed the bar "Rocket 66" or something stupid like that. They basically did it to get a free remodel and changed the name back to the Brixton almost immediately.
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12-21-2013, 05:09 PM | #20 |
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I could cry on queue right now for a $200,000 home makeover. I could even act like a dick and make up a story about my marriage being on the fritz. Of course, my financials are all the way nice so I probably wouldn't make it past a screening.
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12-21-2013, 05:15 PM | #21 | |
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I don't even really care if they dramatize small parts of it, the things he does for these places are awesome, he really helps them understand their market... the median income in the area, how many similar competitors they have for their old business model, how many people drive down their street each day without noticing them because of poor signage or ugly building, why you need to cater to women etc. To me, the genuine emotion most owners and employees show by the end of it all really sell this show to me, i don't usually feel i'm being duped. |
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12-21-2013, 05:17 PM | #22 |
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Pretty sure this show is somewhat hammed up tonprovide confrontation for the audience. And I.dont know.how u could like this Taffer dude. Hes a grade A dbag. IRL cussing at ppl calling them names does not.produce results
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I also think that they sometimes make the kitchen much nastier than it actually is, but I also have no doubt that many kitchens look like that.
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12-21-2013, 05:22 PM | #24 |
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which one? Toad?
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I guess my final take is that i'd work for this guy eight days a week, because i know he's going to make me money. |
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Its the old drill sergeant routine, he tears them down in front of everyone, then they have a one on one sitdown where he softens up and sells them on his idea. |
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Obviously it was a lot nicer after the redo, but they basically just took an old slightly run down bar and renovated it. The drama was all for show. That said, I don't have any problem with the show. I watch it all the time. No one wants to watch actual boring reality. My friend still plays there weekly. Take a look at the Wikipedia entry for the old Sand Dollar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Dollar_Blues_Room The venue has been described as "genuine and authentic in a world of neon and plastic"[citation needed] and is a popular site for both locals and tourists[citation needed] that has hosted blues legends such as BB King, George Thorogood, and Jeff Healey. Celebrities often stop in to hear the live blues jams. Rock legend Ted Nugent recently performed an impromptu guitar duet with blues great Joe Bonamassa in front of a VH1 film crew. Billionaire founder of Electronic Arts Trip Hawkins hosted a bachelor party there. Pop star Taylor Dayne is among its recent guests, where she asked to perform a song for the crowd. Doesn't really sound that bad. Last edited by splatbass; 12-21-2013 at 06:35 PM.. |
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12-21-2013, 06:49 PM | #29 |
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i like that show. i thought they were doing some bar in Grain Valley though.
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12-21-2013, 06:51 PM | #30 |
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They just opened a few years ago didn't they? I'm assuming they sucked (never been) but didn't think it would be that bad so soon.
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