I've watched Spike TV's "
Bar Rescue" program fairly regularly for a couple years. I almost never get the chance to watch it when it first airs, but it reruns pretty much all day every Sunday so it's not difficult to get caught up quickly on the episodes. It follows Jon Taffer and his crew as they travel the country and fix up struggling bars. My son originally got me hooked on the program, but he's since fallen away from the show. I like it, but it's definitely evolved from an entertaining reality show that uses "bar science" to upgrade struggling bars to an entertaining reality show that seems to look for train wreck situations to exploit. That's just the way it seems to me (and it seems to bear out after listening to interviews with some of the show's recent guest bar owners on "
Afterbuzz TV"). But I still enjoy the train wrecks.
I bring up
Bar Rescue for two reasons. First, the show will be visit its first Iowa-based bar later tonight. That's right. Taffer has visited Illinois and Nebraska and Missouri and Kansas, but it's never made an appearance before now in Iowa. Tonight's episode of
Bar Rescue will feature O'Face Bar in Council Bluffs, IA.
I've never been to O'Face Bar, but I have been to Council Bluffs several times. Usually, I'm just passing through on my way to Nebraska. I also managed to blow out a tire on my car once in Council Bluffs. That was a real drag and probably not a good story to share here on my blog.
Secondly, tonight's episode of
Bar Rescue will feature the first bar that Jon Taffer walked out on. It feels like this should be a major spoiler, but everyone associated with the program has been promoting the heck out of that angle so why should I bother being cagey about it? As a result, O'Face Bar goes without getting any type of a facelift.
I'm going to do my best to show my support for Iowa and watch
Bar Rescue. Unfortunately, it competes with
Walking Dead and this household doesn't have a DVR! But you can watch the program tonight at 8 PM CST on Spike TV.
