Jon Taffer heads to Worden, Illinois on Sunday, June 29 at 10:00 PM ET with a mission that hits closer to home than most. In the new episode of Bar Rescue, titled Slotzy’s Last Shotzy, the veteran bar expert finds a legacy on the brink, with a second-generation owner drowning under bad management and worse decisions.
The bar, passed down from father to son, is struggling to stay afloat. What Taffer finds isn’t just a failing business, but a team completely out of its depth. At the center of the problem is an untrained manager running the show with no structure, no strategy and no clue how to fix what’s broken.
Taffer wastes no time doing what he does best: cutting through the emotion, calling out the incompetence, and getting to work on a full rebuild. From bartending basics to financial fundamentals, he forces a reset in real time.
This episode sticks to the classic Bar Rescue formula, but the stakes feel higher. It’s not just a rundown venue. It’s a family inheritance slipping through the cracks. As always, Taffer’s approach is blunt and exacting, but the goal is clear—turn this dive around or close it for good.
Slotzy’s needs more than fresh paint and a cocktail menu. It needs leadership. Taffer knows it, the staff learns it the hard way, and viewers get another reminder of why this format still packs a punch.
