San Antonio followers of Paramount Community’s Bar Rescue will quickly be capable to get pleasure from Jon Taffer’s private bar expertise. And no, it gained’t be him blowing a fuse over a unclean draft line. The fact host says he’ll quickly carry his signature franchise, Taffer’s Tavern, to Alamo Metropolis.
Taffer has spent the final decade rescuing struggling bars, pubs, and taverns on his unscripted journey present, boasting a better success fee than Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (although don’t say that to the previous homeowners of China Grove’s The Tipsy Bull). Whereas loads of naysayers name him a hack, he leveraged the function into an enormous consulting enterprise, Taffer Dynamics, that advises everybody from Anheuser-Busch to the NFL Community.
Taffer launched the mini chain in Alpharetta, Georgia, in November 2020. Regardless of the apparent handicaps of beginning a bar in the course of COVID, the pub was a hit — most likely owing as a lot to the TV star’s superstar as his 40 years of hospitality expertise. It now has 4 areas within the South, together with an outpost in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Bar Rescue viewers most likely gained’t be stunned by the idea, which a launch calls the “quintessential modern-day tavern.” The interiors have touches like tufted barstools and brick cladding, and his likeness may be seen in each digital and painterly varieties.
The menu doesn’t ship any shocks, both. The drinks are largely crowdpleasers like spiked lemonade, mojitos, and an quaint construct made together with his proprietary Browned Butter Bourbon. As Taffer usually lectures on his present, social media is vital. The Misplaced at Sea — a mix of vodka, tropical orange, and ginger flavors — is topped with a floating mermaid.
Taffer’s Tavern additionally serves a full meals menu of burgers, flatbreads, and different pub grub. Entreés vary from rooster and waffles to a penne dish that may be custom-made with sauces. Taffer is a person of the individuals.
The Texas growth is in partnership with Craveworthy Manufacturers, whose solely present San Antonio idea is Genghis Grill. The conglomerate additionally owns Soiled Dough, which pulled out of Alamo Metropolis in April.Taffer and Craveworthy say that Taffer’s Tavern areas will pop up within the state’s 4 main metropolitan areas: Houston, Dallas-Fort Price, Austin, and San Antonio. For now, the group continues to be in search of operators, however Taffer is assured that shall be a simple job.
“Texas operators do not want idea. They want what works,” stated Taffer in a launch. “I constructed my profession fixing bars that had been bleeding cash as a result of no person had a system. That is what I am bringing to this stage – actual methods, actual reactions, the stuff that separates operators who scale from those who stall out.”
Taffer himself may have the prospect to scout out potential areas on June 12. The host is headlining the 2026 Texas Restaurant Present on the Henry B. Gonzalez Conference Middle. Whereas the present is simply open to the trade, the general public may be capable to spot him at a downtown bar. Be careful for these veins coming out.
