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ahead of the Season 9 premiere of “Bar Rescue,” which airs Sunday on Paramount Network. “He climbed into the kitchen one night, and he obviously fell asleep or died there.”Taffer just finished filming his 250th episode of the reality series, where he rescues failing bars around the nation with his signature no-nonsense attitude.He’s been in so many foul-smelling bar kitchens that he’s devised a method to withstand the stench often brought on by uncleaned grease traps.“There are some kitchens that I go into that smell so bad, I have to pour garlic on the tip of my tongue and breathe through my nose. And I can still only stay in there for a minute or so,” he revealed.

William Earl On any given episode of Paramount Network’s “Bar Rescue,” the establishments featured are in a catastrophic state of disrepair: awash in grime, bugs, rotted food and/or mysterious stains. The surroundings are matched by the decay of their owners, who have no idea how to run a business. Enter the show’s tough-talking but big-hearted host, Jon Taffer, a nightlife veteran whose extensive resume includes running legendary L.A. hotspot The Troubadour in the early ’80s and being one of the first inductees of the Nightclub Hall of Fame. In 2011, he started “Bar Rescue,” then on Spike TV. Although Taffer is often met with resistance from flailing bar owners who think they know everything, he’s never turned down people who need help.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Bar Rescue,” the bar makeover show born just a handful of years after the Great Recession, is now entering its eighth season — and hitting a milestone 200th episode — as a battered hospitality business once again attempts to emerge from another economic downturn, this time caused by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.Host and executive producer Jon Taffer says to expect the upcoming season on Paramount Network to be an emotional one — “more emotional than any other

is gearing up for its special 200th episode, and this particular business intervention is shaping up to be an emotional one.The long-running reality series, which is currently in its 8th season, is taking on the challenge of La Casona Bar and Grill in Las Vegas, Nevada.