The two Jons have a meeting, and Jon Taffer tells the owner to prove he is worth rescuing.

Jon enters the bar to condemn Jon Nicholls. Rita, the owner’s girlfriend, gets jealous. Jon Nicholls calls for more drinks for the women at the bar, but he is cut off. The beer loses a lot of foam which is also money being lost. The bartenders do not know how to make every drink the men order. Jon sends in army tank commanders to spy on the bar. The kitchen is dirty and greasy, and a bartender has her fingers in a drink she is making. The footage shows Jon Nicholls offering free drinks to the women at the bar while taking shots.īrickhouse Bar and Grill has four bartenders, one server, and a cook. The bar rescue isn’t just for the bar’s success but for Jon’s military career. Jon Taffer reads the letter Jon Nicholls wrote to him. The three men agree the outside of the bar is dull.

Mixologist Phil Wills and expert chef Ryan Scott help Jon Taffer recon the bar. The bar is supposed to close in three months since Jon will go off on another military deployment. The employees use equipment and tools in poor condition. Jon, the owner, flirts with the women at the bar even though he is dating a bartender. Jon Nicholls wanted to ditch this aspect of the bar, but financial issues got in the way of rebranding it, which is one reason why he asked for the Brickhouse Bar Rescue episode to happen. The bar had a reputation as a biker bar, which didn’t help in Colorado Springs (a fairly conservative city). He used all of his money to open the bar, thinking it would be an easy way to make money. In fact, Jon Nicholls is still an active service member and he only recently got back from his latest tour in the Middle East. It’s also home to a number of military bases such as Fort Carson, Peterson Space Force Base, and the United States Air Force Academy.Īs a result, it has a pretty high military presence (with Jon Nicholls being one of those folks). If you’re not familiar with Colorado, Colorado Springs is a city of almost 500,000 people that’s located south of Denver and right by the Rocky Mountains. It was Season 5 Episode 10 and the episode name was “Zero Drunk Thirty”.īrickhouse Bar and Grill, owned by Jon Nicholls, is located in Colorado Springs, CO.īecause both Jon Nicholls and Jon Taffer have the same first name, I will try to always use the last names so that you know who I’m talking about. Though the Garrison Tavern Bar Rescue episode aired in October 2016, the actual filming and visit from Jon Taffer took place a few months earlier. Brickhouse Bar and Grill, later renamed to Garrison Tavern, was a Colorado Springs, Colorado bar that was featured on Season 5 of Bar Rescue.

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