Jon Taffer on Running The Troubadour and How Less Drinking Affects Restaurants
Adam Carolla Show
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4.5 • 36.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
Jon Taffer of Bar Rescue joins the show and reminisces about the days of running the Troubadour back in the 80’s. Adam and Jon talk about how less people are drinking now and the effect that it’s having on the restaurant business. They get into Adam’s Bug’s Bunny metaphor and close with a discussion of the U.S. hockey team. Get it ON!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, in this episode, John Taffer, Bar Rescue, he's back in studio. |
| 0:05.4 | News with Dawson, and we'll do all that right after this. |
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| 1:02.9 | Adam's guest today, the creator and host of Bar Rescue, restaurateur John Taffer, |
| 1:08.3 | plus the news with me, Mike Dawson, and now, Adam Carolla. Yeahson and now adam carola yeah get it on got to get |
| 1:14.5 | it on no choice but get on the mandate you get it on john taffer back in studio bar rescue of course |
| 1:22.7 | season 10 out now on paramount also uh we got the the bar. We have Tafer's Tavern. |
| 1:29.2 | And new locations coming up all over the place, Atlanta, Orlando. |
| 1:35.2 | Also, the bourbon. |
| 1:37.5 | Brown butter bourbon, delectable, by the way. |
| 1:40.6 | Had it myself. |
| 1:42.0 | Good to see again, John. |
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