The fifth season of the American reality series Bar Rescue aired on Spike on August 7, 2016, and ended on September 17, 2017, with a total of 31 episodes. The first three episodes aired at 9/8c, before moving to 10/9c for the remainder of the season. As with previous seasons, season 5 was also split into multiple parts.
Experts Jon Taffer – Host/Star/Bar Consultant Samantha "Sam" Taffer – Host's Daughter/Mixologist/Recon Spy
Culinary Ryan Scott Aaron McCargo Jason Santos Vic Vegas Tiffany Derry Michael Ferraro Sean Olnowich
Mixology Lisamarie Joyce Shawn Ford Rob Floyd Phil Wills David Vaughn Mia Mastroianni Daniel Ponsky Ashley Clark Derrick Turner
Production In May 2015, Taffer confirmed on his Facebook that a fifth season was in the works. On July 27, 2016, Spike greenlit the fifth season along with a late-night talk show pilot from Taffer. Season 5 also featured ten new Back to the Bar episodes with never-before-seen footage of the experts visiting the previously rescued bars in addition to Taffer revisiting past confrontations with the memorable owners he faced during his visit.
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External links
Bar Rescue Updates — Unaffiliated site that keeps track of bars being open or closed and has updates for each bar