(keep reading to learn what happened)
Season: 6 | View All Season 6 Episodes
Original Episode Air Date: June 17, 2018
The Bar's Original Name Was: No Name Saloon
No Name Saloon Address: 2001 S Ridgewood Ave Edgewater, FL 32141
Episode Recap
No Name Saloon was an Edgewater, Florida bar that was featured on Season 6 of Bar Rescue.
Though the No Name Saloon Bar Rescue episode aired in June 2018, the actual filming and visit from Jon Taffer took place before that.
It was Season 6 Episode 14 and the episode name was “Father Knows Best”.
The creatively named No Name Saloon is located in Edgewater, FL.
Jim Kelly is the owner who bought the bar in 2012.
That means he’s owned it for around six years at the time of the No Name Saloon Bar Rescue visit.
His plan is for his daughter, Susan, to one day run the bar.
The bar once hosted an Oktoberfest that had 10,000 people, so it’s proven that it can do big business.
Before Jim bought the bar, it was closed for years.
Hurricane Matthew damaged the owner’s home, and now they live in an apartment above the bar.
The owner is having a difficult time with the renovations for the bar.
They are also in severe mounting debt, which is why they need help from Jon Taffer.
Expert bartender Lisamarie Joyce and Chef Ryan Scott join Jon Taffer on this bar rescue.
The bar is filthy and is too much of a biker bar that nonbikers will not feel comfortable there.
Jim is at the bar with his wife, Melonie.
Susan has tension with her father because she thinks she is ready for the bar, but he does not.
The bartenders and servers are dressed in corsets.
Lisamarie doesn’t believe that is practical as they need to be able to move.
The bartenders are Jessica and Brandy, and Kevin is the barback.
Jon has a bar magazine editor named Art, and his friend spy on the bar.
The spies ask for a cocktail menu but are told they don’t have one.
Instead, the server suggests a cocktail that is too sweet.
The spies also order a Philly cheesesteak sandwich and a chicken sandwich.
In the kitchen, Bob, the cook, uses dirty towels while he is cooking.
Jim catches customers having intercourse in the restroom and promptly removes them.
Lol, that’s a first for Bar Rescue as far as I know.
Art sends the chicken back because it is too chewy to eat.
The cheesesteak is too greasy.
Jim gives the spies a refund but not an apology.
Jon enters the bar and talks to Jim and his wife.
Jim tells him that both he and his wife are both cancer survivors.
The next day Jon returns to the bar to find out why the bar is failing.
The staff admits to drinking alcohol while on the job.
Jim admits to looking the other way when the team does this.
The customers are also drawing graphic images on the walls, which doesn’t exactly help with the bar’s atmosphere.
Chef Ryan Scott sees they are overstocked with food.
He also trains them to make a Philly cheesesteak with chicken and drained oil.
Lisamarie trains the staff on creating a balanced margarita.
She also informs the female servers and bartenders they do not need the corset for the stress test.
The food is not being ticketed the correct way. Bob is overwhelmed cooking during the stress test.
There is no workstation and only one POS system.
Jon shuts down the bar. Susan tells Jon she wishes her parents would trust her more.
Jim and Susan agree to a year timeline to hand over the bar.
The bar is made to look more contemporary and high-end.
There is a signature wall with markers to discourage vandalism.
The bar is given new uniforms and POS systems.
However, unlike a lot of other bars, Jon Taffer opted to keep the original name of No Name Saloon instead of changing it.
Susan does well during the relaunch.
The night is a success and things seem to be looking up for the bar.
So was the No Name Saloon Bar Rescue episode a success?
Keep reading our update to learn what happened and how the bar is doing in 2024 and beyond.
No Name Saloon Update - What Happened Next?
Now that we’ve recapped the No Name Saloon Bar Rescue episode, let’s talk about what happened after Jon Taffer and his crew left Edgewater, FL.
Six weeks later, sales have increased, which is a good sign for the bar.
Susan is doing well and looks ready to take over the bar on the timeline that they agreed upon in the show.
Is No Name Saloon from Bar Rescue still open?
As of 2024, I’m officially listing No Name Saloon as closed as it has been closed for quite some time.
However, the bar has a bit of a tumultous history and I had left it marked as open for a bit.
As of 2023, No Name Saloon was temporarily closed while the owners work through a lawsuit with the former owner of the No Name Saloon Edgewater FL.
First off, you can see the June 1 2022 post about the temporary closure on the No Name Saloon Facebook page here:
No Name Saloon is currently closed as we deal with some property issues.
We are working quickly to get them resolved and will reopen again soon.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
We will post an update shortly.
Here’s a screenshot of the Facebook post in case it gets deleted:
So it seems like the bar had to temporarily close because of issues with the property.
However, the plan was to transfer the bar’s property to the No Name Saloon owner. Once that happened, the bar will reopen.
Since it had been so long, I thought that the bar was done for.
It was also marked as permanently closed on Google now.
However, there was a recent update from March 2023 in which the No Name Saloon owners still seem to have plans to reopen.
In response to a question on that post from above, they said this:
we are closed right now, we are in the middle of a lawsuit with the guy we purchased it from 10 years ago.
Since the owners were still holding out hope to reopen this after the lawsuit, I didn’t mark No Name Saloon as closed in 2023, even though it hadn’t been open for a while.
Here’s a screenshot of that comment in case it gets deleted:
However, as of August 2024 (my most recent update), it seems like those plans fell through and No Name Saloon is officially closed.
I found a real estate listing where the property is listed for sale for $1.8 million, which seems quite permanent.
Here’s a link to the for sale listing if you want to see it.
Given all of that, I now feel comfortable marking No Name Saloon as permanently closed.
Here’s what the No Name Saloon Edgewater FL location looks like in the most recent Google Maps street view update…
This picture is from July 2022, so it’s after the “temporary” closure started.
Reviews for the bar are ok but not great, as it has a 3.5 star rating on both Yelp and TripAdvisor.
The Google Reviews are a little better, where it has a 4.2 star rating.
Here’s a sampling of a few reviews that were written after the visit from Jon Taffer…
3 star review from July 2018:
I was working on Bar Rescue when they filmed the bar they have a huge outdoor area where they have bands plus lots of seating.
Don’t worry about parking there is plenty.
The inside is really nice after Bar Rescue remodeled the place.
It’s a local bar and very popular it was the biggest crowds I’ve ever seen for filming.
I guess there packed during the Daytona motorcycle rally.
The Owners were really nice and they have food n drink specials.
If your in the area stop in it’s a pretty famous bar.
5 star review from March 2022:
Marina is the best bar tender.
We came from California in hopes that we would find a place with good ambient.
She made it happen.
If even again in florida I will come back to this place just in hopes that I would encounter her again.
We came back at night and the white Mach with glasses just wasn’t it.
Marina in the mid day morning and evening just was the best.. suggestion of drinks and everything else was perfection.
Good job marina
1 star review from April 2019:
If you want a place filled with cigarette smoke, loud obnoxious people and music this is for you.
The chicken wings are great, thankfully.
The outside area is interesting and fun looking but inside is dark and smoky.
May be ok for hanging out if you like to smoke.
While the reviews are decent, the bar has had some security issues.
A few months after the Bar Rescue visit, there was a shooting at No Name Saloon that ended with a man being killed.
The shooting seems to have been the result of an altercation outside the bar, where one man was “bouncing” another man’s car.
The man inside the car told him to stop and, when he didn’t, he ended up fatally shooting him.
The man who shot the other man claims it was self defense as he was being punched.
However, the shooter was eventually found guilt of manslaughter with a firearm in 2019 – you can learn more in this article.
The No Name Saloon Bar Rescue Lawsuit
One interesting detail about No Name Saloon is that it was the cause of a lawsuit against the Bar Rescue show.
It wasn’t the No Name Saloon owner who sued.
Instead, it was the family of the man killed outside the bar who sued Bar Rescue.
They claimed that Bar Rescue failed to create a safe environment after rescuing the bar…which seems like a bit of a stretch given that the altercation and shooting happened outside the bar.
I can’t find anything about the lawsuit being resolved, so I’m not sure what happened with it.
You can read more about it in this article from a local publication.
Final thoughts on the episode
Overall, the post-Bar Rescue history of No Name Saloon is an interesting one.
The bar was marked as temporarily closed for a while, while the owner seemed to be in a dispute with the property owner.
However, since it’s been several years since the bar has been open, I’m officially marking it as closed in 2024.
What’s more, the bar’s property is listed for sale for $1.8 million, so I doubt we will ever see the return of No Name Saloon.
If you want to see some other Edgewater / Orlando Bar Rescue episodes, you can check out these posts:
- Murphy’s Arcade / Throwbacks update
- Copper Rocket update
- Rockin’ Rhonda’s Neighborhood Bar update
- Lake House / Sidelines Sports Grill update
Or, you can check out my full post of all 26+ Florida Bar Rescue episodes as of 2024.
And if you want to share your thoughts on the bar or the episode, you can do so using the comments section below.
Thanks for reading!
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Last updated: 2024-08-18 11:03
As of 4/10/22 they are still open. The episode never addressed anything about the outside bar which has been remodeled and looks good. They’re now focusing alot on pool tournaments and pool and dart leagues. They bought another pool table, & moved some of the dart boards.. Last time I was there they were having an issue with the city & water dept, so the inside bathrooms are closed and have no water, you have to go outside to the bathrooms out side which are less than desirable to be kind. They still draw a lot of customers during bikeweek & biketoberfest. They still have some of the drinks (and new ones) that bar rescue ppl created, also has kept the new menu.. Still has a $5 Philly. The shooting did nothing to deter ppl from patronizing the bar, it’s a generally very safe place.. Oh its still very clean on the inside & they have kept it no smoking.
Thanks for sharing your inside knowledge! Glad that No Name Saloon seems to be doing well.
Yep, disgusting dives w heinous toilet facilities, w fatal shootings in parking lot, whohoo, go go go.
https://www.facebook.com/423194144445768/posts/4980706292027841/
No Name Saloon temporarily closed
Thanks for sharing! I will leave it marked open for now to see if they can resolve the issues, but I’ll make a note to check what’s happening in a few weeks and mark it as closed if needed.
Closed just drove by!!!
Thanks for letting me know. It seems like they’re dealing with property issues right now but have plans to reopen. I will wait to mark it as closed until I see if they’re successful with that or not.
I loved this place but haven’t been back since 2002 they had the best wings. Yes it was a biker hangout, but they were some of the nicest people I’ve ever met until you mess with them then you might wake up in a ditch somewhere if you’re lucky
Sounds like a high stakes experience!
Within 5 minutes of entering we heard escalating voices asking “WTF are you looking at?” Behind us and in the corner of the room, yes, they were talking to us. We were facing a totally different direction. Some bikers starting crap because we were “dressed like yuppies.” Which means not in leather, apparently.
Just looked today and it’s marked open on Google and Facebook. Might be due for another update. FB has a post taking applications for bartenders.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0VADBZMzcFFCrL5nEt9MWENGU4y5i7YMgpJW22Sr6K5RUT39w81siLcHmfWACu5Cyl
Thanks for letting me know! I will update ASAP. I don’t see the post you mention, though.
What a joke no name bar is,Jim should be put in jail for failing to make the bar safe.
Jail? No bar owner can control a bunch of drunks in a parking lot. Alcohol brings out aggression at times, but you need to blame the shooter, not the owner of the structure!
Marked as “permanently closed” on Google.
Yeah I will probably mark it as closed now because it doesn’t seem like they’re ever going to re-open.
This place should be marked permanently closed. The property and buildings are for sale as of 2024. I’ll include a link. Such a shame…
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/fl/edgewater/2001-s-ridgewood-ave/pid_57826437/
Thanks for sharing the link! I’ve been meaning to update this one.