Don't know who else on here is a fan of the show but I did see this on facebook today. Bar Rescue is filming in Garner at a bar called Character's Quarters on highway 70.

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"Characters Quarters about an hour ago via mobile Spread the word, share this post, and bring your friends out tonight for our Stress Test! A popular Bar Renovation show wants you to come out for food and drinks - ages 21 and over! We will open around 9:15pm. Will you be coming?!"

Once Kickback Jack's opened in Garner it basically has sucked all of the business out of the other bars around. Gonna be interesting to see what concept Taffer decides to try...

3/26/2013 2:28:08 PM

My favorite ones are when they go to black bars

3/26/2013 2:35:19 PM

It would be great if the entire episode was just the host packing up the bar and moving it out of Garner.

3/26/2013 3:11:26 PM

I enjoy this and similar shows, though the filler and stupid drama gets annoying and I quite watching for a while. I liked Character's, though it was pretty dead. Never been to Kickback.

3/26/2013 3:12:34 PM

i really enjoy this show but as ^ said, they've upped the scripted "drama" and taken away from the redesign and retraining portions of the show which I always found the most interesting. Sometimes wish this was more like Restaurant Impossible.

i did love his line about how Hip Hop clubs are all about Security.

3/26/2013 3:39:15 PM

Didn't that used to be the Garner Ale House?

3/26/2013 3:45:32 PM

i love Restaurant Impossible

i forgot about this show. i watched a lot of it last season if we're talking about the same one

3/26/2013 3:49:42 PM

I read an article once that said that like 90% of the places on these types of shows still fail even after the rescue.

3/26/2013 4:26:18 PM

they need to go to mt. fuji

they get busted by the ALE every month

and that asian owner is the most clueless motherfucker youll ever encounter

[Edited on March 26, 2013 at 4:28 PM. Reason : d]

3/26/2013 4:28:12 PM

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"i really enjoy this show but as ^ said, they've upped the scripted "drama" and taken away from the redesign and retraining portions of the show which I always found the most interesting. Sometimes wish this was more like Restaurant Impossible."

Yeh, the redesign, retraining, and reopening were always the most interesting parts and what I watched it for... I also always wanted to see how the business operated afterwards and not a simple statement about the bar 3 months later. But, since they focus on drama and not the actual content, it gets boring.

I wish this and other shows were more like documentaries.

3/26/2013 4:31:18 PM

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"I read an article once that said that like 90% of the places on these types of shows still fail even after the rescue."

i try to read up on some of them after the show airs. A lot of times the owners ditch the Taffer theme and go back to the original name while keeping all of the amenities that were added. Some close, some stay the same, very few improve.

i'm curious about the Taffer names. If he creates a new theme and name is there some sort of reimbursement/partial ownership that Taffer gets in the end? And if so, that's probably a reason a lot of owners ditch his names shortly after leaving.

3/26/2013 4:46:47 PM

My fiance and I watch this show religiously. We now notice tons of shit done incorrectly when we are at restaurants and bars

3/26/2013 4:57:33 PM

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"I read an article once that said that like 90% of the places on these types of shows still fail even after the rescue."

That's because the owners are the same. There's a reason they were failing to begin with and while these owners act humbled on the show, I'm sure that lasts about a week and old habits take back over.

3/26/2013 5:30:53 PM

this episode i ws watchin last night had NIGGAS serving WINGS on SQUARE RED PLATES

yea...that shit is gonna last FOREVER

3/26/2013 7:01:05 PM

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"Didn't that used to be the Garner Ale House?"

used to be Highbeams

3/26/2013 8:31:40 PM

It was also the Garner Ale House (unaffiliated with Carolina Ale House).

3/26/2013 8:33:58 PM

BHS, fuji closed, son

3/26/2013 9:01:02 PM

Highbeams!


OH LAWD

3/26/2013 9:59:29 PM

Place is crowded. Been waiting like 25 minutes for a drink...

3/26/2013 10:36:44 PM

Did Taffer bust out of the back and yell "THIS PLACE IS CLOSED UNTIL I HAVE A CHANCE TO FIX IT, CHECK BACK IN A COUPLE DAYS WHEN I WORK MY MAGIC!!!!"

3/27/2013 3:22:22 AM

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"Once Kickback Jack's opened in Garner it basically has sucked all of the business out of the other bars around."

i hope this wasn't a serious comment...

i, nor anyone i know, has ever been in Kickback Jack's and I've lived in Garner for 11 years

3/27/2013 12:30:55 PM

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"BHS, fuji closed, son "

hahhahahh just close or CLOSED DOWN

3/27/2013 1:06:17 PM

Went last night with the wife after the Canes game. We got there right at opening, which wasn't until like 10:15. It took us like 70 minutes to get our drinks and food. Lots of issues all around.

It was interesting to see what was real and what was staged. Apparently for the stress test, they were only allowed to have 3 servers working, while they normally have 5 or 6. They were only given 75 drinking glasses to use, despite 125 patrons being let in the door. Obviously they were gonna face problems.

Some of the drama was real though. One of the waitresses (girl in a baseball outfit) was on camera with plenty of drama, and then was totally rude to the table next to us. The owner was pissed and using a bunch of F-bombs on camera, as was John.

Whiskey sour and burger were pretty good though, despite slightly undercooked.

3/27/2013 2:54:19 PM

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"i hope this wasn't a serious comment..."

O'Charley's closed down along with Mayflower seafood. The little hole in the wall spot that used to be Fenway's is closed. Character's Quarters was apparently on the verge.

The only bar besides KickBack's that ever has cars in the parking lot is Locked and Loaded.

I may be wrong but I'm not in Garner that often anymore.

Where bars do you frequent in Garner?

Now if you are talking about White Oak, that's a whole different side of town...

3/27/2013 3:19:25 PM

I agree with Keb. Kickback Jack's is the place to go now in that area. The service is pretty good for a bunch of slutty looking waitresses and the food isn't bad either.

White Oak is hoppin' but I do consider that a different part of town.

3/27/2013 3:40:17 PM

I went to kickback jack's once. Got raw chicken wings

3/27/2013 6:56:48 PM

Kickback Jacks is pretty awful. Huge menu, 90% frozen and fried. Waitresses were great when they first opened, but I've been twice recently and they are pretty gross. Also, beer selection is terrible

3/27/2013 7:13:51 PM

any pictures from last night?

I think bar rescue is a really dumb show that I get incredibly addicted to quite often.

When is the actual re-opening? In 3 days?

http://www.wral.com/-bar-rescue-targets-garner-bar-and-grill/12276274/

[Edited on March 27, 2013 at 9:18 PM. Reason : reopening Friday night]

3/27/2013 9:07:27 PM

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"burger...pretty good though, despite slightly undercooked."

what is an undercooked burger?

3/27/2013 9:45:44 PM

When Bar Rescue turned the Pirate bar in Silver Spring, MD into something called "Corporate Bar" I thought it was the stupidest thing I ever saw.

"Corporate" types don't go to a place called Corporate. They go to a place to get drunk.

3/27/2013 9:52:26 PM

LOL its funny because the pirate bar reminded me of the gimmick they tried at Characterd Quarters.

3/27/2013 10:50:40 PM

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"what is an undercooked burger?"

I ordered medium rare. It came out very rare.

3/28/2013 5:39:04 AM

you expect a lot from a line cook making minimum wage

3/28/2013 7:58:49 AM

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"Where bars do you frequent in Garner?"

Aversboro Restaurant

3/28/2013 11:14:38 AM

why on earth would anyone not want to eat a well-done burger

3/28/2013 1:38:12 PM

Taste. Assuming you get burgers at places that grind their own steaks/make their own patties (which is the only place you should be ordering a burger from), then med rare is the way to go.

3/28/2013 1:53:01 PM

^^because not everyone likes eating hockey pucks

3/28/2013 3:06:17 PM

Medium rare burgers taste like food (instead of charcoal).

3/28/2013 7:17:11 PM

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"why on earth would anyone not want to eat a well-done burger"

+1

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"Medium rare burgers taste like food (instead of charcoal)."

Bs

3/28/2013 7:42:09 PM

Kickback Jacks makes good business. The best business of any place on that side of town. It is crowded on weeknights and weekends. I haven't had anything there that was bad. Their nachos are only $7.99 and are HUGE and really good. The burgers and fries are good as well. I've had their pizza and it wasn't bad either.
I would say that Kickback makes as much money/business as the Ale House in Cary does.

Rock-Ola (the restaurant it used to be) was always packed back in the day.. In the late 90s, early 2000s it was almost always a 1-2 hour wait...but its business started falling after they changed it around and tried to make it more "fancy"... Turning it into a kickbacks was the best thing they ever did.

3/28/2013 8:22:27 PM

There are a lot of chin strap beards and slightly askew flat billed hats in there

3/28/2013 8:29:21 PM

You guys can have your month-old frozen patties burnt to a crisp.

More bleeding PR burgers for me.

3/28/2013 8:39:13 PM

Well-done burgers are for cookouts when you know they got some cheap ass wholesale patties

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3/29/2013 8:58:53 AM

I didn't know that Car Lot Rescue was a thing.

3/31/2013 1:01:11 PM

I've been to kick backs twice. Never again. In thought the food was horrendous. So did the people I went with

3/31/2013 2:46:08 PM

I watched a few eps and I can say that I did like it a lot. Its not often that I like these kinds of shows.

3/31/2013 5:15:15 PM

food at kbj's is pretty disappointing. read through most of the menu and you're like "oh this may be good" then you get to the part of the meal description where it's like "deep fried" and I'm like uuuuggggggghhhhhhh

3/31/2013 5:40:49 PM

KBJ cheese steaks are actually pretty good. Its the customer base that scares me about that place, white trash looking to start fights every evening.

3/31/2013 6:16:16 PM

scared of a fight?

3/31/2013 6:22:13 PM

Also doing one of the bars on Glenwood

4/3/2013 11:29:10 AM