Black Light District Rock & Roll Lounge

The episode

Key dates

1. July 24, 2016Bar Rescue episode “Drunk on Punk” airs — Jon Taffer's rescue of Black Light District Rock & Roll Lounge, filmed earlier.
2. After the rescueSold to new owners.
3. July 2018Closed.

The rescue

Jon Taffer kept the name Black Light District Rock & Roll Lounge for the relaunch.

Black Light District closed in July 2018 after the building owner sold the land. Taffer walked out and did not complete the rescue, a version of events the owners disputed.

What happened next

Black Light District never completed its rescue. Taffer maintained that he walked away from the bar; the owners maintained that they were the ones who kicked Bar Rescue out. With no working relationship, no post-episode sales figures were reported. Reviews were poor, at two stars on Yelp and 2.2 stars on Google, although many came from viewers of the episode who had not visited. The bar closed in July 2018, about two years after its episode aired, after the building's owner sold the land the bar stood on. The owner, David, was the subject of extensive online criticism following the broadcast. The Long Beach location was later occupied by a bar named Supply and Demand.