Jon Taffer Says Bar Owners Have Never Had It Harder
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Mazamorons, welcome back to the Good Guys Podcast. Benjamin, you know who we have here today for this special hybrid episode of The Good Guys Pod.
Yes, we have the great John Taffer coming on in just a couple of minutes. My God. Oh, I love him, Josh. I love him. And you, you also love him. We love him.
As we know, my two father figures are Guy Fieti and John Taffer, and they are my comfort shows along with House Hunters International because I want to know what it's like to live in Copenhagen in a very small apartment. I digress. But I I love Bar Rescue. I've watched it all 11 seasons and I love Dinah Shrivens and Dives. But the great John Taffer is here. He is a restaurant uh he's a restaurant tour, a bar a bar on. tour.
A bar on tour, a club on tour, a restaurant tour. He likes our ideas. He's amazing, okay? John Taffer is amazing. And Josh, I'd be remiss if I didn't say this. The same way that y we're gonna get you and Jonah Hill in a ring. I think we need to get John Taffer and Marcus Lamonis in a ring. What do you think about that?
Who's Marcus Lamonis?
He's the he's the the the prophet, C N B C he also goes and fixes businesses. You don't know him?
I bet I do now.
He's Fawn Pfaffer. So we need to get him in a ring.
Yeah, let's see. And whoever emerges. Gets to inherit the other one's show.
It'll be John. Okay.
Sure will. Six.
John's got six ten golden glove. Two.
Really? Yeah, he's a tall man.
Good for him.
He owned clubs in Philadelphia. You think this man has not seen violence?
He has. He's probably done it too.
Brother Brother, you don't wanna know what a What a Wawa in Philly feels like Oh my god, anytime past eleven and Philadelphia is one of my favorite cities. But boy, oh boy, do they have some uh some some crazy people. Definitely. They got crazies. But shout out, it's what makes the city tick. And they have this restaurant called Little Nona's. Oh my God. You ever had this food?
I've never had this food. I've only been there really for Philadelphia Seventy Sixers games. I watched uh the Knicks absolutely open up a can of whoop ass. And then uh yeah, on October 20th, I'll see I'll see y'all at the garden. Where we plan on fucking up LeBron. So Billy, Billy, come in my DM. Yeah. And January sixth I'll see y'all at the Capitol. And without further
ado. John Taffer. Bang. I cannot believe this. Uh uh one of my favorite shows for basically over a decade. Uh it basically I just want John Taffer to adopt me. I look at him as a father figure and he's just finding this out. John Taffer's here. Thank you, sir, for being here.
Uh my pleasure, guys. It's great to be with you. You know, the two of you are quite a dynamic duo, I must say.
Oh, thank you very much. And look, you are when Josh said John Taffer's coming on, you you don't even realize how synergistic everything that you do is to everything that we love. Okay, besides the fact that Josh is 17 years sober. I own an alcohol company. Okay. We are both obsessed with food. All that we talk about is food concepts. We love a good bar. Let me tell you, John, you are just the the epitome of everything that we we would love to be when we grow up. Yeah. So thank you again for joining us. Uh my pleasure, guys.
Um, for anyone who's been under a rock, I mean your show Bar Rescue has been on for ten plus seasons.
It's believe it or not, and I'm not sure I'm supposed to say this. So this is the first time I'm saying this. We we just signed for another season, and this will be my 17th year. Eleven seasons. You guys know a little about TV. You know how that works in cycles. Sure. So I only got 11 raises over 17 years, not 17 raises over 17 years.
Has it ever been harder to be a bar owner than it is right now?
No, I think this is for bar restaurant, but you could almost say that about a lot of businesses, Ben, you know.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:47
2
Who is Jon Taffer and why is he joining the Good Guys Podcast?
9:47–14:59
3
How have market currents and rising costs made bar ownership harder than ever?
14:59–22:48
4
Why are Gen Z customers still drinking and what experiences do they expect?
22:48–37:05
5
What’s driving the decline of traditional nightclubs and how are they adapting?
37:05–52:18
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