bar24 Hours to Hell and Back · Season 1, Episode 7 · Aired August 8, 2018
Patrick Molloy's
Hermosa Beach, California
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
On the show
Season 1, Episode 7 · August 8, 2018 · Irish pub
Family-owned Irish pub.
What happened after
Irish sports pub at 50 Pier Ave continues operating; active Facebook page (8,400+ likes) and current review-site listings.
What happened on the show
On the Hermosa Beach pier Ramsay met a family Irish pub where, as he put it, the only thing worse than the food was the people running it. The surveillance uncovered a deep rooted family feud, specifically a stepfather and son who had been dragging the business down with unresolved distrust for years. This became the episode where the makeover was actually halted in its final stretch, with hours still on the clock, because the two men still could not work together. It took food writers brought in as fresh eyes and a lot of hard talk before Ramsay could get the pair to a workable truce, retool the pub food, and push toward a relaunch. His point was blunt: no amount of new paint fixes a room where the owners will not trust each other in front of the staff.
After the cameras left
Patrick Molloy's survived, with an asterisk. As of our latest verification pass the Irish sports pub at 50 Pier Avenue was still operating, with an active Facebook following of several thousand. The rescue did force one visible change: retrospective planning permission for the new look was declined, so the décor had to be altered afterward. Reviews since have run mixed, though the happy hour draws steady praise. For a pub Ramsay nearly walked out on mid renovation, staying open on the pier counts as a win.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.