barBar Rescue · Season 7, Episode 12 · Aired May 31, 2020
Bottoms Up Bar & Grill
Stanton, California
Good outcome here: the business is still trading today.
What happened after
Still operating under its original name at 8595 Katella Ave, Stanton, CA, per an independent RestaurantJi listing showing current hours and a June 2024-dated review.
What happened on the show
Bottoms Up Bar and Grill in Stanton, California, came in for Taffer's standard rescue treatment. The room, an LGBTQ-friendly live-music sports bar, went through the show's usual arc, a recon of the operation, a confrontation over its problems, a stress test of the staff, and a renovation meant to give the bar a stronger footing. Taffer kept the Bottoms Up name through the makeover, a signal that the room's welcoming identity was worth preserving once the operation was tightened, betting that a disciplined business behind a beloved concept could keep a community-oriented bar drawing the crowd it served in the competitive Orange County market. As a welcoming, community-anchored room in a competitive stretch of Orange County, the bar's identity was an asset the rescue was careful to protect.
After the cameras left
Bottoms Up Bar and Grill is still open, name intact. It continues to operate at 8595 Katella Avenue in Stanton, per an independent RestaurantJi listing showing current hours and a review dated June 2024, which puts the open call at high confidence. The LGBTQ-friendly live-music sports bar kept its original identity and its doors open, landing this one firmly among the survivors, a community-oriented room that came through its rescue and held onto both its concept and its crowd in the years after the episode aired.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.