barBar Rescue · Season 6, Episode 42 · Aired August 11, 2019
Buffalo City Bar & Grille
St Petersburg, Florida
It is still up and running.
What happened after
Was temporarily renamed BCBG during/after its Bar Rescue renovation but has since reverted to operating under its original name at the same address.
What happened on the show
Taffer's first-ever emergency rescue put his last-resort methods to work for the overwhelmed, grieving owner of Buffalo City Bar and Grille. At the St. Petersburg, Florida, bar, the owner was trying to save her late father's legacy while buried in grief, and the urgency of her situation pushed Taffer to treat it as an emergency rather than a standard intervention, with comedians Sam Roberts and Jim Norton brought in for the recon. The rescue worked to steady both a grieving owner and the business her father had left her. Taffer reopened the venue as BCBG, a modernized take on the old name, betting that a fresh identity and hands-on help could protect a father's legacy for the daughter carrying it forward.
After the cameras left
Buffalo City Bar and Grille is still open, back under its original name. It was temporarily renamed BCBG during and after the renovation but has since reverted to the Buffalo City identity at the same address, 5631 Park Street North in St. Petersburg. The bar was later sold, but with Taffer's help. Directory sourcing holds the open call at medium confidence, held short of high pending a cleaner direct source. The grieving owner's inherited bar survived and kept her father's name, landing this one among the survivors.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.