City Bistro

What happened after

Renamed "The Beechwood" after the S4E55 rescue; The Beechwood itself is now listed in the closeddownrestaurants.com database (title: "The Beechwood, St Louis, 2718 Gravois Ave", dated 2025-12-02), consistent with a Riverfront Times piece describing post-renovation operational struggles.

Closure date on record: 2025 (approximate; per closeddownrestaurants.com listing dated 2025-12)

What happened on the show

A manager turned bar owner was struggling to keep her business afloat against her own drunk and promiscuous staff, whose out-of-control behavior and bad reputation kept patrons away. At City Bistro in St. Louis, Taffer had to help clean up the room's reputation and push a passive owner to become far more assertive with a crew that had run wild on her watch. The rescue centered on restoring both the bar's image and the owner's authority, since neither the reputation nor the staff would reset while she stayed hands-off. Taffer reopened the venue as The Beechwood, a rebrand meant to give the room a fresh identity once its reputation was scrubbed and its owner found her backbone, betting that a more assertive boss and a clean slate could pull customers back to a bar her staff had chased them out of.

After the cameras left

City Bistro, rebranded The Beechwood, has since closed, most likely in 2025. A direct fetch of closeddownrestaurants.com lists The Beechwood at 2718 Gravois Avenue in the closed-down database, dated December 2025, matching the business and address, and a Riverfront Times piece described its post-renovation struggles, which together hold the closure at medium confidence. The manager-turned-owner's bar did not survive long-term: whatever the makeover reset, The Beechwood eventually joined the roster of closed St. Louis rooms.