barBar Rescue · Season 9, Episode 18 · Aired June 30, 2024
Dr. Philgoods Sports Bar
Pompano Beach, Florida
It is still up and running.
What happened after
Same name retained. Official site and Facebook active; family-run sports bar/restaurant, owner Carl Johnson.
What happened on the show
Dr. Philgoods Sports Bar in Pompano Beach came in for the show's standard intervention, a family-run sports bar and restaurant under owner Carl Johnson. The room went through Bar Rescue's usual arc, a recon of the operation, a confrontation over its problems, a stress test of the staff, and a renovation aimed at giving the struggling bar a stronger footing. The reveal leaned into a laboratory theme fitting the Dr. Philgoods name, betting that sharper programming and a disciplined operation could turn the family business around. The bar kept its core identity through the makeover, with the familiar test of whether the improvements would hold once the cameras left South Florida and the family was left to run it. A family-run Pompano Beach sports bar, it had the loyalty most rescued rooms lack, and the work was steadying the operation rather than rebuilding the crowd.
After the cameras left
Dr. Philgoods is still operating, name intact. The family-run sports bar and restaurant continues at 4251 North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach, with an active official site and Facebook page under owner Carl Johnson, which puts the open call at high confidence. The family bar kept its Dr. Philgoods identity through the rescue and its doors open, landing this one among the survivors of the ninth season, a Florida room that carried its makeover forward and held onto both its name and its family ownership.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.