barBar Rescue · Season 8, Episode 16 · Aired April 10, 2022
G Willicker's
Arlington, Texas
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
What happened after
Direct fetch of the business's own official site (gwillickerspub.com) confirms the exact address (310 109th St, Arlington, TX 76011) and shows a "Copyright (c) 2026" footer -- a current-year indicator. Search snippets additionally referenced a Restaurant Guru listing showing 577 recent visitor reviews as of March 2026 and a Yelp listing at 4.4/5 (23 reviews), though neither of those specific pages was independently fetched this pass.
What happened on the show
After losing their father and stepmother, three sisters found themselves unexpectedly owning a bar they had never learned to run. At G Willicker's in Arlington, Texas, grief and inexperience collided, leaving three siblings responsible for a business none of them was prepared to operate. Taffer's rescue worked to teach the sisters the fundamentals while helping them navigate the loss that had thrust the bar upon them. He reopened the venue under a shortened take on the old name, betting that hands-on instruction and a clearer concept could give three grieving, untrained owners a real chance at keeping the business their family had left them, with the familiar test of whether they could sustain the operation after the cameras left. Three untrained sisters thrust into ownership by a double loss faced a steep learning curve, and the rescue's success depended on whether grief and inexperience could give way to real operational skill.
After the cameras left
G Willicker's appears to still be operating. A direct fetch of the bar's own official site confirms the exact address, 310 109th Street in Arlington, and shows a 2026 copyright footer, a current-year indicator, with search snippets additionally referencing a RestaurantGuru listing carrying 577 recent reviews as of March 2026 and a 4.4 Yelp rating. That puts the open call at medium confidence, held short of high because the site content is sparse and the directory pages were not independently fetched. The sisters' inherited bar appears to have kept its doors open.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.