barBar Rescue · Season 8, Episode 9 · Aired July 18, 2021
Griff's
Las Vegas, Nevada
Good outcome here: the business is still trading today.
What happened after
Billiard and sports bar reinvented per official site.
What happened on the show
A premiere Las Vegas billiards hall was at risk of closing after its owner struggled to recover from the pandemic and an inept manager compounded the trouble. At Griff's, the combination of COVID's lingering damage and poor management had put a well-regarded pool hall on the edge, and the rescue worked to steady both the operation and the leadership. Taffer reinvented the room as a billiards and sports bar, sharpening its concept while keeping its pool-hall core, betting that a refreshed identity and a disciplined operation could pull a premiere billiards venue back from the brink. The intervention followed the show's usual arc, giving the owner a clearer path forward than the pandemic and his manager had left him. A well-regarded pool hall in a competitive Vegas market, Griff's had a reputation to protect, which made reversing the pandemic-era slide all the more pressing before the doors closed for good.
After the cameras left
Griff's is still operating, though the rescue's fingerprints have faded. Reinvented as a billiards and sports bar per its official site, the room remains open on Decatur Boulevard in Las Vegas, which puts the open call at high confidence. A February 2024 TripAdvisor review noted that little of the Bar Rescue makeover remained, a common fate for the show's renovations, but the billiards hall itself kept its doors open, landing this one among the survivors even as the specific changes Taffer installed have largely been reverted or worn away.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.