barBar Rescue · Season 9, Episode 23 · Aired February 23, 2025
Interlude II: Bar & Grill
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
What happened after
Same name retained (family-owned since 1965). Local TV news follow-up describes the bar going from financial struggle to "packed tables on a Friday night" after the rescue.
What happened on the show
Interlude II: Bar and Grill in Kenosha, Wisconsin, family-owned since 1965, came in for the show's standard intervention. The long-running room went through Bar Rescue's usual arc of scrutiny, confrontation, a stress test and a renovation aimed at pulling a struggling family bar back from financial trouble. The bar kept its original name through the makeover, a signal that six decades of family history were worth preserving once the operation was tightened, betting that a disciplined business behind the existing name could restore the room's fortunes. The reveal handed the family a refreshed operation, with the familiar test of whether the turnaround would hold once the cameras left Wisconsin. A family-owned Kenosha room since 1965, it had six decades of history worth saving, which made pulling it out of financial trouble all the more consequential.
After the cameras left
Interlude II is thriving. A local TV news follow-up described the bar going from financial struggle to packed tables on a Friday night after the rescue, with manager Nikki Lehman quoted in the piece, which puts the open call at high confidence. The family-owned room, in the family since 1965, kept its original name and its doors open at 514 57th Street in Kenosha, landing this one firmly among the clearer success stories of the ninth season, a Wisconsin institution that turned its finances around after the makeover.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.