Bar Rescue · S4 E35
Martini Brothers Burger Bar
Youngstown, Ohio
This one survived. It remains in business. It trades today as The Federal.
The short answer
Renamed 'The Federal' at 110 W Federal St, Youngstown OH 44503 (burger-bar concept continuity preserved -- 'Award winning burgers... over 13 Specialty burgers'). Directly fetched TripAdvisor listing confirms active status with a review dated July 25, 2025.
What happened on the show
A landlord and partner more inclined to paint fruit as art than save his failing Ohio burger bar was clashing with the bitter owners who actually ran it. At Martini Brothers Burger Bar in Youngstown, Taffer had to determine whether the owner had the heart to run the place at all or whether he should exit the partnership entirely, a hard judgment at the center of the rescue. The friction between a checked-out, artistically distracted partner and the owners carrying the load was the real problem, and Taffer worked to force a decision about who actually wanted the business. He reopened the venue as The Federal, a rebrand that preserved the burger-bar concept while giving the room a sharper identity, betting that resolving the partnership and committing to the food could turn a bitter, divided operation into a going concern.
After the cameras left
The Federal stuck and is still operating at 110 West Federal Street in Youngstown. A directly fetched TripAdvisor listing confirms an active business with an exact address match, posted current hours and a review dated July 2025, corroborated by a RestaurantGuru listing with more than 1,300 reviews, which puts the open call at high confidence, the strongest resolution in this stretch. The burger-bar concept carried through the rebrand, and the room Taffer nearly advised the owner to abandon became a durable Youngstown survivor.
Location
110 W Federal St
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Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.