barBar Rescue · Season 4, Episode 23 · Aired July 5, 2015
Murphy's Law Irish Pub
Reno, Nevada
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
What happened after
Address 180 W Peckham Ln Ste 1070, Reno NV 89509. The only closure claim on file originates solely from banned competitor trackers (a competitor tracker et al.) and could not be independently corroborated. A search-discovered MapQuest listing (mapquest.com/us/nevada/murphys-law-434688735) describes it in standard active-listing language ('a lively bar located in the heart of Reno NV... offers a diverse selection of craft beers...') WITHOUT the '- CLOSED' name prefix that MapQuest uses elsewhere in this dataset for confirmed-closed venues (e.g. 'The Bayou - CLOSED' for the Fatballs entity), a weak but real positive signal.
What happened on the show
A turbulent partnership was the real trouble at Murphy's Law Irish Pub in Reno, and it was tangled up in an ex-pilot owner's inability to let go of his ex-girlfriend. She held a stake, did nothing, and took advantage of him, while a third partner watched the personal drama drag the business down. Taffer's rescue had to navigate that emotional wreckage, getting the owner to move on from a relationship that was bleeding into every decision about the bar. He reopened the room as Money Bar, a rebrand meant to give the pub a fresh identity once the personal entanglement was addressed, betting that an owner freed of his romantic blind spot could finally run the place as a business rather than a stage for a partnership he could not quit.
After the cameras left
Murphy's Law appears to still be operating at 180 West Peckham Lane, but the evidence sits at low confidence. The only closure claim on file traces solely to banned competitor trackers and could not be independently corroborated, while a search-discovered MapQuest listing describes the venue in standard active-listing language without the closed marker MapQuest normally applies. That absence is weak circumstantial support rather than a firm confirmation, and a direct fetch returned an empty, likely JS-gated page. The honest read is a bar that is probably still open, pending a cleaner Yelp or Facebook check.
Sources
Confidence: low. Last checked 2026-07-19.