barBar Rescue · Season 7, Episode 11 · Aired May 17, 2020
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
Canyon Lake, California
It is still up and running.
What happened after
Still operating under its original name at 31780 Railroad Canyon Road, Canyon Lake, CA, per its own official website with current hours listed. Owned by Victor and Laura Demoreno.
What happened on the show
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant and Cantina in Canyon Lake, owned by Victor and Laura Demoreno, received Taffer's standard intervention. The room went through the show's familiar sequence, a recon of the customer experience, a confrontation over the operation's failings, a stress test of the staff, and a renovation aimed at giving the restaurant and bar a viable future. Taffer proposed reopening the venue as Par Bar, a rebrand meant to sharpen the concept, betting that a clearer identity and a disciplined operation could steady a struggling Mexican restaurant and cantina. The reveal handed the owners a new name and a new look, leaving the usual question of whether they would keep the changes once the cameras left. A family-run Mexican restaurant with a devoted local base, Pepe's had the loyalty most rescued bars lack, and the work was steadying the operation rather than rebuilding the crowd.
After the cameras left
Pepe's is still operating, under its original name. It continues at 31780 Railroad Canyon Road in Canyon Lake, per its own official website with current hours listed, which puts the open call at high confidence. Owners Victor and Laura Demoreno kept the room going as Pepe's rather than adopting the Par Bar rebrand, with an active Facebook following and hundreds of reviews across platforms. The family's Mexican restaurant and cantina survived and held its original identity, landing this one among the survivors of season seven.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.