barBar Rescue · Season 6, Episode 15 · Aired June 24, 2018
Phish Heads
Lake City, Florida
It rebranded and carried on. It now goes by Phish Tales Bar & Grill.
What happened after
Renamed Phish Tales Bar & Grill after its Bar Rescue makeover; official site and a June 2026-dated directory entry (Foodeist) confirm ongoing operation.
What happened on the show
A Florida couple's bar was in serious trouble after years of their son's mismanagement. At Phish Heads in Lake City, the family had watched the son run the business down, and Taffer brought in his heavy hitters, mixologist Mia Mastroianni and chef Aaron McCargo Jr., to help the room bounce back. The rescue worked to wrest the operation back toward competence and give the parents' bar a real chance after the son's stewardship. Taffer reopened the venue as Phish Tales Bar and Grill, a modernized take on the old name that kept the room's identity while signaling a fresh start, betting that expert help and a clearer concept could revive a business the son's years of mismanagement had nearly sunk.
After the cameras left
Phish Tales Bar and Grill stuck and is still operating. The rebranded room continues at 1445 Southwest Main Boulevard in Lake City, confirmed by an official site and a June 2026-dated directory entry, which puts the open call at high confidence. The couple's bar survived the son's mismanagement and kept the Phish Tales identity Taffer gave it, landing this one firmly among the renamed survivors, one of the cleaner outcomes in the Florida-heavy stretch of season six.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.