barBar Rescue · Season 9, Episode 36 · Aired June 1, 2025
Tropic
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
What happened after
Show tried renaming it "Montego Bay Beach Club" but the bar reverted to its original name, "Tropic" (aka "Tropic on Water"). Confirmed via Urban Milwaukee (independent local news outlet), which names the owner and describes the Caribbean-cuisine kitchen addition.
What happened on the show
Tropic in Milwaukee came in for the show's standard intervention, with NBA player Bobby Portis joining Taffer for the recon, under owner Hyacinth Nembhardt. The room went through Bar Rescue's usual arc of scrutiny, confrontation, a stress test and a renovation aimed at giving the struggling bar a stronger footing. Taffer's team tried renaming the room Montego Bay Beach Club, a Caribbean-themed rebrand paired with a new Caribbean-cuisine kitchen, betting that a sharper concept and a disciplined operation could steady the business. The reveal handed the owner a new direction, with the familiar test of whether the changes, and the new name, would take hold once filming wrapped in Milwaukee. A Milwaukee room with a distinctive Caribbean angle, it needed the discipline and clearer kitchen concept the rescue aimed to bring before its troubles deepened.
After the cameras left
Tropic is still operating, back under its original name. Though the show tried renaming it Montego Bay Beach Club, the bar reverted to Tropic, also known as Tropic on Water, confirmed via Urban Milwaukee, an independent local outlet, which names owner Hyacinth Nembhardt and describes the Caribbean-cuisine kitchen addition at 518 North Water Street, which puts the open call at high confidence. The room kept the physical improvements and the new kitchen but held its original name, landing this one among the survivors of the ninth season.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.