salonTabatha Takes Over · Season 4, Episode 1 · Aired January 10, 2012
Jungle Red Salon
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Yes. This one is still open.
On the show
Season 4, Episode 1 · January 10, 2012 · salon
Title changed to Tabatha Takes Over starting this season; format expanded beyond salons
What happened after
Official site (jungleredsalon.com) live; Yelp lists current hours at 1362 Lasalle Ave; Facebook has 5.8K followers (4.4/5, 314 reviews); Instagram has 742 followers.
What happened on the show
Season four opened with a change of billing, as the show retitled itself Tabatha Takes Over and began expanding beyond salons, though this premiere stayed in familiar territory with a hair salon in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The episode followed Coffey's established format, an immersive look at the operation, blunt assessments of the staff and owner, a team shakeup, and a renovation reveal. Because no synopsis survives for this installment, we do not reconstruct the specific incidents. The documented facts are the format, the new season's broader mandate, and the setting, a Jungle Red salon on Lasalle Avenue in Minneapolis. Coffey's throughline held, that a salon reflects its leadership, and that the value of the intervention was an honest reset. The broader claim held, that a salon's results follow directly from the quality of its leadership.
After the cameras left
Jungle Red Salon is open. Its official site is live, Yelp lists current hours at the Lasalle Avenue address in Minneapolis, its Facebook carries thousands of followers with a strong rating across hundreds of reviews, and its Instagram is active. The live official site and heavy social and review activity make this a high confidence survivor. The Minneapolis salon came through its takeover and remains a going concern.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.