barTabatha Takes Over · Season 5, Episode 5 · Aired May 2, 2013
Summers Sports Bar
Manhattan Beach, California
Yes. This one is still open.
What happened after
Facebook page (434 reviews, 4.3/5) describes it as 'family-owned and operated...established since 1993' at 3770 Highland Ave Suite 103.
What happened on the show
This season five episode took the format to Summers Sports Bar in Manhattan Beach, California, another of the show's non salon subjects. The takeover method carried over to the sports bar setting: Coffey embeds in the business, delivers her trademark blunt assessments, restructures the staff, and stages a renovation reveal. Because no synopsis survives for this installment, we do not reconstruct the specific incidents. The documented facts are the format, the season's reach beyond salons, and the setting, a family owned sports bar on Highland Avenue in Manhattan Beach taken through the overnight process. Coffey's premise held off the salon floor, that a struggling venue reflects its leadership, and that an honest reset was the goal of the visit. The show's claim held in a bar as much as a salon, that leadership shapes everything downstream of it.
After the cameras left
Summers Sports Bar is open. Its Facebook page, carrying hundreds of reviews with a solid rating, describes it as family owned and operated and established in 1993, at the Highland Avenue address in Manhattan Beach. The active social presence and stated long run make this a high confidence survivor. The Manhattan Beach sports bar came through its takeover and remains a going concern decades after it opened.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.