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What Happened to Barlow's After Bar Rescue? (Tucker, GA)

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As of September 2026, Barlow's has closed — confirmed via realitytvupdates.com, February 29, 2024.

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What the source shows: Reality TV Updates reports the Tucker, GA bar closed in October 2017 after new owners took over the property, citing a roughly 2.5-star average Yelp rating around that time.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 14
  • Original air date
  • Address 2845 Mountain Industrial Blvd, Tucker, GA 30084
  • Current name The Comeback Sports Bar & Grill

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

Barlow's operated in Tucker, Georgia under owner Susan Wood, who took control of the bar as part of a divorce settlement. By the time Bar Rescue arrived, the business had never turned a profit. Wood had partnered with a businessman, John, to add a kitchen, but ticket times stretched past an hour and customers left frustrated. Staff drank and played pool on shift while Wood looked away, and the bar's food-safety practices were poor, with a leaking refrigerator and moldy produce found during inspection. Undercover patrons sent in ahead of the visit found flat, foamy beer and a burger made from processed tube meat. Surveillance also caught two bartenders giving away large amounts of free alcohol, and one was found to have been pocketing cash; she was fired as a result.

Consultant Jon Taffer brought in mixologist Russell Davis and chef Tiffany Derry to retrain the staff, replacing the tube-meat burger with a hand-formed version made from fresh ingredients and teaching a set of Southern-inflected cocktails and dishes, including chicken and waffles. The kitchen was professionally cleaned to remove mold contamination, and part of the renovation budget came from selling off underused bar equipment. As part of the physical rebuild, the show renamed the bar from Barlow's to The Comeback Sports Bar & Grill and installed a negative-air-pressure system to manage smoke, since the bar had operated with separate smoking and non-smoking sections.

The relaunch drew a positive early response. Three months after the visit, Wood was running day-to-day operations while John managed the books, and the previously fired bartender was not rehired. The Comeback kept Taffer's chosen name and remained in business for roughly four years. According to Reality TV Updates, the bar closed in October 2017 after the property was sold to new owners, and by that point its Yelp rating had fallen to about 2.5 stars. The same source reports the storefront was later occupied by a different bar, The Bottleship Lounge. Separately, owner Susan Wood moved into local politics, winning a seat on the newly formed Tucker City Council in a 2016 election, according to reporting the tracker cites from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 14
Original air date
Episode title
There's No Crying in the Bar Business
What was featured
unprofitable divorce-settlement bar, mold, staff theft
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Barlow's

Frequently asked questions

Is Barlow's still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Barlow's has closed — confirmed via realitytvupdates.com, February 29, 2024.

What happened to Barlow's after Bar Rescue?

Barlow's operated in Tucker, Georgia under owner Susan Wood, who took control of the bar as part of a divorce settlement. As of September 2026, Barlow's has closed — confirmed via realitytvupdates.com, February 29, 2024.

Is Barlow's permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Barlow's has closed — confirmed via realitytvupdates.com, February 29, 2024. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

What is Barlow's called now?

Now: The Comeback Sports Bar & Grill (formerly Barlow's). As of September 2026, Barlow's has closed — confirmed via realitytvupdates.com, February 29, 2024.

Where is Barlow's located?

2845 Mountain Industrial Blvd, Tucker, GA 30084. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured Barlow's?

Season 3, Episode 14 of Bar Rescue, first aired July 28, 2013. The episode is titled “There's No Crying in the Bar Business”.

Did the makeover last at Barlow's?

The episode first aired July 28, 2013. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 13 years later —: As of September 2026, Barlow's has closed — confirmed via realitytvupdates.com, February 29, 2024.

What do reviews say since Bar Rescue?

According to Reality TV Updates, the bar closed in October 2017 after the property was sold to new owners, and by that point its Yelp rating had fallen to about 2.5 stars. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
2845 Mountain Industrial Blvd, Tucker, GA 30084
Venue type
bar
Official website
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