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Who Runs BFE Bar and Grill Now? (Waynesboro, GA)

New owners verified

As of September 2026, BFE Bar and Grill operates under new ownership — confirmed via Yelp, December 2025.

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Yelp ·
Secondary source
popthruster.com ·

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Pointers Bar & Lounge at the featured address, updated December 2025, describes an active bar business; Popthruster's June 2025 update independently reported the address remained open under new ownership as Pointers Grill at Hancock Landing, the name Robert Irvine's crew gave the business during the original renovation.

  • Season / episode Season 13, Episode 3
  • Original air date
  • Address 2056 Hancock Landing Rd, Waynesboro, GA 30830
  • Current name Pointers Bar & Lounge

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) traveled to Waynesboro, Georgia, for "Ambush: A Taxing Situation," which aired March 23, 2016, to renovate BFE Bar and Grill on Hancock Landing Road. Coverage from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's restaurant blog previewed the episode as part of the network's ongoing rescue format, and chef Robert Irvine's own social media post at the time showed the space stripped down mid-renovation.

According to coverage of the episode's content, Irvine's team found the business deep in debt and operating with a liquor license that had been suspended over unpaid taxes, a detail disclosed as part of the episode's own narrative about the establishment's financial trouble; as part of the renovation, Irvine's crew renamed the business Pointers Grill at Hancock Landing, moving away from the "BFE" name entirely.

More recent sourcing shows the address has continued operating under a further evolution of that name. Yelp's listing for "Pointers Bar & Lounge" at 2056 Hancock Landing Road, last updated in December 2025, describes an active bar business with recent photos and reviews. A separate June 2025 update from Popthruster, a site that tracks the current status of Restaurant: Impossible locations, reported that the Waynesboro address remained open under new ownership, operating as Pointers Grill at Hancock Landing at that time. Between the two sources, the same address appears to have continued under the Pointers name into at least the end of 2025, with the exact point at which "Pointers Grill" became "Pointers Bar & Lounge," and the exact ownership change referenced by Popthruster, not further detailed in either source.

Because two independent, dated sources from 2025 both describe an operating business at the address under a name and ownership structure different from the one featured on the original 2016 broadcast, this record reflects a change in both name and ownership since the show's original visit, rather than treating BFE Bar and Grill as the same continuously named business under different management.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 13, Episode 3
Original air date
Episode title
Ambush: A Taxing Situation
What was featured
full renovation and restaurant rename
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
BFE Bar and Grill

Frequently asked questions

Is BFE Bar and Grill still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, BFE Bar and Grill operates under new ownership — confirmed via Yelp, December 2025.

What happened to BFE Bar and Grill after Restaurant: Impossible?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) traveled to Waynesboro, Georgia, for "Ambush: A Taxing Situation," which aired March 23, 2016, to renovate BFE Bar and Grill on Hancock Landing Road. As of September 2026, BFE Bar and Grill operates under new ownership — confirmed via Yelp, December 2025.

What is BFE Bar and Grill called now?

Now: Pointers Bar & Lounge (formerly BFE Bar and Grill). As of September 2026, BFE Bar and Grill operates under new ownership — confirmed via Yelp, December 2025.

Where is BFE Bar and Grill located?

2056 Hancock Landing Rd, Waynesboro, GA 30830. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured BFE Bar and Grill?

Season 13, Episode 3 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired March 23, 2016. The episode is titled “Ambush: A Taxing Situation”.

Who owns BFE Bar and Grill now?

As of September 2026, BFE Bar and Grill operates under new ownership — confirmed via Yelp, December 2025. We name individual owners only where a source we cite names them.

Did the makeover last at BFE Bar and Grill?

The episode first aired March 23, 2016. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 10 years later —: As of September 2026, BFE Bar and Grill operates under new ownership — confirmed via Yelp, December 2025.

What do reviews say since Restaurant: Impossible?

Yelp's listing for "Pointers Bar & Lounge" at 2056 Hancock Landing Road, last updated in December 2025, describes an active bar business with recent photos and reviews. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Visit info

Address
2056 Hancock Landing Rd, Waynesboro, GA 30830
Venue type
bar
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • ajc.com — https://www.ajc.com/blog/atlanta-restaurants/restaurant-impossible-revives-failing-restaurant-tonight/Op4JGlpNMevq1tdl3Bi5uO/
  • Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/chefirvine/photos/blank-canvas-at-the-bfe-bar-and-grill-in-waynesboro-ga-restaurantimpossible/10153841025577836/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/pointers-bar-and-lounge-waynesboro
  • popthruster.com — https://popthruster.com/2025/06/15/restaurant-impossible-bfe-bar-and-grill-open-or-closed/

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