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What Happened to Chix on Dix After Bar Rescue? (Detroit, MI)

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Status unconfirmed as of September 2026. We have no reliable signal and haven't been able to confirm what, if anything, currently operates at this address.

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What the source shows: Reality TV Updates (a fan-tracking site) reports Power Strip closed in 2016 and that a successor tenant later closed too, but no independent news article, maps listing, or official record confirming current status at 403 S Dix St could be verified; a direct Yelp fetch for the business returned no usable content.

  • Season / episode Season 4, Episode 41
  • Original air date
  • Address 403 S Dix St, Detroit, MI 48217

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

Chix on Dix was an adult-entertainment club in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Richard Skinner, who opened the business years before its 2015 appearance on Bar Rescue. According to the trade outlet Bar & Restaurant News, which covered the episode under the headline "Chix on Dix Needs a Quick Fix," the club was profitable in its first year, generating about $50,000 a month, before Skinner shifted attention to his other business interests and performance declined. Skinner brought in outside manager Darren Lee to try to turn the business around; according to the same coverage, Lee renamed the venue Industrial Strip without first getting Skinner's approval, a unilateral move that deepened distrust between owner and manager even as the business fell roughly $200,000 into debt. The episode, titled "Bare Rescue," aired December 13, 2015. Jon Taffer brought in mixologist Lisamarie Joyce along with Renae Lemmens, an entertainment director from a well-known Las Vegas club, to retrain staff and improve the venue's presentation, and the business was relaunched with new signage, an updated interior, and another new name, Power Strip.

The relaunch did not turn the business around by the show's usual measure. According to Reality TV Updates, Power Strip closed in 2016, about seven months after the televised makeover, and was subsequently listed for sale, according to that same source, including its liquor and adult-entertainment licenses, with an asking price that started near $600,000 and was later reduced. The site also described the property changing hands again by 2020, and reported that a different, unrelated gentleman's club briefly operated at the same address afterward before it, too, stopped operating; these later details come from a single fan-tracking source and were not independently corroborated for this record.

No reporting found in researching this record describes any legal dispute or regulatory action connected to Power Strip's 2016 closure; the available account describes declining sales and an owner-manager relationship that never fully recovered after the relaunch. Because only one aggregator-style source could be found describing the business's post-2016 history, its current status could not be independently confirmed as of this review.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 41
Original air date
Episode title
Bare Rescue
What was featured
declining gentleman's club renamed and relaunched by the show
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Chix on Dix

Frequently asked questions

Is Chix on Dix still open in 2026?

Status unconfirmed as of September 2026. We have no reliable signal and haven't been able to confirm what, if anything, currently operates at this address.

What happened to Chix on Dix after Bar Rescue?

Chix on Dix was an adult-entertainment club in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Richard Skinner, who opened the business years before its 2015 appearance on Bar Rescue. Status unconfirmed as of September 2026. We have no reliable signal and haven't been able to confirm what, if anything, currently operates at this address.

Where is Chix on Dix located?

403 S Dix St, Detroit, MI 48217. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured Chix on Dix?

Season 4, Episode 41 of Bar Rescue, first aired December 13, 2015. The episode is titled “Bare Rescue”.

Did the makeover last at Chix on Dix?

The episode first aired December 13, 2015. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 11 years later —: Status unconfirmed as of September 2026. We have no reliable signal and haven't been able to confirm what, if anything, currently operates at this address.

What do reviews say since Bar Rescue?

Because only one aggregator-style source could be found describing the business's post-2016 history, its current status could not be independently confirmed as of this review. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
403 S Dix St, Detroit, MI 48217
Venue type
club
Official website
None found

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