barBar Rescue · Season 5, Episode 19 · Aired March 26, 2017
Big Mike's Sports Bar & Grill
Denham Springs, Louisiana
This one survived. It remains in business.
What happened after
Per Wikipedia's Bar Rescue season 5 episode list (S5E19), the bar "kept its original name." Direct fetch of the business's own official site (bigmikessportsbarandgrill.com) confirms live operation: exact address (123 Aspen Square, Denham Springs, LA 70726), populated weekly hours, and functioning reservation/online-ordering systems.
What happened on the show
This was a rescue of a beloved bar rather than a failing one. Big Mike's Sports Bar and Grill was a genuine beacon of its community in Denham Springs, Louisiana, destroyed not by mismanagement but by a catastrophic flood, and Taffer arrived to help rebuild a business that had been thriving before the water hit. The episode echoed the earlier storm rescue of the Bungalow Bar, whose now-successful owners donated 10,000 dollars toward the rebuilding effort, and the rescue's work was reconstruction and restoration rather than reinvention. Taffer kept the Big Mike's name through the makeover, honoring a room the town relied on, betting that helping a valued local business recover from disaster would restore both the bar and the community anchor it represented.
After the cameras left
Big Mike's is still open, name intact. A direct fetch of the business's own official site confirms live operation at 123 Aspen Square in Denham Springs, with populated weekly hours and functioning reservation and online-ordering systems, which puts the open call at medium confidence. The flood-damaged community beacon Taffer helped rebuild kept its original name and its doors open, landing this one among the survivors, another case of the show restoring a storm-hit institution rather than reviving a failing one.
Sources
Confidence: medium. Last checked 2026-07-19.
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