Midtown Pub (Coaches Pub) - Bar Rescue Update

In this week's episode of Bar Rescue, Jon Taffer and crew are in Houston, Texas to rescue Coaches Pub.  The bar doesn't maintain standards and cannot make basic drinks properly.  The kitchen is a mess, there are fruit flies in the bar, and the owner is drinking while at the bar.  The owner Robbie is supposedly $230,000 in debt and the bar is supposedly months away from closing.

During the Bar Rescue makeover, Jon Taffer decided to change the name of Coaches Pub to Midtown Pub Steak & Sports and the bar has kept the name. Let's take a look at some information, reviews, and updates for Midtown Pub Steak & Sports since Bar Rescue came and made all of the changes to the bar (All reviews are post-Bar Rescue):

Positive Reviews:

• "Great local pub for locals, regulars and people just stopping by. Good people, good drinks, good food and great bartenders. Best happy hour in town - mon-fri 4p-7p AND 10p-close"
• "Friendly attentive staff. New to the area, they adopted me right in. Its like Cheers, everyone knows your name! Food is great, I haven't tried anything I don't recommend. They just had a makeover and have some new dishes and drinks. Try the Triple Play, its my new favorite!"
• "Love this place and the people and the food! Oh! The beer is delicious as well! A daily stop for us for sure!"

Negative Reviews:

• "Stopped in on a Monday afternoon. There were five people at the bar and three people at a table. Older guy w a goatee and a bald spot took my drink order rather quickly but then was too busy talking to the five people at the end of the bar rather than ask me if I wanted food. I had the menu out and was looking forward to a pub burger. By the time my beer was half empty I just motioned to the other guy to close me out. I’m guessing with a place like this you don’t get good service if you’re not a regular or unless you look rich. I’ll never be back."
• "They advertise prime steaks..B.S I had the worst ribeye steak ever. Charged 26.95. It was more like a 12.95 steak from Sizzler. I do not recommend this place !"
• "This place is not accessible to wheelchairs and they put no effort into making it so. Don't support this place if you care about making places accessible to all."

*Reviews from Yelp, Google

Other News and Links:

• The Bar Rescue for Coaches Pub happened in the March 2024.
• Here is a preview video of the episode from the Bar Rescue YouTube page
• Here is the Midtown Pub website, Facebook page and Instagram page. 
• Their websites/social media all say "Midtown Pub (Formerly Coaches Pub)"
• Here are the Facebook pages of Robbie (owner), JoJo (bartender)
• Here are the reviews for Midtown Pub from Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Google.
• There is another bar less than a mile away called Midtown Bar & Grill, so that could be confusing for some potential customers.
• Some reviews online even mix up the two.
• People on their recent social media posts are asking if they are still closed because of a fire, but I don't see any evidence of that.
• In 2013, Robbie had an interview with the local news about a string of robberies in the area and his bar was hit multiple times, so he started sleeping in it to protect it. (Link)

Conclusion:

Jon Taffer decided to change the name of Coaches Pub to Midtown Pub Steak & Sports and the bar has kept the name.  Their websites and social media say Midtown Pub Steak & Sports (formerly Coaches Pub)."  The reviews for Midtown Pub are mixed with people liking the local atmosphere, but there were some negative reviews about the food.  There is another bar less than a mile away called Midtown Bar & Grill, which is confusing for some people as they can be mixed up.

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