Is Britestar Tavern Still Open? Bar Rescue Update (Glendora, CA)

Britestar Tavern in Glendora, California, owned by a man named Jim who also ran a separate successful bar, was featured on the Bar Rescue episode "Star Lite, Star Not So Brite," which aired August 19, 2018. The episode showed Jim buying the tavern out of nostalgia for a place he had patronized when he was younger, then neglecting it while focused on his primary business, which let staffing, service, and the drink program slide into disarray. Jon Taffer's team rebuilt the bar's drink and food menus, retrained the staff, and refreshed the space, though the bar's name was not changed as part of the relaunch.

According to Reality TV Updates, Jim sold Britestar Tavern to new owners not long after Taffer's visit, and the bar has continued operating under that new ownership in the years since, still under the same name. The current operator has built out a regular weekly schedule of events, including live music and karaoke nights, at the same 731 W Route 66 address. A Yelp listing for Britestar Tavern shows the page updated in March 2026, with 94 photos and 94 reviews posted for the business, indicating an actively maintained listing rather than a stale or abandoned one.

That is the strongest single piece of dated evidence located during this research pass, rather than two independent sources or an official statement from current ownership. Overall, Britestar Tavern followed a familiar post-rescue pattern across the show: the original owner sold shortly after the televised visit, but the bar itself kept its name and its doors open, and the available 2026-dated listing activity supports that it remains a functioning neighborhood tavern in Glendora today, run today by different owners than the one originally featured on the show.