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What Happened to Cirivello's Bar After Bar Rescue? (Long Beach, CA)

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As of September 2026, Cirivello's Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

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What the source shows: Yelp's Cirivellos Sports Bar listing at 4115 N Viking Way, updated March 2026, is marked CLOSED; Bar Rescue Updates reported the location, then operating as The Aging Room, had closed by around July 2017.

  • Season / episode Season 4, Episode 54
  • Original air date
  • Address 4115 N Viking Way, Long Beach, CA 90808
  • Current name The Aging Room at Cirivello's

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

Cirivello's Bar was a bar in Long Beach, California, purchased by a first-time bar owner who convinced several friends to invest in the venture. In the episode "Danny Sits on His Fanny," Jon Taffer's team found the business deeply in debt after costly buildout decisions, with a group of investor-partners moving to force the original buyer out of day-to-day control. The show depicted an ownership structure, with the founding owner holding a minority stake against a majority investor group, that had become openly adversarial by the time the crew arrived.

The rescue team restructured the bar's concept and renamed it The Aging Room at Cirivello's, introducing a bourbon and cigar-lounge angle intended to differentiate it from typical sports bars in the neighborhood. The consultants also worked to mediate the ownership dispute among the founding owner and the investor group, aiming to establish clearer lines of authority going into the relaunch.

The new concept operated for roughly a year before running into trouble. According to a customer social media post referenced by Bar Rescue Updates, the bar had lost its liquor license and had been closed for several weeks by around July 2017. A Yelp listing for Cirivellos Sports Bar at 4115 North Viking Way, updated March 2026, still shows the location marked closed, consistent with the 2017 reporting. A separate, unrelated Cirivello's Italian Restaurant location on East Anaheim Street is also listed as closed on Yelp but is a different business from the Viking Way sports bar featured on the episode.

Taffer's on-air resolution focused on giving the ownership group a clearer structure and a differentiated bourbon-lounge concept to build around, a fix that held only briefly before the licensing problem, according to Bar Rescue Updates, forced the doors shut roughly a year after the broadcast. That on-air assessment reflects the episode's ending, not an independent evaluation of how the ownership dispute was ultimately resolved.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 54
Original air date
Episode title
Danny Sits on His Fanny
What was featured
Investor hostile takeover dispute; relaunched as bourbon lounge Aging Room
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Cirivello's Bar

Frequently asked questions

Is Cirivello's Bar still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Cirivello's Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

What happened to Cirivello's Bar after Bar Rescue?

Cirivello's Bar was a bar in Long Beach, California, purchased by a first-time bar owner who convinced several friends to invest in the venture. As of September 2026, Cirivello's Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

Is Cirivello's Bar permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Cirivello's Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

What is Cirivello's Bar called now?

Now: The Aging Room at Cirivello's (formerly Cirivello's Bar). As of September 2026, Cirivello's Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

Where is Cirivello's Bar located?

4115 N Viking Way, Long Beach, CA 90808. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured Cirivello's Bar?

Season 4, Episode 54 of Bar Rescue, first aired May 22, 2016. The episode is titled “Danny Sits on His Fanny”.

Did the makeover last at Cirivello's Bar?

The episode first aired May 22, 2016. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 10 years later —: As of September 2026, Cirivello's Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, March 2026.

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Address
4115 N Viking Way, Long Beach, CA 90808
Venue type
bar
Official website
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Sources

  • barrescueupdates.com — https://www.barrescueupdates.com/2017/07/aging-room-at-cirivellos-bar-rescue-closed.html
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/cirivellos-sports-bar-long-beach-4
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/cirivellos-italian-restaurant-long-beach

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