What Happened to Corner Pocket II After Bar Rescue? (Hickory, NC)

Bar Rescue featured a billiards-themed bar called Corner Pocket II in Hickory, North Carolina, in the episode "3rd Pocket's a Charm" (S8E31), aired 2023-04-23. A location search for the featured address returned Olde Hickory Station, a restaurant and market at 232 Government Ave SW, Hickory, NC 28602, with Google listing its business status as operational. Background research on Olde Hickory Station raises doubt about whether this is the same business the show featured. According to the Clio historical database and Olde Hickory Station's own website, the property is a restored 1912 train depot that has operated as "The Olde Hickory Station and Market," a restaurant run by Olde Hickory Brewery, since it opened to the public on 2013-06-18 — a decade before the 2023 Bar Rescue episode aired, under a name and concept unrelated to billiards or a sports bar.

The Clio entry also notes the depot changed ownership several times before its restoration — from the Western North Carolina Railroad, which built it in 1860, to the Southern Railway Company in 1894, and to Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982 — none of which relate to Corner Pocket II or the Bar Rescue episode. A check of oldehickorystation.com performed 2026-09-08 returned an HTTP 200 response with 2026-dated content and a 2026 copyright notice, confirming the train-depot restaurant and market is a currently operating business. Nothing in these sources ties that business to Corner Pocket II, and its decade-long operating history under an unrelated name and concept makes it unlikely to be the same establishment the episode featured.

Searching specifically for "Corner Pocket" by name in connection with Hickory, North Carolina turned up no separate address, listing, or news coverage describing what became of the venue after it aired. Research confirmed Olde Hickory Station's own history rather than searching separately for a different Corner Pocket II address. No information was found describing what specific problems the show addressed at Corner Pocket II or what changes Jon Taffer's crew made during the original visit.