What Happened to Dale 1891 After Bar Rescue? (Tampa, FL)

Dale 1891 was a Tampa, Florida gastropub named for its address on North Dale Mabry Highway. In the episode "Paradise Lost," Jon Taffer's team found a business partnership falling apart: the show depicted an owner discovering a business partner diverting cash from the register, creating open hostility between the partners in front of staff and customers. The conflict had left service inconsistent, and the bar's identity as a generic gastropub gave customers little reason to choose it over competitors along the same commercial strip. The rescue team overhauled the concept entirely, moving away from the gastropub format toward a tropical, beach-themed bar.

The business was renamed Cayman Cove, with a new menu built around Caribbean-influenced dishes including marinated skewers, deviled crab, and jerk chicken and pork sandwiches. The space was redecorated to fit the tropical concept, and the consultants worked with the ownership group on accountability measures intended to prevent a repeat of the profit-diversion dispute shown on the episode. Coverage from the time reported early gains: according to Bar & Restaurant magazine, revenue rose 15 to 20 percent in the months following the relaunch. The Cayman Cove name and concept remained in place for several years afterward.

According to Reality TV Updates, the bar closed in June 2019, with the owners citing a decision to spend more time with their growing family rather than any further dispute among the partners. A Yelp listing for Cayman Cove at 11742 N Dale Mabry Highway, updated July 2026, still shows the location marked closed, consistent with an earlier Yelp listing for the original Dale 1891 name updated in December 2025. A tiki-themed bar called Green Parrot Tiki Bar and Grill later moved into the same storefront in September 2021, following a brief occupancy by another concept, but that business is unrelated to the ownership group behind Dale 1891 or Cayman Cove. Taffer's on-air read credited the concept change with turning around the location's fortunes in the short term, a verdict tied to the episode rather than to the bar's eventual closure years later.