Is Epic Lounge (Epic Live) Still Open? Bar Rescue Update (Downey, CA)

Epic Lounge, which barrescueupdates.com's recap says first opened in 2002, operated at 8239 2nd St. in Downey, California, and appeared in Bar Rescue's "Friends Without Benefits" (aired 2024-04-28), with filming in October 2023 according to that recap, published April 27, 2024. Owner David Devis, who also runs the LA Buns burger restaurant, kept the business operating through the rescue. That same April 2024 recap cited customer ratings of 4 stars on Yelp and 4.3 stars on Google shortly after the relaunch, figures not independently re-checked in this check.

During the makeover, the show rebranded the venue Epic Live and, per barrescueupdates.com, moved the bar into an adjoining building on the same property, introducing new food and drink menus. The recap described the post-rescue reception as mostly positive, with reviewers praising the renovated space, though at least one review was critical of the food and called the operation low-effort; barrescueupdates.com relayed these as customer comments rather than statements from ownership. Checked directly on 2026-09-08, the location's website, theepicloungedowney.com, did not load at all, returning no response.

That non-response is not, on its own, evidence of closure — sites lapse for reasons unrelated to a business's operating status — and a Google Places record for the same coordinates currently lists the venue as operational under the name Epic Live!, with a Facebook page, facebook.com/TheEpicLoungeDWNY, still associated with the address under the earlier Epic Lounge name. No source dated later than the April 2024 recap was located to confirm current-year operation, and the dead website check leaves a gap between that dated evidence and the September 2026 review date. Karaoke nights were listed as a recurring event in the 2024 recap; whether that programming, or the business itself, has continued past 2024 is not established by the sources gathered here.