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Is G Willicker's Still Open? Bar Rescue Update (Arlington, TX)

Bar Rescue, Season 8 Arlington, Texas

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, G Willicker's is listed open on gwillickerspub.com, reviewed by our team on September 21, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The bar's own website, live and carrying a 2026 copyright notice, describes itself as an operating neighborhood bar at the address shown on the episode. Re-confirmed September 2026 via consistent active hours and listings on Yelp and other directory sites. How we decide a status →

What happened after Bar Rescue?

G Willicker's in Arlington, Texas, was featured on Bar Rescue in the episode 'Doing it for Dad,' which first aired 2022-04-10 as part of the show's eighth season. The episode followed the format Jon Taffer's series is known for: an unannounced visit, a stress test of the bar's drink service and staff, and a walkthrough of the space before Taffer's team made changes ahead of a relaunch. A website for the business, gwillickerspub.com, was still online when checked on 2026-09-08. The site carried a 2026 copyright line and repeated a self-description across the homepage positioning the business as a long-running, no-frills neighborhood bar covering the western half of the country.

Several sections of the page displayed a 'More Info Coming Soon' placeholder rather than a current menu, hours, or events listing, suggesting the site remains active but has not been built out with much detail beyond that homepage tagline. The homepage included a 'Get Directions' link but no phone number, online-ordering option, or social-media links that could be independently checked. A Google Places record checked the same day showed the business as operational at 310 109th St, Arlington, TX 76011, listed under the name G. Willickers Pub — a punctuation variant of the name used on the show (G Willicker's) rather than a substantive rebrand.

The Places record and the website agree on the business type, a bar, and neither source suggested a change of location, ownership, or concept since the 2022 episode. No secondary press coverage, review site, or social account was checked for this entry beyond the business's own website and the Places listing, and no web search was used for this record because the available evidence already settled the current status. The only current-state evidence comes from the business's own website and its directory listing, rather than independent press or a second, differently sourced confirmation, even though the site content itself is dated to 2026. No reporting was found describing a closure, sale, or additional renaming at the 109th Street address since the 2022 episode.

The episode Bar Rescue, Season 8

Aired
Title: Doing it for Dad · What was featured: A struggling Arlington, Texas dive bar Jon Taffer worked to turn around.
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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. gwillickerspub.com http://www.gwillickerspub.com/
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Record br-210 · checked by Cal Marchetti.