What Happened to Jack's Place After Bar Rescue? (Las Vegas, NV)

Jack's Place, a neighborhood bar on East Bonanza Road in Las Vegas, was featured in the July 2017 episode "Mother Doesn't Know Best." The bar was named for a previous owner, Jack, who had also served as a state senator. Corinne Vaughn bought the business in 2008 and, according to the episode, had not taken a paycheck from it in years despite paying her staff, who referred to her as "mom." Jon Taffer and mixologist Phil Wills found the bar's interior largely unchanged since the 1980s, along with inconsistent bartending and a lack of assertive management, which the show attributed to Vaughn's overly maternal approach to running her team.

During the rescue, Taffer's team retrained staff on cocktail service, addressed cleanliness issues including a malfunctioning cooler and buildup in the ice bin, and sent two employees to a distillery tour as part of a new Jack Daniel's-themed concept. As part of the overhaul, the bar was renamed from Jack's Place to The Regan Lounge, with decor built around the whiskey brand. Staff reported early gains after the relaunch, including improved management under one of the retrained employees. Any progress was cut short less than two months after the episode aired.

KSNV News3LV reported on September 7, 2017 that a fire tore through The Regan Lounge in the early morning hours, gutting the building in roughly thirty minutes and causing an estimated $500,000 in damage; smoke also spread into a neighboring dental office. No injuries were reported, and the news coverage noted that investigators had not ruled out arson at the time, though no follow-up reporting confirming a cause was located. Reality TV Updates' fan-site coverage, last updated in April 2023, confirms the bar never reopened after the fire, noting that rebuilding was not considered financially feasible for the ownership.

An unconfirmed fan site mention from 2023 suggested the site was later occupied by a church; that detail could not be independently verified through a business listing or local reporting during this research pass and is not counted as a status source. Based on the fire and the closure confirmed by news and fan-site coverage, Jack's Place / The Regan Lounge is treated here as closed, with no evidence found of the bar reopening under any name at the Bonanza Road address in the years since.