Is JF Kicks Still Open? Bar Rescue Update (Valrico, FL)

JF Kicks, a restaurant and patio bar in Valrico, Florida, was featured on Bar Rescue in the episode 'Working to Death,' which aired 2022-05-08 during the show's eighth season. As with other stops on the series, Jon Taffer's team examined the business's operations, drink program, and physical space before making changes intended to help it relaunch. A website for the business, jfkicksrestaurant.com, was live when checked on 2026-09-08. The site's homepage, titled 'Food, Fun, and Friends - JF Kicks Restaurant Valrico, FL,' listed the address 3345 Lithia Pinecrest Rd, Valrico, FL 33596, and the phone number 813-643-7777 — matching the location associated with the show.

The site included a working 'Order Online' link and a 'Book a party' option, along with navigation to a menu, happy-hour information, an events calendar, a reviews page, a photo gallery, and a jobs page, indicating an actively maintained operation rather than a static or abandoned page. A Google Places record for 'JF Kicks Restaurant & Patio Bar' listed the business as operational at the same address, consistent with the site's own information. The name used across the current site and the Places listing is the same one used on the show, expanded to its fuller form ('JF Kicks Restaurant & Patio Bar' versus 'JF Kicks').

No dated copyright notice or explicit 2026 review was captured in the site text reviewed, but the presence of a live online-ordering system, a jobs page, and an events calendar is treated here as current operational evidence under this record's rules for what counts as current. No reporting was found describing a closure, rename, or change of ownership since the 2022 episode, and no web search was used for this record because the site check and the matching Places record already settled the current status without any conflicting signal. The only current-state evidence reviewed comes from the business's own website and its directory listing, rather than independent press or a second, differently sourced confirmation.