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Is Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ Still Open? Update (Black Canyon City, AZ)

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As of September 2026, Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

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Yelp ·
Secondary source
thevenueatchilleens.com ·

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Chilleen's on 17 at 33150 S Coldwater Rd shows 550 reviews with a July 2026 update; the business's own website, actively maintained with 2026-dated blog content, confirms Chilleen's on 17 as the current operating name and describes continuous family ownership since 2016.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 9
  • Original air date
  • Address 33150 S Coldwater Rd, Black Canyon City, AZ 85324
  • Current name Chilleen's on 17

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ was a family-run bar and barbecue spot in the Arizona desert north of Phoenix, where Jon Taffer found bartenders drinking on shift and patrons allowed to run motorcycles and even horses inside the building, creating hazards for both customers and the family's investment by the time of "A Horse Walks Into a Bar." The recon and stress test exposed a business that had let its rural, anything-goes reputation get ahead of basic safety and service standards.

The rescue team retrained the staff on service fundamentals, tightened up safety practices around the bar's more unusual traditions, and rebranded the business Chilleen's on 17, a modernized nod to its original name and desert highway location, for the relaunch.

The renamed business has stayed in the family: Aleah, who had worked behind the bar during the Bar Rescue years and later finished a journalism degree, took over Chilleen's on 17 from her parents in 2016 at around age 20. She subsequently built a wedding and event venue on the property's back grounds, now operated as The Venue at Chilleens, which the business's own website describes as growing out of the barbecue bar's continued operation rather than replacing it. Yelp's listing for Chilleen's on 17 at 33150 South Coldwater Road carried 550 reviews as of a July 2026 update, and the venue's own website remained actively updated with 2026 blog content describing ongoing wedding bookings at the same address. The property's dual identity as both a barbecue bar and an event venue traces directly back to the Bar Rescue-era rebrand, and no subsequent ownership change outside the family or additional rename turned up in this research pass. The barbecue side of the business has continued serving lunch and dinner throughout the week, according to Yelp's posted hours as of the July 2026 update, keeping the original bar-and-restaurant format running alongside the newer wedding operation.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 9
Original air date
Episode title
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
What was featured
Safety hazards, staff drinking on shift, rural bar-and-BBQ concept
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

What happened to Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ after Bar Rescue?

Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ was a family-run bar and barbecue spot in the Arizona desert north of Phoenix, where Jon Taffer found bartenders drinking on shift and patrons allowed to run motorcycles and even horses inside the building, creating hazards for both customers and the family's investment by the time of "A Horse Walks Into a Bar." The recon and stress test exposed a business that had let its rural, anything-goes reputation get ahead of basic safety and service standards. As of September 2026, Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

What is Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ called now?

Now: Chilleen's on 17 (formerly Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ). As of September 2026, Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

Where is Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ located?

33150 S Coldwater Rd, Black Canyon City, AZ 85324. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ?

Season 3, Episode 9 of Bar Rescue, first aired April 7, 2013. The episode is titled “A Horse Walks Into a Bar”.

Did the makeover last at Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ?

The episode first aired April 7, 2013. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 13 years later —: As of September 2026, Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed July 2026.

What do reviews say since Bar Rescue?

Yelp's listing for Chilleen's on 17 at 33150 South Coldwater Road carried 550 reviews as of a July 2026 update, and the venue's own website remained actively updated with 2026 blog content describing ongoing wedding bookings at the same address. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is Kid Chilleen's Badass BBQ still using the Bar Rescue menu or branding?

The rescue team retrained the staff on service fundamentals, tightened up safety practices around the bar's more unusual traditions, and rebranded the business Chilleen's on 17, a modernized nod to its original name and desert highway location, for the relaunch. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
33150 S Coldwater Rd, Black Canyon City, AZ 85324
Venue type
bar
Official website
thevenueatchilleens.com

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/chilleens-on-17-black-canyon-city-2
  • thevenueatchilleens.com — https://thevenueatchilleens.com/about-the-venue/
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Rescue_(season_3)

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