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What Happened to The Forge After Bar Rescue? (Brandon, FL)

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As of September 2026, The Forge has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, February 2023.

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Yelp ·

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What the source shows: Reporting on the episode's aftermath describes the on-air rename to Crowne Irish Pub and a closure roughly two months later, and a Yelp listing for the pub is separately marked closed as of a February 2026 update.

  • Season / episode Season 8, Episode 22
  • Original air date
  • Address 109 W Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL 33511
  • Current name Crowne Irish Pub

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

The Forge, an Irish pub in Brandon, Florida, was featured on Bar Rescue in the episode "Till Failure Do You Part," which aired 2022-05-29 during the show's eighth season. Coverage of the episode describes owner Patrick Crowne opening the bar in 2019 with his then-wife, Mariely Crowne, shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic; reporting on the rescue's background describes pandemic-related financial strain on the business coinciding with the end of the couple's marriage, a personal circumstance reflected in the episode's title.

Bar Rescue Updates reported that Jon Taffer renamed the business from The Forge Irish Pub to Crowne Irish Pub as part of the on-air relaunch. The same site later reported, in a February 2023 post, that Crowne Irish Pub had closed, describing the closure as occurring in July 2022, roughly two months after the episode aired.

A Yelp listing for 'The Forge Irish Pub' at 109 W Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL is marked closed and was updated in February 2026, consistent with the 2022 closure reported at the time. That address, rather than the one returned by this record's automated location match, is used here: the automated match instead found an unrelated business, '1916 Irish Pub,' operating several miles away at 906 W Robertson St, Brandon — a location with no reported connection to The Forge or Crowne Irish Pub. A Census Bureau geocode lookup for 109 W Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL confirmed coordinates for that corrected address.

No reporting was found describing a reopening of The Forge or Crowne Irish Pub, or a different business now operating at 109 W Bloomingdale Ave, since the 2022 closure. Because a closed business can be reported here only at reported confidence rather than verified, and because both sources on file — the February 2023 closure report and the February 2026 Yelp listing — are dated and independent, this entry is carried as reported confidence with both sources retained.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 8, Episode 22
Original air date
Episode title
Till Failure Do You Part
What was featured
A Brandon, Florida Irish pub whose owner's marriage strained under pandemic losses.
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The Forge

Frequently asked questions

Is The Forge still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, The Forge has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, February 2023.

What happened to The Forge after Bar Rescue?

The Forge, an Irish pub in Brandon, Florida, was featured on Bar Rescue in the episode "Till Failure Do You Part," which aired 2022-05-29 during the show's eighth season. As of September 2026, The Forge has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, February 2023.

Is The Forge permanently closed?

As of September 2026, The Forge has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, February 2023. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

What is The Forge called now?

Now: Crowne Irish Pub (formerly The Forge). As of September 2026, The Forge has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, February 2023.

Where is The Forge located?

109 W Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL 33511. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured The Forge?

Season 8, Episode 22 of Bar Rescue, first aired May 29, 2022. The episode is titled “Till Failure Do You Part”.

Did the makeover last at The Forge?

The episode first aired May 29, 2022. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 4 years later —: As of September 2026, The Forge has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, February 2023.

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Address
109 W Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon, FL 33511
Venue type
bar
Official website
1916irishpub.com

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Sources

  • barrescueupdates.com — https://www.barrescueupdates.com/2023/02/crowne-irish-pub-forge-irish-pub-closed.html
  • realitytvrevisited.com — https://www.realitytvrevisited.com/2022/11/bar-rescue-forge.html
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-forge-irish-pub-brandon

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