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Is The Olive Pit Still Open? Bar Rescue Update (Orange, CA)

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As of September 2026, The Olive Pit is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed August 2026.

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Yelp ·
Secondary source
tvfoodmaps.com ·

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing for The Olive Pit at 834 E Lincoln Ave, updated August 2026, shows 120 reviews and 30 photos with a 4.1-star rating; TVFoodMaps independently lists current phone number and weekly operating hours for the same address.

  • Season / episode Season 2, Episode 5
  • Original air date
  • Address 834 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

The Olive Pit had operated in Orange, California since 1962, concealed behind a strip mall with no visible signage from the street, when it was featured on the August 19, 2012 episode "Bottomless Pit" (Bar Rescue S2E5). Owner Tim Eyerly, a former banker who had bought the bar with his savings in 2001, had let his drinking and his conduct toward women patrons put the long-running business at risk; per Wikipedia's episode description, the bar was hemorrhaging money, having lost more than $60,000 in the year before the episode. Jon Taffer's fix centered on ownership rather than décor: he pushed to get Eyerly's daughter, Tracy, into a hands-on leadership role so the bar would have someone capable of enforcing standards day to day. The rebrand that came with the relaunch shortened the name to The O.P., a modernized take meant to signal the changed direction while keeping a nod to the original.

Regulars did not take to the new name. According to updates from Reality TV Updates and Popthruster, longtime customers resisted The O.P. branding strongly enough that Tracy eventually changed the name back to The Olive Pit sometime after the show left. Because the bar's current name matches its as-featured name, this record does not carry a separate current_name and is coded as open rather than renamed, with the naming history preserved here instead. A Yelp listing for 834 East Lincoln Avenue, last updated in August 2026, shows 120 reviews and 30 photos with a 4.1-star rating drawn from more than 275 reviews, and TVFoodMaps independently lists a current phone number and full weekly operating hours for the same address. Between the ownership change Taffer pushed for and the community's attachment to the original name and identity, The Olive Pit has continued operating for well over a decade past its Bar Rescue episode.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 2, Episode 5
Original air date
Episode title
Bottomless Pit
What was featured
owner's drinking threatens a decades-old bar; daughter takes over
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The Olive Pit

Frequently asked questions

Is The Olive Pit still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, The Olive Pit is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed August 2026.

What happened to The Olive Pit after Bar Rescue?

The Olive Pit had operated in Orange, California since 1962, concealed behind a strip mall with no visible signage from the street, when it was featured on the August 19, 2012 episode "Bottomless Pit" (Bar Rescue S2E5). As of September 2026, The Olive Pit is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed August 2026.

Where is The Olive Pit located?

834 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured The Olive Pit?

Season 2, Episode 5 of Bar Rescue, first aired August 19, 2012. The episode is titled “Bottomless Pit”.

Did the makeover last at The Olive Pit?

The episode first aired August 19, 2012. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 14 years later —: As of September 2026, The Olive Pit is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed August 2026.

What do reviews say since Bar Rescue?

A Yelp listing for 834 East Lincoln Avenue, last updated in August 2026, shows 120 reviews and 30 photos with a 4.1-star rating drawn from more than 275 reviews, and TVFoodMaps independently lists a current phone number and full weekly operating hours for the same address. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

Is The Olive Pit still using the Bar Rescue menu or branding?

The rebrand that came with the relaunch shortened the name to The O.P., a modernized take meant to signal the changed direction while keeping a nod to the original. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
834 E Lincoln Ave, Orange, CA 92865
Venue type
bar
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-olive-pit-orange
  • tvfoodmaps.com — https://www.tvfoodmaps.com/restaurant/CA/Orange/The-Olive-Pit
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Rescue_season_2

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