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What Happened to Tumbleweed Grill & Bar After Bar Rescue?

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As of September 2026, Tumbleweed Grill & Bar has closed — confirmed via yourvalley.net, April 18, 2024.

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yourvalley.net ·
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Yelp ·

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What the source shows: A local news outlet reported the owners announced the bar's permanent closure by Facebook on April 18, 2024, and Google's and Yelp's listings (updated July 2026) still show it permanently closed.

  • Season / episode Season 9, Episode 17
  • Original air date
  • Address 725 W Apache Trail, Apache Junction, AZ 85120

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

Bar Rescue (Paramount Network) featured Tumbleweed Grill & Bar in Apache Junction, Arizona, in the season 9 episode "Mis-Steaks Were Made," which aired June 23, 2024, though filming took place the previous October, according to the tracker site realitytvupdates.com. That source reported the bar's central problem was a bartender who could not make an Old Fashioned without searching for instructions online, reflecting a broader lack of basic bartending training among the staff.

Per realitytvupdates.com, rescue expert Dustin Drai renamed the business Gold Rush Saloon, tying the new concept to the area's historic gold-mining sites, and redesigned the bar around that theme. The same source reported that the owners began using the Gold Rush Saloon name after the makeover but reverted to calling the bar Tumbleweed Grill within weeks, and described post-rescue Yelp reviews as mostly negative while Google reviews were more mixed.

According to the Daily Independent (yourvalley.net), the bar's owners announced on Facebook on April 18, 2024, that Tumbleweed Grill would close permanently the following day, April 19, 2024 — about six months after the Bar Rescue crew's visit and roughly two months before the episode aired. Yelp's listing for the business, marked closed and last updated in July 2026, still shows the location as permanently closed at 725 W. Apache Trail. Google's business record for the same coordinates likewise lists the location as permanently closed.

In September 2026, the bar's former website, tumbleweedgrillandbar.com, returned a database-connection error page rather than any business content, consistent with an abandoned or unmaintained domain. No source found in this check indicated a new business had taken over the address since the April 2024 closure. Realitytvupdates.com's account suggests the reversion to the original name and the negative post-rescue reviews may have contributed to the closure, though the Daily Independent's report of the closure announcement did not itself state a reason.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 9, Episode 17
Original air date
Episode title
Mis-Steaks Were Made
What was featured
Tumbleweed Grill & Bar in Bar Rescue S9E17 'Mis-Steaks Were Made'
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Tumbleweed Grill & Bar

Frequently asked questions

Is Tumbleweed Grill & Bar still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Tumbleweed Grill & Bar has closed — confirmed via yourvalley.net, April 18, 2024.

What happened to Tumbleweed Grill & Bar after Bar Rescue?

Bar Rescue (Paramount Network) featured Tumbleweed Grill & Bar in Apache Junction, Arizona, in the season 9 episode "Mis-Steaks Were Made," which aired June 23, 2024, though filming took place the previous October, according to the tracker site realitytvupdates.com. As of September 2026, Tumbleweed Grill & Bar has closed — confirmed via yourvalley.net, April 18, 2024.

Is Tumbleweed Grill & Bar permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Tumbleweed Grill & Bar has closed — confirmed via yourvalley.net, April 18, 2024. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Tumbleweed Grill & Bar located?

725 W Apache Trail, Apache Junction, AZ 85120. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured Tumbleweed Grill & Bar?

Season 9, Episode 17 of Bar Rescue, first aired June 23, 2024. The episode is titled “Mis-Steaks Were Made”.

Did the makeover last at Tumbleweed Grill & Bar?

The episode first aired June 23, 2024. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 2 years later —: As of September 2026, Tumbleweed Grill & Bar has closed — confirmed via yourvalley.net, April 18, 2024.

What do reviews say since Bar Rescue?

The same source reported that the owners began using the Gold Rush Saloon name after the makeover but reverted to calling the bar Tumbleweed Grill within weeks, and described post-rescue Yelp reviews as mostly negative while Google reviews were more mixed. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
725 W Apache Trail, Apache Junction, AZ 85120
Venue type
bar

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Sources

  • yourvalley.net — https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/tumbleweed-grill-in-apache-junction-closing,505340
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/tumbleweed-grill-and-bar-apache-junction-2
  • realitytvupdates.com — https://realitytvupdates.com/bar-rescue/gold-rush-saloon-tumbleweed-grill/

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