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What Happened to Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill After Bar Rescue?

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As of September 2026, Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

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What the source shows: Google Places lists the business as permanently closed at 38 Main St, Yonkers, NY 10701 as of 2026-09-08.

  • Season / episode Season 4, Episode 2
  • Original air date
  • Address 38 Main St, Yonkers, NY 10701

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What happened after Bar Rescue?

Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill in Yonkers, New York, was the subject of the October 12, 2014 episode "Thugs with Mugs." Co-owners Miguel Torres and Brian O'Shea, both former boxers, had opened the bar in 2009 and built an initially popular spot, but by the time of filming the business was losing money and safety standards had slipped. Recon visits found undercooked chicken wings, a walk-in refrigerator running roughly twenty degrees too warm, and evidence that inexpensive liquor was being poured from bottles labeled as premium brands. A fight broke out inside the bar during filming, and a former employee told the show she had stopped working there because she no longer felt safe on the premises.

The rescue team pushed the bar toward an upscale identity aimed at young professionals, renaming it SoYo Craft Bar (short for South Yonkers), introducing new cocktails, and replacing kitchen and bar equipment. Owners Torres and O'Shea also worked out some of their personal conflict in a supervised boxing session arranged by the show. Sales were reported higher immediately after the relaunch.

The improvement did not hold. Torres told lohud.com in a July 2016 interview that sales fell more than 60% within a month of the changes and that continuing to operate under the show's new system threatened the bar's ability to stay open; he also said he doubted the young-professional concept fit the neighborhood's existing customer base. Local reporting from hamlethub.com documented a shooting near the bar in August 2015 and a stabbing reported nearby in 2016, and Yonkers Daily Voice reported in mid-2016 that the owners had listed the business for sale at $150,000 amid a pattern of police response to disturbances. A Reality TV Updates tracker reported that the bar closed in March 2018, a claim not independently corroborated by a named news outlet.

Featured on Bar Rescue

Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 2
Original air date
Episode title
Thugs with Mugs
What was featured
Unsafe conditions, staff fighting, upscale rebrand as SoYo Craft Bar
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill

Frequently asked questions

Is Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What happened to Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill after Bar Rescue?

Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill in Yonkers, New York, was the subject of the October 12, 2014 episode "Thugs with Mugs." Co-owners Miguel Torres and Brian O'Shea, both former boxers, had opened the bar in 2009 and built an initially popular spot, but by the time of filming the business was losing money and safety standards had slipped. As of September 2026, Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

Is Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill located?

38 Main St, Yonkers, NY 10701. That is the address on the record as of September 8, 2026.

What season and episode of Bar Rescue featured Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill?

Season 4, Episode 2 of Bar Rescue, first aired October 12, 2014. The episode is titled “Thugs with Mugs”.

Did the makeover last at Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill?

The episode first aired October 12, 2014. Our most recent check was September 8, 2026 — 12 years later —: As of September 2026, Undisputed Sports Bar & Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

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Visit info

Address
38 Main St, Yonkers, NY 10701
Venue type
bar
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • realitytvupdates.com — https://realitytvupdates.com/bar-rescue/undisputed-sports-soyo-craft/
  • lohud.com — https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2016/07/05/bar-rescue-makeover-soyo-yonkers/86173774/
  • dailyvoice.com — https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/yonkers/business/owners-selling-yonkers-soyo-craft-bar-once-featured-on-bar-rescue/670387/
  • news.hamlethub.com — https://news.hamlethub.com/swyonkers/publicsafety/1510-shooting-at-soyo-bar-in-downtown-yonkers
  • news.hamlethub.com — https://news.hamlethub.com/swyonkers/publicsafety/1739-stabbing-at-soyo-bar-in-downtown-yonkers

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