Is VFW Post 8093 Still Open? Bar Rescue Update (DeBary, FL)

VFW Post 8093 has served the veteran community in DeBary, Florida, since 1971. By the time Bar Rescue's "Broken Chains of Command" aired on 2026-04-19, the post was in financial and organizational trouble. According to The Cinemaholic (2026-04-21), a leadership dispute between Commander Jon Skerrett and House Committee Chairman Jay Young had left no clear line of authority, longtime members had drifted away, the space had a dated look that had gone largely unchanged for decades, drink preparation was inconsistent, and the post was losing about $6,500 a month while pricing items as low as $10, a per-item price the recap said had not kept pace with rising food costs.

DeBary is a small city in Volusia County, Florida, north of Orlando. Jon Taffer's changes addressed both leadership and the physical space. The Cinemaholic reported that Taffer established the commander as the sole point of accountability, modernized the interior and exterior, retrained staff on consistent drink preparation and kitchen procedures, updated the menu with new cocktails, trimmed kitchen hours to control costs, and pushed for programming that would draw younger veterans into the post. Since the relaunch, The Cinemaholic reported the post operating daily from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., hosting karaoke nights, DJ events, and live music alongside its veteran-focused mission, and cited a 4.7-star Yelp rating.

The post's own website, vfwpost8093.org, loaded successfully on 2026-09-08 with a 2026 copyright notice and listings for post officers, auxiliary officers, staff, and a post-and-kitchen calendar; the page's next-meeting notice still referenced a Thursday, September 18, 2025 date at the time of the check, appearing to be an unrefreshed template detail rather than a sign of inactivity. Google Places lists the organization as Veterans of Foreign Wars, operational, at 351 South Charles Richard Beall Boulevard. The site also listed pages for the post's Honor Guard, House Rules and Regulations, and a member directory, none of which showed any indication the post had stopped operating.