What Happened to YNot Sports Pub & Grub After Bar Rescue? (Everett, WA)

YNot Sports Pub & Grub in Everett, Washington, was featured on "Bar Rescue" in the episode "How to Train Your Goldfish," which aired in September 2016 after filming earlier that year. Local coverage from the Everett Herald previewed the visit as an attempt to fix a sports bar that had fallen behind on food quality, drink consistency, and an outdated interior, common problems for the format the show typically tackles. Jon Taffer's team redesigned the space, refreshed the menu, and renamed the bar Forbidden Pub as part of the relaunch.

The name change did not sit well with the bar's existing customer base. According to My Everett News (August 23, 2016), the owners reverted the bar's name back to YNot Sports Pub & Grub within weeks of the televised relaunch, citing negative feedback over the new name even as other changes from the makeover stayed in place. At the standard six-week follow-up documented by the production, sales at the bar, still branded Forbidden Pub at that point, were reported up by roughly 60% over pre-rescue levels, suggesting the operational and menu changes were working even as the name reverted.

That early momentum did not carry the bar through to a long-term turnaround. According to Bar Rescue Updates, the business closed by August 2017, roughly a year after the televised rescue, once again operating under its original YNot Sports Pub & Grub name at the time it shut down. The Everett storefront at 2015 Hewitt Avenue has not reopened as a bar under that name since: Yelp's listing for YNot Sports Pub & Grub at the address, last updated in August 2026, remains marked closed, with 25 reviews left as the last public record of the business.