Handlebar Cafe Before Bar RescueHandlebar Cafe in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, was put on sale in 2001 and Betsy Mitchel-Cipriano made the save by fulfilling her childhood dream of owning a bar. With the once-famous haunt now a deserted landscape Cipriano decided to call for Jon Taffer and Bar Rescue before Handlebar Café is again put up for sale. Handlebar Cafe on Bar RescueFrom the outside Handlebar Café looked like a store than a bar as it had no pertinent exterior décor. That night Taffer opened Handlebar Café for a stress test to uncover additional weak links in the bar. Handlebar Cafe Now in 2025 – The After Bar Rescue UpdateTaffer undertook a significant overhaul of Handlebar Cafe on the show.