and I still don't think it smells as bad.

I mean, you can't get much worse than that.

- It's definitely dirty behind the bar.

Actually, that light socket looks like

it could kill somebody at any moment.

You should've worn a condom into the bar.

(upbeat music)

- [Announcer] Jon is heading to Oakland, California

for a very special Bar Rescue,

to help football legend and hometown hero Marshawn Lynch.

(upbeat music)

In 2018, Marshawn Lynch opened the doors to Rob Ben's,

a local restaurant and bar in the heart of Oakland.

- I think every time I've been in this restaurant,

since it's opened there's somebody

from the community that I actually know.

And for them to tell me like,

I'm proud of you and what you doing.

This next drink on me.

- [Announcer] It was not only a place for the community,

but Rob Ben's was a tribute to Marshawn's childhood friend

Rob Benjamin, who was gunned down in an altercation in 2007.

- There's some appreciation to keep his name alive.

- [Announcer] Additionally, Marshawn saw Rob Ben's

as a place to give to his aunties,

to help them realize their dream

of having their own restaurant.

- I remember I was about 11.

I just started experimenting myself

and started cooking and I just got good at it.

- I've never worked with Kecia before,

but now that I have, we're really each other's balance.

We're each other's calm.

Okay, fries go with this order, baby, right here.

- It gave us an opportunity to where

we can share Sunday dinners with the community, every day.

- [Announcer] Marshawn continued to round out

the rest of the staff with other family.

- Why you say it so demanding? - You see what I say?

- Give me one beer, Stella.

Came up and say, "Cuz, I need bartenders."

Grabbed my phone, called ABC Bartending,

and enrolled and was in there the next week.

- When you come in here, it's already a sense of family.

And then, I mean, when you sit down in this establishment,

you almost started to begin to feel like family.

It's a good ass feeling.

- When Marshawn named the business

after my brother, it made my heart flutter.

'Cause he showed respecting the love he had for my brother.

- [Announcer] With Marshawn busy running

his other businesses and charities,

Auntie Kecia took on the ownership load.

- My day starts sometimes at 6:30 in the morning.

If I can't get a food delivery,

then I have to be the one to go to the store.

I'm lifting 40 pound boxes.

Yeah, there's a lot that goes into it.

The hours are countless.

I probably do a delivery three times

in a seven day period.

- [Announcer] However, the stress of the business

began to take its toll on Kecia's health.

- I've been in the hospital for the past three days.

And right now I'm having some issues

with some slight paralysis in my right leg.

- [Announcer] Without a leader present,

the lack of professionalism

from the rest of the family began to show.

- And this is, you never wanna see red.

So in restaurant terms, we are in the weeds right now.

- This is a business, although this is Marshawn

and his family, this is a business.

- Hey, I ain't gonna lie, I'm on my break.

- [Announcer] Between Kecia's absence, his family's antics

and his intent on preserving the legacy of his friend,

Marshawn has decided to reach out for help to Bar Rescue.

- I don't wanna just be no bar that was a one year thing,

and then it just go down the drain.

- So how far was it from here where you grew up?

- Around the corner. - Wow.

- But my first game was two or three blocks away from here.

- So this is your home, your career started here.

- Right, it started and ended here.

- How perfect, huh?

- Yeah, I think they call that,

what's that, Cinderella story?

- Yeah, it is a Cinderella story.

You had one hell of a career, buddy.

- It was all right. - It was all right.

- Yeah.

- My respect for you as is immense.

- Thank you, appreciate it, big dog.

- You ready?

- I'll get one Skittles and she'll have the side car.

- I gotta tell ya, it's a nice looking bar.

I like the colors,

I think the black and red is pretty cool.

- It's black and burgundy, for the Oakland Saints,

one of the first times

Rob came to see me play I was playing for the Saints.

So that was where the color scheme had came from.

- [Jon] So connected back to Rob.

- Yeah. - Wow.

So I wanna hear about Rob.

Yeah, I ain't gonna lie to you.

It's more of a touchy subject with that.

I mean, you know, that's just my brother.

Just from, shit, as early as I can remember,

opening my eyes, him being in my life.

And you know, it was taken away from me.

Just the impact that he left on my life,

the name of the restaurant is just in honor of.

- So he's been a large inspiration in your life.

- Facts, we got his older brother

that's working in there too.

- Wow. - Yeah.

- So his family is in there with your family?

- Oh, most definitely.

- [Jon] As it should be.

- I don't even need to hear no shit about your ass.

- So who's that?

- Okay, that's my Auntie Shawny.

She was here with the previous owner.

- So she was the one who talked you into it, so to speak.

- Right.

- I got roses for hoeses.

- That's my cousin face.

- What does he do?

- [Donte] Where my bucket?

- He bartends too.

- Okay, who's that?

- (laughs) That's my big brother.

- That's your big brother. - What the hell is he doing?

- What's his name? - That's Dave.

- So tonight is ladies' night.

- It is.

- [Jon] This is what he does, he dances for every lady.

- I guess so.

- Yeah, happy ladies' night,

happy ladies' night at Rob Ben's.

- So who's cooking now?

- Auntie Kecia is head of the kitchen, but she kinda sick.

So right now we got Rob older brother Ralph.

- Hey what y'all doin' up there, man, (indistinct)?

- And you've got my Uncle Denoyd.

- Sell some (bleep) chicken.

- Like I said, Auntie Kecia not here,

but I feel she's more of a drill sergeant.

- Okay, I want y'all to be yourselves, okay?

'Cause y'all all over the place right here.

- So what's this?

- It's a Long Island.

- [Donte] Want me to pour it out?

- You can drink it, or pour it out, yeah.

- [Donte] I don't want it.

- So when this bar is this full,

you'd think you'd be making money right now, wouldn't you?

- Hell yeah.

- What if I told you you weren't?

- Then I would wanna look

and see how many people are in there ordering.

- So what I did is I sent somebody in here called Partender.

What they do is they go behind your bar,

they weigh every liquor bottle.

- Right.

- And then we let you run for two days.

So at the end, I compare what they rung to what they used.

And it shows me the difference.

Last weekend, they poured $6,500 worth of booze,

but they only took in $2,700.

They lost $3,726 just this weekend.

That was the weekend, this is the losses for the month.

This is the losses for the year.

- That's disaster.

- That is disaster. - That's disaster.

- They blew it.

- (bleep) Damn right.

- Hey bud, you ready to do a live performance?

- Nah, hell no.

- Y'all done turned him up, blood?

- What the?

- He got me (bleep) up.

- Okay, who got you (bleep) up?

- Y'all wanna hear some rap?

Then hear me (bleep).

Yeah, bitch, I'm from two, three.

They call me pick two, three.

- I mean his freestyle is just weak.

- Tell your bitch she can suck this (bleep).

- Problem is that there's a woman

sitting there with her mother.

- Now what?

- And he's talking about a blow job.

- Not only that, he done put them

dirty ass butt cheeks all on the bar.

- You don't wanna hear my music,

get the (bleep) out, this my bar right now.

Shut your ass up.

- What the hell is he doing?

- Nah, that's over the top.

- Do you think that's cool?

- Nah, hell nah that ain't.

Shit, that's a case waiting to happen.

- Right, exactly right.

We gotta run this more like a team, less like a family.

Does that make sense?

- Yeah.

- Everybody's gotta hold up their own.

Everybody's gotta fricking deliver, or as a team we lose.

- You give them the opportunity,

now they got to freaking seize it.

- That's what time it is.

- That's what time it is, it's time to seize it.

- You might've been an all right coach in the leagues.

(Jon laughs)

You got to me ready to go

and bust some (bleep) heads right now.

- I wanna go in, let's go in and talk to them.

- Guys, look up for just a second.

Who still doesn't have a drink?

Look around, who doesn't have a drink still?

Put up their hands so they can see.

Okay, Donte, come on guys, let's catch up.

- [Ralph] Order up!

- So what happens?

You guys send it up as it comes up, or you send it together?

- Oh, you got two things, my bad.

- Yeah, you send it together, right?

- Hold on. - No, no, not yet.

- Forgot your hush puppies.

- So what's the system here?

Is it as the food is ready you send it?

Or do you wait to do whole tables?

- We actually send it when it's up,

but then everything's not ready at one time, so.

- But I mean, you have to time it.

That's where it comes in.

Otherwise, we're just slamming food.

What good is that?

- All right, we're starting to get hit a little bit?

- Starting to come in, tickets are coming in,

but it's a lack of systems.

They're not sure when to send one dish

or cook the other dish, it's just...

- Are there table numbers on the tickets?

Guys, do we know where every order's going?

- Just as I suspected, there's no systems in place.

They don't have any steps in place.

There's no process in place.

So it's just a free for all.

- Well, let's see what happens.