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What Happened to A Plate of Soul After Restaurant Stakeout? (Jamaica, NY)

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As of September 2026, A Plate of Soul has closed — confirmed via Yelp, February 2026.

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing carries a closed tag last updated February 2026; the restaurant's page on delivery platform Seamless returns a service-unavailable error rather than an active menu.

  • Season / episode Season 4, Episode 9
  • Original air date
  • Address 110-46 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11433

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What happened after Restaurant Stakeout?

"Restaurant Stakeout" featured A Plate of Soul, a soul-food restaurant in Jamaica, Queens known for dishes like catfish, fried salmon, crab cakes and lobster mac and cheese, in an episode titled "Starving for Customers" that pointed to the business struggling to attract diners. Consistent with the series' format, Willie Degel used hidden cameras to observe service and kitchen operations before meeting with ownership to work on fixes aimed at bringing customers back. Wikipedia's article on the show, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report, describes Restaurant Stakeout's surveillance-and-intervention format as staged and scripted rather than a genuine unannounced investigation. The restaurant does not appear to have survived long-term. Its Yelp listing for the Merrick Boulevard address carries a closed tag last updated in February 2026, and the corresponding page for the restaurant on the delivery platform Seamless returns a service-unavailable error rather than an active menu, consistent with a defunct listing. A different soul-food business operating nearby under the name Queens Soulfood Caterers is located at a separate address on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and does not appear to be a successor or rebrand of A Plate of Soul. No news coverage describing a specific closure date was found.

Featured on Restaurant Stakeout

Season / episode
Season 4, Episode 9
Original air date
Episode title
Starving for Customers
What was featured
Soul-food restaurant struggling to attract customers
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
A Plate of Soul

Frequently asked questions

Is A Plate of Soul still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, A Plate of Soul has closed — confirmed via Yelp, February 2026.

What happened to A Plate of Soul after Restaurant Stakeout?

"Restaurant Stakeout" featured A Plate of Soul, a soul-food restaurant in Jamaica, Queens known for dishes like catfish, fried salmon, crab cakes and lobster mac and cheese, in an episode titled "Starving for Customers" that pointed to the business struggling to attract diners. As of September 2026, A Plate of Soul has closed — confirmed via Yelp, February 2026.

Is A Plate of Soul permanently closed?

As of September 2026, A Plate of Soul has closed — confirmed via Yelp, February 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 A Plate of Soul located?

110-46 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11433. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant Stakeout featured A Plate of Soul?

Season 4, Episode 9 of Restaurant Stakeout, first aired November 27, 2013. The episode is titled “Starving for Customers”.

Is A Plate of Soul still using the Restaurant Stakeout menu or branding?

Its Yelp listing for the Merrick Boulevard address carries a closed tag last updated in February 2026, and the corresponding page for the restaurant on the delivery platform Seamless returns a service-unavailable error rather than an active menu, consistent with a defunct listing. Anything newer than our last check on September 7, 2026 may not be reflected here.

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Address
110-46 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11433
Venue type
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Official website
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Sources

  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/a-plate-of-soul-jamaica
  • seamless.com — https://www.seamless.com/menu/a-plate-of-soul-11046-merrick-blvd-jamaica/272700
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Stakeout
  • realityblurred.com — https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2012/03/food-network-restaurant-stakeout-fake/

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