What Happened to Haven Grill BBQ After Restaurant Stakeout?
Current status
As of September 2026, Haven Grill BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, May 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Yelp's business listing for the restaurant, updated in May 2026, is tagged closed.
- Season / episode Season 2, Episode 10
- Original air date
- Address 14 Haven Ave, Port Washington, NY 11050
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What happened after Restaurant Stakeout?
Season 2's "On Its Last Leg" brought Willie Degel to Haven Grill BBQ, a charcoal-grill restaurant on Haven Avenue in Port Washington, New York, run by restaurant partners Elio Sobrero and Bobbi Schwinger. The episode's title points to a business in real financial and operational trouble, the kind of situation where Restaurant Stakeout's hidden cameras typically catch slow tickets, inattentive service, and other habits that were pushing away the returning customers a struggling restaurant needs most. After reviewing the footage with ownership, Degel called a staff meeting to lay out the problems plainly, then returned to coach the team on faster, more attentive service around the restaurant's charcoal-grilled mixed grill and happy-hour offerings, following up later to check whether business had picked back up. Wikipedia's article on Restaurant Stakeout describes the series as scripted, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report that found the show's premise staged for the cameras. Haven Grill BBQ occupied the former Cafe Capriccio space at 14 Haven Avenue, a stretch of Port Washington that has since seen several restaurant turnovers at nearby addresses. A Yelp business listing for the address, updated in May 2026, marks Haven Grill as closed, and other restaurant-directory listings likewise describe it as permanently closed.
Featured on Restaurant Stakeout
- Show
- Restaurant Stakeout
- Season / episode
- Season 2, Episode 10
- Original air date
- Episode title
- On Its Last Leg
- What was featured
- Charcoal-grill BBQ restaurant's struggling, close-to-failing operation
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Haven Grill BBQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Haven Grill BBQ still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Haven Grill BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, May 2026.
What happened to Haven Grill BBQ after Restaurant Stakeout?
Season 2's "On Its Last Leg" brought Willie Degel to Haven Grill BBQ, a charcoal-grill restaurant on Haven Avenue in Port Washington, New York, run by restaurant partners Elio Sobrero and Bobbi Schwinger. As of September 2026, Haven Grill BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, May 2026.
Is Haven Grill BBQ permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Haven Grill BBQ has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, May 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 Haven Grill BBQ located?
14 Haven Ave, Port Washington, NY 11050. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Restaurant Stakeout featured Haven Grill BBQ?
Season 2, Episode 10 of Restaurant Stakeout, first aired November 21, 2012. The episode is titled “On Its Last Leg”.
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Sources
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Stakeout
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/haven-grill-port-washington
- menupix.com — https://www.menupix.com/longisland/restaurants/380164152/Haven-Grill-Port-Washington-NY
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