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What Happened to Red Room After Restaurant Stakeout? (New Rochelle, NY)

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As of September 2026, Red Room has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026.

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yellowpages.com

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What the source shows: Yelp's page for 'The Red Room' was updated in January 2026 and marks the business permanently closed; a Yellow Pages listing for 'Red Room Lounge' at the same address is also marked closed. The show's own episode title and synopsis separately claim the owners chose to close the business during filming in 2014; that is treated as a lead only, not as closure evidence.

  • Season / episode Season 5, Episode 9
  • Original air date
  • Address 583 Main St, New Rochelle, NY 10801

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Note on this show: Described as staged/scripted by Wikipedia's article, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report. Surface this note on every record.

What happened after Restaurant Stakeout?

"Restaurant Stakeout" season 5's "Willie Shuts It Down" (episode 9, aired August 6, 2014) centered on the Red Room, a bar/lounge on Main Street in New Rochelle, New York. Food Network's episode description says owner Ricky had stepped in to run the business after recovering from a serious motorcycle accident and after his mother and the restaurant had a large sum of money stolen from them, and describes him as facing an entitled staff with no money coming in and only his girlfriend for support; the synopsis previews that Degel would do "the unthinkable" at this location, and the episode title signals that the stakeout ended in Degel recommending the business close rather than reopen. Wikipedia's article on the show notes that a 2012 realityblurred.com report found the program's confrontations to be staged and scripted, worth flagging given how dramatic this episode's framing is. Independent of the show's own narrative, current business listings confirm the location is no longer operating: a Yelp page for "The Red Room" at 583 Main Street was marked permanently closed as of a January 2026 update, and a Yellow Pages directory listing for "Red Room Lounge" at the same address is also marked closed. No dated news coverage of the closure itself, or confirmation of what has occupied the space since, was found in available sources.

Featured on Restaurant Stakeout

Season / episode
Season 5, Episode 9
Original air date
Episode title
Willie Shuts It Down
What was featured
bar/lounge whose owner reportedly chose to close it rather than reopen
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Red Room

Frequently asked questions

Is Red Room still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Red Room has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026.

What happened to Red Room after Restaurant Stakeout?

"Restaurant Stakeout" season 5's "Willie Shuts It Down" (episode 9, aired August 6, 2014) centered on the Red Room, a bar/lounge on Main Street in New Rochelle, New York. As of September 2026, Red Room has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 2026.

Is Red Room permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Red Room has closed — confirmed via Yelp, January 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 Red Room located?

583 Main St, New Rochelle, NY 10801. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant Stakeout featured Red Room?

Season 5, Episode 9 of Restaurant Stakeout, first aired August 6, 2014. The episode is titled “Willie Shuts It Down”.

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Address
583 Main St, New Rochelle, NY 10801
Venue type
bar
Official website
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Sources

  • foodnetwork.com — https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/restaurant-stakeout
  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Stakeout
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-red-room-new-rochelle
  • yellowpages.com — https://www.yellowpages.com/new-rochelle-ny/mip/red-room-lounge-495511169

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