Restaurant Stakeout · S5 E13
Trovato's Due
Oakland, New Jersey
Open. The rescue stuck and it continues to operate.
The short answer
Active Yelp listing (3.7/5) with current posted hours (Tue-Thu noon-10pm, Fri noon-11pm, Sat 4-11pm, Sun 1-9pm, Mon closed); family-owned since 1989.
What happened on the show
The season finale, billed as a million dollar stakeout, took Degel to Trovato's Due in Oakland, New Jersey, a family owned Italian restaurant whose owner's stubborn streak was the central obstacle. The hidden cameras captured the floor when management assumed no one was measuring the crew, and as aired the footage gave Degel a documented picture of how the long running room actually operated. His confrontation used that evidence to press a resistant owner on leadership and consistency, while his fixes brought the familiar reset of systems and standards. The stakeout leaned on the format's central promise, using surveillance to force a stubborn operator to confront the gap between how he believed his restaurant ran and how the cameras showed it truly did.
After the cameras left
Trovato's Due is open. An active Yelp listing shows the family owned Italian restaurant with current posted hours across the week and a solid rating at the Barbara Lane address in Oakland, noting it has been family owned since 1989. The current hours and review activity make this a high confidence survivor. The long lived Italian restaurant whose stubborn owner tested Degel is still serving, a fitting durable end to the show's run.
Location
4 Barbara Ln, Oakland, NJ 07436
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Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.