Restaurant Stakeout · S1 E5
Bar + Bistro
Las Vegas, Nevada
The rescue did not hold; it later closed in 2015.
The short answer
Downtown Las Vegas restaurant; Eater Vegas reported it "officially shuttered, at least according to the restaurant's Facebook page" in its 2015 closings roundup.
What happened on the show
Back in Las Vegas, Degel trained his stakeout on a downtown bar and bistro whose owners had asked him to find out why the room was slipping. The setup was identical to the rest of the run: cameras hidden across the floor, Degel reading the feed from a distance, and then the confrontation built on documented behavior rather than the owners' explanations. As broadcast, the surveillance gave him the ammunition to press on service, consistency, and the systems that were missing behind the scenes. His fixes followed the usual pattern of tighter operations and clearer accountability, the two things he argues most Vegas rooms lack when they call him. The episode framed the visit as a diagnosis, using the hidden cameras to separate what the owners believed about their bistro from what was actually happening when the doors were open and no one thought the boss was watching.
After the cameras left
Bar + Bistro is closed. Eater Vegas reported in its 2015 roundup that the downtown Las Vegas restaurant had officially shuttered, citing the restaurant's own Facebook page. That places the closure a few years after the stakeout aired. The downtown location is distinct from the show's original Nevada address, which was not independently re confirmed, though it fits the show era profile. The verdict stands as closed on strong local evidence.
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.