restaurantRestaurant Stakeout · Season 4, Episode 5 · Aired October 9, 2013
Beso
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York
This one survived. It remains in business.
What happened after
Official site brooklynbeso.com direct-fetched: active hours, online ordering (Toast), reservations, catering; NYC DOHMH listed a current Grade A inspection score for the restaurant, another live-operation signal.
What happened on the show
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Degel staked out Beso, a Caribbean and Latin fusion restaurant the episode framed as promising but sliding toward closure. The hidden cameras did the show's usual work, capturing the floor unobserved so Degel could confront management with documented behavior rather than the owner's account. As aired, the surveillance built a case about service and operation in a room whose potential was slipping away. His fixes leaned on the systems and standards resets he prescribes everywhere, the argument being that a restaurant with genuine promise is worth saving only if the person in charge accepts what the cameras reveal. The stakeout fit the format's central claim, using the feed to show an owner why a once promising room was drifting toward the edge.
After the cameras left
Beso is open. Its official site was directly fetched showing active hours, online ordering, reservations, and catering, and New York's health department listed a current top grade inspection score, another live operation signal, at the Lewis Avenue address in Brooklyn. The combination of a live official site and a current health grade makes this a high confidence survivor. The once promising Caribbean fusion room Degel worried over is still serving Bed-Stuy.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.