restaurantRestaurant Stakeout · Season 2, Episode 10 · Aired November 21, 2012
Haven Grill BBQ
Port Washington, New York
The trail goes cold here; we could not verify whether it is still open. The last confirmed sighting we found dates to 2012.
What happened after
No reliable current-status signal found. The space previously operated as Café Capriccio before becoming Haven Grill around the show's 2012 airing; no post-2012 confirmation of open or closed status located.
What happened on the show
Degel reached Port Washington to find the Haven Grill on what the episode framed as its last leg, a barbecue room across from the local train station and running low on time. The hidden cameras ran the show's standard play, recording the floor unobserved so Degel could confront management with documented behavior rather than the owner's own account. As aired, the surveillance built a case about an operation slipping toward the edge. Degel's fixes leaned on the systems and leadership resets he brings everywhere, the argument being that even a room on the brink can be pulled back if the person in charge accepts what the cameras reveal. The stakeout followed the format's core logic, using the feed to show an owner exactly how close to the end the business really was.
After the cameras left
Haven Grill BBQ's status could not be confirmed. The space had previously operated as Café Capriccio before becoming Haven Grill around the show's 2012 airing, and no reliable post 2012 confirmation of open or closed status surfaced for the Haven Avenue address. A restaurant review site returned server errors throughout the check. With no solid signal either way, we flag the Port Washington barbecue room as unverifiable and a candidate for a later re check.
Sources
Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.