barRestaurant Stakeout · Season 2, Episode 6 · Aired October 10, 2012
Liberty Bar & Grill
Hoboken, New Jersey
Current status unconfirmed after an independent check. The last confirmed sighting we found dates to 2012.
What happened after
No reliable closure or open signal found. Only a low-activity Instagram profile (7 posts, 14 followers) was located; no Foursquare/Yelp/RestaurantGuru listing surfaced for the address.
What happened on the show
Degel's second Hoboken stakeout put the spotlight on Dawn, owner of the Liberty Bar and Grill, and the episode framed her core problem as a reluctance to act like the boss the room needed. The hidden cameras ran the show's standard playbook, recording the floor when management assumed no one was watching, and as aired the footage handed Degel a documented case about authority and drift. His confrontation pushed Dawn to step into the leadership role she had been avoiding, while his fixes brought the usual reset of systems and standards. The stakeout followed the format's recurring lesson, that a bar and grill will run only as tightly as the person in charge is willing to run it, and that the cameras exist to show an owner exactly where they have been letting the reins go slack.
After the cameras left
Liberty Bar and Grill's status could not be established. No reliable open or closed signal surfaced after repeated searches. The only trace located was a low activity Instagram profile with a handful of posts and followers, and no listing on the usual review or directory platforms turned up for the 14th Street address. With nothing solid pointing either way, we flag the Hoboken bar as unverifiable and a candidate for a later re check rather than assert a status the evidence does not support.
Sources
Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.