restaurantRestaurant Stakeout · Season 4, Episode 8 · Aired October 30, 2013
VB3
Jersey City, New Jersey
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show. It trades today as Villa Borghese III.
What happened after
Now operates under its full name "Villa Borghese III"; official site vb3pizzeria.com direct-fetched showing current hours (Mon-Fri 11am-10pm, Sat 12-10pm, Sun 1-10pm), online ordering, and delivery.
What happened on the show
The Jersey City stakeout of VB3 was framed around clueless cousins, a family run Italian pizzeria where the relatives in charge were in over their heads. Degel's hidden cameras captured the floor when management assumed no one was measuring the crew, and as aired the footage gave him a documented case about leadership gaps and inconsistent operation. His confrontation used that evidence to press the cousins on authority and follow through, while his fixes brought the familiar reset of systems and standards. The stakeout followed the format's recurring theme, using surveillance to show family operators the difference between how they believed their room ran and how it truly did once no one behind the counter knew the boss was watching the feed.
After the cameras left
VB3 is open. The business, an abbreviation of its full name Villa Borghese III, runs an official site that was directly fetched showing current hours, online ordering, and delivery at the Washington Boulevard address in Jersey City. The live official site with posted hours makes this a high confidence survivor. The family pizzeria Degel found run by cousins in over their heads is still serving Jersey City years after the stakeout.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.