restaurantRestaurant Stakeout · Season 5, Episode 3 · Aired June 18, 2014
Vinny's Pizzeria
Boulder City, Nevada
Open. The rescue stuck and it continues to operate.
What happened after
Active Yelp listing (3.5/5, 246 reviews) with current posted hours (Wed-Sat 4-9pm, Sun 4-9pm, Mon-Tue closed) and free local delivery.
What happened on the show
The Boulder City stakeout put Degel inside Vinny's Pizzeria with a mystery to solve about why the place was struggling. His hidden cameras captured the floor in its natural state, and as aired the footage gave Degel a documented picture of the operation from the outside, the necessary first step before any fix. His confrontation used that evidence to press the owner on consistency and the systems the room needed, while his fixes leaned on the operational discipline he prescribes everywhere. The stakeout fit the format's central claim, using surveillance to convert an owner's uncertainty about why the pizzeria was slipping into a specific, documented account of what the room was doing wrong once no one behind the counter thought the boss was watching.
After the cameras left
Vinny's Pizzeria is open. An active Yelp listing with a solid rating across hundreds of reviews shows current posted hours and free local delivery at the Boulder City Parkway address, also listed as Nevada Highway. The current hours and review activity make this a high confidence survivor. A small town Nevada pizzeria still serving years after Degel's stakeout, one of the sturdier Season 5 outcomes.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.