What Happened to Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant? (Larchmont, NY)
Current status
As of September 2026, Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, June 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: Yelp's business listing for the restaurant at 18 Chatsworth Avenue is tagged closed, with the listing updated in June 2026; the restaurant's own website domain no longer returns content.
- Season / episode Season 2, Episode 7
- Original air date
- Address 18 Chatsworth Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538
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Note on this show: Described as staged/scripted by Wikipedia's article, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report. Surface this note on every record.
What happened after Restaurant Stakeout?
In this Season 2 episode, Willie Degel installed hidden cameras inside Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant in Larchmont, New York. The episode's title, "That Money's Out the Door," points to the core problem Degel targeted: loose cash handling and service habits that let revenue slip away unnoticed, including untracked comps and staff who let tables leave without a properly closed check. Watching the dining room from a control room with owner and chef Anna Maria Santorelli, Degel built a list of the lapses his cameras caught, then called a staff meeting to confront the team directly. He returned the next day to walk staff through tighter procedures for order accuracy, register discipline, and guest follow-through, and made a later, casual visit to check whether the changes held. Wikipedia's article on Restaurant Stakeout describes the series as scripted, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report that found the show's premise staged for the cameras. Anna Maria's, opened in 2006 by Santorelli, a former executive chef at New York City's Gracie Mansion, kept operating in Larchmont for years after its 2012 appearance, including running Black Friday promotions as late as November 2013. A Yelp business listing for the restaurant at 18 Chatsworth Avenue, updated in June 2026, marks it as closed, and the restaurant's own website domain no longer returns content.
Featured on Restaurant Stakeout
- Show
- Restaurant Stakeout
- Original air date
- Episode title
- That Money's Out the Door
- What was featured
- Italian restaurant's cash-handling and comp-tracking service problems
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant
Frequently asked questions
Is Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, June 2026.
What happened to Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant after Restaurant Stakeout?
In this Season 2 episode, Willie Degel installed hidden cameras inside Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant in Larchmont, New York. As of September 2026, Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, June 2026.
Is Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant permanently closed?
As of September 2026, Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, June 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant located?
18 Chatsworth Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Restaurant Stakeout featured Anna Maria's Italian Restaurant?
Season 2, Episode 7 of Restaurant Stakeout, first aired October 17, 2012. The episode is titled “That Money's Out the Door”.
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- Address
- 18 Chatsworth Ave, Larchmont, NY 10538
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- annamariasrestaurant.com
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Sources
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Stakeout
- Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/anna-marias-restaurant-larchmont
- patch.com — https://patch.com/new-york/larchmont/anna-marias-italan-restaurant-in-larchmont-will-offer-black-friday-discounts-this-friday
- annamariasrestaurant.com — http://www.annamariasrestaurant.com/
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