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What Happened to Dock's Clam Bar After Restaurant Stakeout?

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As of September 2026, Dock's Clam Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, June 2026.

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What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Dock's Clam Bar shows it permanently closed as of a June 2026 update, and the Staten Island Advance's own social media account separately announced the restaurant serving its last clams.

  • Season / episode Season 3, Episode 8
  • Original air date
  • Address 240 Page Ave, Staten Island, NY 10307

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What happened after Restaurant Stakeout?

In 'Kitchen Mafia,' Willie Degel's hidden cameras went up inside Dock's Clam Bar, a longstanding seafood restaurant on Staten Island's south shore, after the owners called him in to find out why the business was struggling. The episode's title points to what the footage caught: an entrenched, clique-like kitchen crew resistant to direction from ownership and unwilling to change how the line ran. At the staff meeting, Willie confronted the kitchen with what the cameras showed and pushed the owners to reassert control over the back of house, retrain staff on consistent procedures, and break up the favoritism the cameras had exposed. He came back later, off camera-ready, to check whether the kitchen had fallen in line. Dock's Clam Bar kept serving lunch and dinner at its Page Avenue address for years afterward, but the restaurant has since closed; the Staten Island Advance's own social media account announced that the restaurant served its final bushel of clams at lunch, and Yelp's business listing for the address is marked permanently closed, last updated in June 2026. Wikipedia's article on the series notes that it has been described as scripted, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report that questioned the show's authenticity.

Featured on Restaurant Stakeout

Season / episode
Season 3, Episode 8
Original air date
Episode title
Kitchen Mafia
What was featured
Seafood clam bar; cliquish kitchen staff resisting oversight
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Dock's Clam Bar

Frequently asked questions

Is Dock's Clam Bar still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Dock's Clam Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, June 2026.

What happened to Dock's Clam Bar after Restaurant Stakeout?

In 'Kitchen Mafia,' Willie Degel's hidden cameras went up inside Dock's Clam Bar, a longstanding seafood restaurant on Staten Island's south shore, after the owners called him in to find out why the business was struggling. As of September 2026, Dock's Clam Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, June 2026.

Is Dock's Clam Bar permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Dock's Clam Bar has closed — confirmed via Yelp, 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 Dock's Clam Bar located?

240 Page Ave, Staten Island, NY 10307. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant Stakeout featured Dock's Clam Bar?

Season 3, Episode 8 of Restaurant Stakeout, first aired May 8, 2013. The episode is titled “Kitchen Mafia”.

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Address
240 Page Ave, Staten Island, NY 10307
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Sources

  • Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Stakeout
  • tvguide.com — https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/restaurant-stakeout/episodes-season-3/1000468382/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/docks-clam-bar-staten-island
  • Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/statenislandadvance/posts/docks-clam-bar-shucked-its-last-bushel-of-clams-at-lunch-on-monday-the-rest-of-t/10153392969646746/

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