Is Latin Kitchen Still Open? Restaurant Stakeout Update (Bronx, NY)
Restaurant Stakeout, Season 3 Bronx, New York
Current status
As of October 2026, Latin Kitchen is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing for the address shows continuing review activity through a June 2026 update with no closure flag, and a separate OpenTable aggregator page lists current hours and a full menu with no closure flag. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 2
- Aired
- Address 3841 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY 10465
- Website Facebook
- Show map
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About this show's format: 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?
Season 3's "Mamma's Boy" brought Willie Degel to Latin Kitchen, a Puerto Rican and Caribbean restaurant and lounge in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx, New York, built around the cooking of a family matriarch known on the menu as "Marlene." The title points to an owner overly dependent on a single family member to hold the kitchen together, leaving service exposed whenever she was not directly involved, a dynamic Restaurant Stakeout's hidden cameras are built to expose. After reviewing the footage, Degel called a staff meeting to confront the team about that overreliance, then returned to help build systems the floor staff could run without the owner's mother personally supervising every ticket, following up later for a status report.
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. Latin Kitchen, known for its jibarito sandwiches and "bacano" specialty items, has continued operating at 3841 East Tremont Avenue for well over a decade since its 2013 appearance; its associated Facebook page is now titled "The New Latin Kitchen," suggesting a later relaunch under the same core name. A Yelp business listing for the address shows continuing review activity through a June 2026 update, and a separate OpenTable listing shows current hours and a full menu with no closure flag.
The episode
Also in Season 3
Season 3: 4 of 13 still open · 2 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 1Hot Rods BBQ
Closed -
Ep 3AJ's Burgers
Open - Relocated
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Ep 5The Bayou
Closed - Closed
- Open
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Ep 8Dock's Clam Bar
Closed - Closed
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Record rs-021 · checked by Cal Marchetti.