Is Michael's Roscommon House Still Open? Restaurant Stakeout Update
Restaurant Stakeout, Season 3 Belleville, New Jersey
Current status
As of October 2026, Michael's Roscommon House is open — confirmed via Yelp, August 2026.
What the source shows: Yelp's listing was updated in August 2026 with no closure flag, and Tripadvisor's live listing showed the restaurant open with posted hours when checked directly on September 7, 2026. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 3, Episode 12
- Aired
- Address 531 Joralemon St, Belleville, NJ 07109
- Website michaelsroscommon.com
- 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?
In 'What Would Your Father Do?,' Willie Degel wired hidden cameras through Michael's Roscommon House, the Belleville Irish sports bar and restaurant that has operated as a family business since 1982. The episode title points to a generational-legacy problem: an owner wrestling with whether to run the business the way it had always been run, or to make changes his father and predecessors might not have approved of. At the staff meeting, Willie laid out what the cameras had caught about service and floor management, and pushed the owner to modernize procedures, from menu execution to staff accountability, without losing the neighborhood-bar identity that had defined the place for decades.
He returned later to see whether the changes had taken hold without alienating the regulars. Michael's Roscommon House has kept operating at the same Joralemon Street address ever since, still serving its wide pub menu of wings, burgers, and daily specials under its long-running motto. A Yelp listing for the restaurant was updated in August 2026 with no closure marker, and the restaurant's own Tripadvisor listing showed it open with posted hours when checked directly in September 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.
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 5The Bayou
Closed - Closed
- Open
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Ep 8Dock's Clam Bar
Closed - Closed
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Ep 10Roasted Peppers
Closed -
Ep 11The Venetian Grille
Closed -
Ep 13Barzola
Relocated
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Sources we checked
- 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/michaels-roscommon-house-belleville
- Tripadvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g46297-d522022-Reviews-Michael_s_Roscommon_House-Belleville_New_Jersey.html
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Record rs-031 · checked by Cal Marchetti.