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What Happened to PepperJack Grill After Restaurant Stakeout?

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As of September 2026, PepperJack Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

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What the source shows: Google Places lists the business as permanently closed at 310 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314 as of 2026-09-08.

  • Season / episode Season 2, Episode 4
  • Original air date
  • Address 316 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314

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What happened after Restaurant Stakeout?

Restaurant Stakeout's fourth episode of season two, "Damsel in Distress," aired September 19, 2012, and featured Willie Degel's crew at PepperJack Grill, a gastropub in the Castleton Corners neighborhood of Staten Island known for rotating local artwork and an extensive sangria list. The show's format uses hidden-camera footage of unsupervised staff to identify service and management problems, which Degel then addresses with the owner, in this case a restaurant led by a female owner-operator, per contemporaneous coverage on statenislandlifestyle.com. Wikipedia's article on Restaurant Stakeout describes the series as staged, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report on producer-directed incidents and coached cast members at several of the show's featured restaurants, a caveat that applies here as well. Current information about PepperJack Grill's status at 316 Manor Road is inconsistent across sources: a Yelp listing for the address is marked closed, while a separate restaurant-tracker directory continues to list it as open under standard daily hours, and the restaurant's own former web address no longer resolves to any content. None of these three signals is a dated, independently confirmed report of either ongoing operation or closure, and they do not agree with one another.

Featured on Restaurant Stakeout

Season / episode
Season 2, Episode 4
Original air date
Episode title
Damsel in Distress
What was featured
Gastropub with rotating local art; service and management problems
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
PepperJack Grill

Frequently asked questions

Is PepperJack Grill still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, PepperJack Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What happened to PepperJack Grill after Restaurant Stakeout?

Restaurant Stakeout's fourth episode of season two, "Damsel in Distress," aired September 19, 2012, and featured Willie Degel's crew at PepperJack Grill, a gastropub in the Castleton Corners neighborhood of Staten Island known for rotating local artwork and an extensive sangria list. As of September 2026, PepperJack Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

Is PepperJack Grill permanently closed?

As of September 2026, PepperJack Grill has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 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 PepperJack Grill located?

316 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314. That is the address on the record as of September 8, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant Stakeout featured PepperJack Grill?

Season 2, Episode 4 of Restaurant Stakeout, first aired September 19, 2012. The episode is titled “Damsel in Distress”.

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Address
316 Manor Rd, Staten Island, NY 10314
Venue type
bar
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • realityblurred.com — https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2012/03/food-network-restaurant-stakeout-fake/
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/pepperjack-grill-staten-island
  • whereyoueat.com — https://whereyoueat.com/PepperJack-Grill-new-13238.html
  • statenislandlifestyle.com — https://statenislandlifestyle.com/pepperjack-grill-in-staten-island-a-neighborhood-staple/

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