Is Trovato's Due Still Open? Restaurant Stakeout Update (Oakland, NJ)
Restaurant Stakeout, Season 5 Oakland, New Jersey
Current status
As of October 2026, Trovato's Due is listed open on OpenTable, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: OpenTable's 2026-updated listing for Trovato's Due shows current hours and reservation availability at the Barbara Lane address, and the restaurant's own website is currently active. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 5, Episode 13
- Aired
- Address 4 Barbara Ln, Oakland, NJ 07436
- Website trovatosduenj.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?
"Restaurant Stakeout" season 5's finale, "Million Dollar Stakeout" (episode 13, aired September 10, 2014), sent Willie Degel to Trovato's Due, an Italian-American restaurant that Food Network's episode description places in Oakland, New Jersey (the network's own copy lists it as "Oakland Park," though current business listings consistently place it in Oakland, NJ 07436). The synopsis says owner Anthony had previously run a successful pizza restaurant with his brother and expected similar results striking out on his own, but by the time of filming had accumulated roughly a million dollars in debt, with the episode framed around whether Degel could get through to Anthony's stubborn approach to the business before the debt became unrecoverable. Wikipedia's article on the show notes that a 2012 realityblurred.com report concluded the program's hidden-camera confrontations are staged and scripted.
In its usual format, the show has Degel install surveillance to observe daily operations, then confront the owner with that footage and prescribe changes to staffing, menu, or spending before reopening. Current sources show the restaurant still operating at 4 Barbara Lane in Oakland: its official website, trovatosduenj.com, is active, and an OpenTable listing for Trovato's Due, updated in 2026, shows current hours and reservation availability alongside an active Yelp business page.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/restaurant-stakeout
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_Stakeout
- trovatosduenj.com https://trovatosduenj.com
- OpenTable https://www.opentable.com/r/trovatos-due-oakland
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Record rs-058 · checked by Cal Marchetti.