{"id":41297,"date":"2025-08-01T16:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T16:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/paula-deen-abruptly-closes-georgia-restaurant-that-catapulted-her-to-fame\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T16:30:52","slug":"paula-deen-abruptly-closes-georgia-restaurant-that-catapulted-her-to-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/paula-deen-abruptly-closes-georgia-restaurant-that-catapulted-her-to-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Deen abruptly closes Georgia restaurant that catapulted her to fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former Food Network star <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/paula-deen\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Paula Deen<\/a><\/span> announced Friday the abrupt closure of the Savannah restaurant that launched her to fame with its menu of fried chicken, banana pudding and other indulgent Southern dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Deen ran The Lady &amp; Sons restaurant with her two sons, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/paula-deens-son-bobby-to-create-healthy-versions-of-moms-food-on-cooking-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jamie and Bobby Deen<\/a><\/span>, for nearly three decades. Loyal fans visiting Savannah continued to line up for Deen&#8217;s buffet long after the Food Network <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/paula-deens-food-network-contract-wont-be-renewed\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">canceled her show<\/a><\/span>, &#8220;Paula&#8217;s Home Cooking,&#8221; in 2013.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/01\/6014359a-b026-4132-8bb9-34195cf351be\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/777dbc5e0e41181f01e13732e28efe2e\/ap25213532151022.jpg#\" alt=\"Paula Deen Restaurants Closed \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/01\/6014359a-b026-4132-8bb9-34195cf351be\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/777dbc5e0e41181f01e13732e28efe2e\/ap25213532151022.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/01\/6014359a-b026-4132-8bb9-34195cf351be\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/b5135d18c31cda90337ad8dfa2c9c89e\/ap25213532151022.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Paula Deen<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Andy Kropa\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But 78-year-old Deen said Friday that The Lady &amp; Sons closed for good along with her second Savannah eatery, The Chicken Box. A statement posted on Deen&#8217;s website and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheLadyAndSons\/posts\/pfbid02x8qhVbiEt17wyR8FvR16u5dHHvvy1APeHFihQ8RA7vAawaKCvKoHtohWhm7oGnowl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media accounts<\/a> didn&#8217;t say why the restaurants had shut down. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, y&#8217;all, my sons and I made the heartfelt decision that Thursday, July 31st, was the last day of service for The Lady &amp; Sons and The Chicken Box,&#8221; Deen&#8217;s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for all the great memories and for your loyalty over the past 36 years,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We have endless love and gratitude for every customer who has walked through our doors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Deen said her four restaurants outside Savannah will remain open. They&#8217;re located in Nashville and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Branson, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Deen said Friday she and her sons will visit the Branson establishment on August 8, and said the family is &#8220;excited to continue visiting these restaurants regularly.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Savannah will always be our home, and we&#8217;ll always be here to support our wonderful community,&#8221; she said in the statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-facebook-post embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/facebook-sdk\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheLadyAndSons\/posts\/pfbid02x8qhVbiEt17wyR8FvR16u5dHHvvy1APeHFihQ8RA7vAawaKCvKoHtohWhm7oGnowl\" data-width=\"552\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064771175721\/posts\/1166628238839538\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Hey, y\u2019all, my sons and I made the heartfelt decision that Thursday, July 31st, was the last day of service for The Lady&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheLadyAndSons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Lady and Sons<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064771175721\/posts\/1166628238839538\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Friday, August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Deen was divorced and nearly broke when she moved to Savannah with her boys in 1989 and started a catering business called The Bag Lady. She opened her first restaurant a few years later at a local Best Western hotel, then started The Lady &amp; Sons in downtown Savannah in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant soon had lines out the door and served roughly 1,100 diners per day at the height of Deen&#8217;s popularity. A USA Today food critic awarded The Lady &amp; Sons his &#8220;meal of the year&#8221; in 1999.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/01\/f5870c26-bfb0-41b7-9720-85c6d6d1c6b5\/thumbnail\/620x414\/a9dd2b745ef7f99ddafa834e72389cd2\/gettyimages-630449090.jpg#\" alt=\"A long line of people waiting to go into the Lady and Sons restaurant. \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/01\/f5870c26-bfb0-41b7-9720-85c6d6d1c6b5\/thumbnail\/620x414\/a9dd2b745ef7f99ddafa834e72389cd2\/gettyimages-630449090.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/01\/f5870c26-bfb0-41b7-9720-85c6d6d1c6b5\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/a9cdc2aa7ce3e3a0824342f93bbf3971\/gettyimages-630449090.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A long line of people waiting to go into the Lady and Sons restaurant in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jeffrey Greenberg\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Deen moved her Savannah restaurant to a larger building nearby the year after The Food Network debuted &#8220;Paula&#8217;s Home Cooking&#8221; in 2002. Filmed mostly in her home kitchen, Deen taped more than 200 episodes over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The Food Network canceled Deen&#8217;s show in 2013 amid fallout from a lawsuit by a former employee. A transcript of Deen answering questions under oath in a legal deposition became public, which included Deen&#8217;s awkward responses to questions about race. <\/p>\n<p>Asked if she had ever <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/paula-deen-dumps-legal-team-after-admitting-slurs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">used the N-word<\/a><\/span>, Deen said, &#8220;Yes, of course,&#8221; though she added: &#8220;It&#8217;s been a very long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Deen returned to television on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nick-carter-joins-dwts-is-paula-deen-a-contestant-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dancing With the Stars<\/a><\/span>,&#8221; on chef Gordon Ramsay&#8217;s Fox show &#8220;MasterChef: Legends,&#8221; and on Fox Nation, which began streaming &#8220;At Home With Paula Deen&#8221; in 2020. She also posts cooking videos to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PaulaDeen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> that has more than 520,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v3.2\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     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