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What Happened to Beasley's Chicken + Honey After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 13 Raleigh, North Carolina

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Beasley's Chicken + Honey has closed — confirmed via ac-restaurants.com, September 9, 2026.

What the source shows: Google's listing marks the business permanently closed, and the former website returned an HTTP 404 error on the 2026-09-09 check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode Classic Combos featured Beasley's Chicken + Honey, a fried chicken restaurant on South Wilmington Street in downtown Raleigh, a few blocks from the state capitol. The restaurant operated as part of the AC Restaurants group, according to its former website domain, ac-restaurants.com, and was known for Southern-style fried chicken plates, honey biscuits, and sides. Google's listing marks the 237 S Wilmington St location permanently closed. A September 9, 2026 check of ac-restaurants.com/beasleys/ returned an HTTP 404 error, with no live page found at the former web address. No forwarding address, replacement concept, or reopening announcement was found, and no news source gives a specific closure date.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 13

Episode 8
Air date not confirmed
Title: Classic Combos · What was featured: Downtown Raleigh fried chicken and honey specialist
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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  1. ac-restaurants.com http://ac-restaurants.com/beasleys/
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Record fp-1026 · checked by Cal Marchetti.