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What Happened to Big Shake's Hot Chicken After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 19 Franklin, Tennessee

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Big Shake's Hot Chicken has closed — confirmed via williamsonsource.com, February 16, 2024.

What the source shows: Williamson Source reported the Franklin location's permanent closure on 2024-02-16, citing the owners' customer newsletter, and Google Places independently lists the location's business status as permanently closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

'Bang For Your Buck' featured Big Shake's Hot Chicken & Fish, a Nashville-style hot chicken and fried fish restaurant that opened in downtown Franklin, Tennessee in 2013 before relocating to Murfreesboro Road in 2014. Founder Shawn Davis had earlier pitched a shrimp burger concept on Shark Tank in 2011. Williamson Source reported on 2024-02-16 that the Franklin location would not reopen, according to a newsletter from owners Robin and Shawn Davis citing a wish to live nearer their newborn grandson. Google Places separately lists the Franklin location's business status as permanently closed, and its website returned an HTTP 403 error on 2026-09-08. The Murfreesboro Road location's exact address is 1203 Murfreesboro Road, Suite 185.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 19

Episode 24
Air date not confirmed
Title: Bang For Your Buck · What was featured: Nashville-style hot chicken and fried fish at a Franklin outpost
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. williamsonsource.com https://williamsonsource.com/big-shakes-hot-chicken-and-fish-in-franklin-is-closed/
  2. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RocketCityConnect/posts/big-shakes-hot-chicken-fish-has-permanently-closed-its-doorsthe-franklin-tenness/678218934309187/
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Record fp-1631 · checked by Cal Marchetti.