TV Restaurants

Is Chaps Pit Beef Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Aberdeen, MD)

Food Paradise, Season 17 Aberdeen, Maryland

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Chaps Pit Beef is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, carried a 2026 copyright, listed Baltimore, Aberdeen, and Glen Burnie locations with an active online-ordering system, and Google Places listed the Aberdeen address as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

An S17E9 episode titled "Go Big or Go Hungry" featured Chaps Pit Beef, a Maryland restaurant chain known for Baltimore-style pit beef sandwiches. The Aberdeen location operates from 1013 Beards Hill Rd, one of three Chaps locations listed alongside Baltimore and Glen Burnie, MD. According to the business's own website (chapspitbeef.com), checked 2026-09-08, the site carried a 2026 copyright, offered online ordering with a "Buy Now" checkout path, and listed separate catering and food-truck services. The same website included pages for the restaurant's history, awards, press coverage, videos, and photos, and Google Places, checked the same date, listed the Aberdeen address's business status as operational. The site also listed a dedicated gift-card page for online purchase. No specific founding date for the Aberdeen location appeared in the material reviewed.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 17

Air date not confirmed
Title: Go Big or Go Hungry · What was featured: Baltimore-style pit beef sandwiches and barbecue sides
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 17 Food Paradise

Season 17: 69 of 104 still open · 4 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 13 Season 17 episodes →

Nearest restaurants By distance from 1013 Beards Hill Rd

  • Steak & Main

    North East, MD 14 mi away

    Man v. Food

    Open
  • G&A Restaurant

    White Marsh, MD 14 mi away

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

    Open
  • Charcoal Style

    White Marsh, MD 16 mi away

    Best Thing I Ever Ate

    Open
  • Ravage Deli

    Perry Hall, MD 16 mi away

    Food Paradise

    Open
  • The Crazy Tuna Bar & Grille

    Essex, MD 20 mi away

    Food Paradise

    Closed
  • Schultz's Crab House

    Essex, MD 20 mi away

    Food Paradise

    Open
All 76 TV restaurants in Maryland →

Before you go: Businesses change fast. Always confirm directly with the restaurant — call ahead, or check its own current website or social media — before making plans around anything on this page.

Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. chapspitbeef.com http://www.chapspitbeef.com/
See something wrong?

We work hard to keep every status accurate and dated, but restaurants change fast and our sources aren't perfect. If something here is wrong — a status, a name, an address, anything — tell us what you're seeing and where you saw it, and we'll check it.

Tell us →

Share

Record fp-1421 · checked by Cal Marchetti.