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Is Kelly's Roast Beef Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Saugus, MA)

Food Paradise, Season 17 Saugus, Massachusetts

Current status

Open

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

What the source shows: The chain's own Saugus location page and a Yelp listing updated in September 2026 both describe the Broadway restaurant, with the site noting a scheduled 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-12 renovation closure rather than a permanent one. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "All You Can Meat" episode featured Kelly's Roast Beef, a regional fast-food restaurant chain, at its Saugus, Massachusetts location on Broadway, known for roast beef sandwiches, lobster rolls, and other seafood. According to Wikipedia, revised 2026-07-11, the chain was founded in 1951 in nearby Revere, Massachusetts, by partners Frank V. McCarthy and Raymond Carey, who named the business after a mutual friend, Thomas Kelly, rather than themselves, and it later added drive-thru service and items like chicken fingers to compete with national chains. The Saugus location's own website, kellysroastbeef.com, listed the restaurant's regular hours and noted the Broadway location was scheduled to close for renovations on 2026-09-07 and reopen on 2026-09-12. A Yelp listing for the same Broadway address, updated in September 2026, continued to show customer reviews and photos of the restaurant.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 17

Episode 7
Air date not confirmed
Title: Fast Food Finds · What was featured: its roast beef sandwiches and seafood
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 →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. kellysroastbeef.com https://kellysroastbeef.com/location/saugus
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/kellys-roast-beef-saugus-2
  3. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%27s_Roast_Beef
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