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What Happened to KO Catering and Pies After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 17 South Boston, Massachusetts Closed August 2021

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, KO Catering and Pies has closed — confirmed via boston.com, August 16, 2021.

What the source shows: Boston.com, dated 2021-08-16, reported that KO Catering & Pies would close permanently on August 28, 2021, ending the business after locations in South Boston and East Boston, and a Yelp listing for the South Boston address, updated June 2026, still marked the business closed. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

An S17E10 episode titled "The Comfort Zone" featured KO Catering and Pies, an Australian-style savory pie shop with locations in South Boston and East Boston. The South Boston shop, at 87 A St, opened in 2010, according to Boston.com. Boston Magazine and NBC Boston both reported that the South Boston building was sold and that shop closed in September 2018, while a second shop at the East Boston Shipyard, opened in 2012, kept operating for several more years. According to Boston.com, dated 2021-08-16, owner Sam Jackson then announced the entire business would close permanently on August 28, 2021, ending both locations after roughly a decade in business. A Yelp listing for the South Boston address, updated June 2026, still marked the shop closed. No reopening or relocation announcement was found in the sources reviewed.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 17

Episode 10
Air date not confirmed
Title: The Comfort Zone · What was featured: Australian-style savory meat pies and catering
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. boston.com https://www.boston.com/food/restaurants/2021/08/16/ko-catering-pies-closing-date/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/ko-catering-and-pies-south-boston
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