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Is Lewis Barbecue Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Charleston, SC)

Food Paradise, Season 11 Charleston, South Carolina

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Lewis Barbecue is listed open on lewisbarbecue.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The business's official website loaded successfully and listed current weekly hours alongside an online take-out ordering option. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

In the 'Chow Down Meat Town' episode (S11E13), the show visited Lewis Barbecue, a barbecue restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. According to the restaurant's own website, Lewis Barbecue also operates locations in Atlanta, Georgia and Greenville, South Carolina, and its site title describes it as a 'Barbecue Restaurant in Atlanta, Charleston, and Greenville.' The site lists a 'Rancho Lewis' page along with a 'Ship Me the MEATS!' mail-order section, a gift-card option, and catering and events services, per its own navigation menu. Checked on 2026-09-08, the Charleston restaurant's website loaded normally and listed current hours -- Monday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. -- along with an online take-out ordering option, according to the site. No reports of closure, relocation, renaming, or ownership change for the Charleston location were found in the sources reviewed.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 11

Air date not confirmed
Title: Chow Down Meat Town · What was featured: the restaurant's barbecue and take-out ordering menu
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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  1. lewisbarbecue.com http://www.lewisbarbecue.com/
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Record fp-0841 · checked by Cal Marchetti.