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Is Peg Leg Porker Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Nashville, TN)

Food Paradise, Season 9 Nashville, Tennessee

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Peg Leg Porker is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated in September 2026 with nearly 4,000 reviews, shows it open at the same address given by Google Places. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

"BBQ Bliss" (S9E9) featured Peg Leg Porker, a barbecue restaurant on Gleaves Street in Nashville, Tennessee, known for its dry-rubbed ribs and whole-hog barbecue. The restaurant's own website (peglegporker.com) describes itself as "Nashville's Best BBQ Restaurant" and markets a menu page as "Nashville's Best Ribs." A Yelp listing for Peg Leg Porker, updated in September 2026 with nearly 4,000 reviews, continued to show the restaurant open at 903 Gleaves St, with hours listed as 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Google Places also listed the restaurant as operational during the same period, matching the Yelp listing and the restaurant's own site.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 9

Air date not confirmed
Title: BBQ Bliss · What was featured: Nashville-style ribs and smoked barbecue
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 9 Food Paradise

Season 9: 70 of 100 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/peg-leg-porker-nashville
  2. peglegporker.com http://www.peglegporker.com/
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Record fp-0612 · checked by Cal Marchetti.