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Is Pepperfire Hot Chicken Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Nashville, TN)

Food Paradise, Season 12 Nashville, Tennessee

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Pepperfire Hot Chicken is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 9, 2026.

What the source shows: A site check on 2026-09-09 found the restaurant's own website live with a working online ordering system and rewards program, and Google Places listed the business as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

On the ‘Spicy’ episode of Food Paradise, the show featured Pepperfire Hot Chicken, a Nashville, Tennessee restaurant built around Nashville-style hot chicken sandwiches and tenders — fried chicken coated in a cayenne-based paste and traditionally served with white bread and pickles. According to the business’s own website, the restaurant operates on Centennial Boulevard and runs a customer rewards program alongside its regular menu, with separate navigation tabs for ordering, visiting, and careers. A site check on 2026-09-09 found pepperfirehotchicken.com live, with working Menu, Visit, About, and Contact pages, an active online ordering button, and a careers page seeking new hires. Google Places listed the business as operational on the same date. No change in name, address, or ownership was found between the two sources checked for this record.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 12

Air date not confirmed
Title: Spicy · What was featured: Nashville hot chicken sandwiches and tenders
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 12 Food Paradise

Season 12: 79 of 100 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 13 Season 12 episodes →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. pepperfirehotchicken.com http://www.pepperfirehotchicken.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Pepperfire%20Hot%20Chicken%205104%20Centennial%20Blvd%20Nashville%20TN%2037209
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Record fp-0943 · checked by Cal Marchetti.