What Happened to Richards' Southern Fried After Food Paradise?
Food Paradise, Season 16 Atlanta, Georgia
Current status
As of October 2026, Richards' Southern Fried has closed — confirmed via the business's own closure notice, September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website displays a 'Currently Closed' notice directing calls to (678) 515-4620, and Google Places lists its business status as permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 16, Episode 1
- Address 99 Krog St NE T, Atlanta, GA 30307
- Website richardssouthernfried.com
- Show map
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What happened after Food Paradise?
On 'Food Hall of Fame,' the episode featured Richards' Southern Fried, a hot chicken restaurant known for its gluten-free fried chicken and waffles inside Atlanta's Krog Street Market food hall. The restaurant had won recognition as Atlanta Magazine's best chicken and waffles and Creative Loafing's best chicken sandwich, according to its own website, which also promoted the chicken as spicy and delicious. The site, checked 2026-09-08, displays a 'Currently Closed' banner directing customers to call (678) 515-4620 for more information, while a merchandise-only storefront and a photo gallery page remain linked from the homepage's navigation menu alongside about and contact links. Google Places lists the business's status as permanently closed. No reopening, relocation, or new ownership has been reported for Richards' Southern Fried since the episode aired.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- richardssouthernfried.com http://richardssouthernfried.com/
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Record fp-1278 · checked by Cal Marchetti.