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What Happened to The Lady & Sons After Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4 Savannah, Georgia

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, The Lady & Sons has closed — confirmed via cbsnews.com, August 1, 2025.

What the source shows: CBS News reported on 2025-08-01, quoting Paula Deen, that The Lady & Sons served its last meal on 2025-07-31, and the restaurant's own website (ladyandsons.com) returned an HTTP 404 error on the 2026-09-08 site check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

On "Cake Walk," The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured Paula Deen's Southern comfort-food menu at The Lady & Sons, the restaurant she ran with sons Jamie and Bobby Deen in Savannah's City Market/Historic District at 102 West Congress Street. CBS News reported on 2025-08-01 that Deen called July 31, 2025 "the last day of service" for the restaurant, closing after 36 years in business according to that report. CBS News also reported that a sign posted at the restaurant's entrance read that the Deen family had "retired and closed."

The Lady & Sons' own website (ladyandsons.com) returned an HTTP 404 error during a site check on 2026-09-08, consistent with the closure reported the prior year. Coverage of the announcement noted the Deen family planned to focus on the four Paula Deen's Family Kitchen locations operating elsewhere.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 4

Episode 6
Air date not confirmed
Title: Cake Walk · What was featured: Paula Deen's Southern comfort cooking at her Savannah restaurant

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. cbsnews.com https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paula-deen-lady-and-sons-closes-savannah-georgia/
  2. yahoo.com https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/paula-deen-abruptly-closes-restaurant-005024079.html
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