TV Restaurants

Is Time Out Still Open? Man v. Food Update (Chapel Hill, NC)

Man v. Food, Season 1 Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Time Out is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Time-Out's own website shows an active online ordering system, and a Yelp listing for the East Franklin Street location, updated 2026-05, shows no closure notice. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

The episode featured Time-Out's Chicken Cheddar Biscuit, a fried-chicken sandwich the restaurant markets as an award-winning specialty. Time-Out is a 24-hour Southern restaurant in downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on East Franklin Street, serving the university community since 1978. According to the restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, the site listed an active online ordering system and described current menu offerings. A Yelp listing for the East Franklin Street location, updated 2026-05, showed 184 reviews with no closure notice. The Visit Chapel Hill tourism site also listed Time-Out as an open, operating restaurant, noting its location on Franklin Street in downtown Chapel Hill. The site also listed catering services for parties of ten to one hundred eighty guests. No dated evidence indicated the business had closed or relocated.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 1

Episode 17
Aired
What was featured: the Chicken Cheddar Biscuit sandwich
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

Also in Season 1 Man v. Food

Season 1: 38 of 48 still open · 1 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. timeout247.com http://timeout247.com/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/time-out-restaurant-chapel-hill-3
  3. visitchapelhill.org https://www.visitchapelhill.org/listing/time-out-restaurant/252/
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Record mvf-047 · checked by Cal Marchetti.