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Paula who Shared her decision to close two of her best -known restaurants suddenly.
“Hey, ya’ll, my sons and I made the warm decision that Thursday, July 31st, was the last day of the service to the Lady & Sons and the Chicken Box,” wrote Deen, 78, through his restaurant The Lady & Son’s Official Facebook page.
“Thank you all for the wonderful memories and loyalty over the last 36 years,” the announcement continued. “We have endless love and thanksgiving to every customer who has walked through the doors. We are equally grateful to our amazing staff – past and present – whose hard work, care, and hospitality of the Lady & Sons did what it was.”
The former food network went on to explain that “Savannah will always be our home,” adding “we will always be here to support our wonderful community.”
“We will now focus on the four locations of the Paula Deen family kitchen nationwide – at Pigeon Forge, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, and Branson,” the post concluded. “We are excited to continue visiting these restaurants regularly, starting with Branson on August 8th.”
The restaurant owners then shared contact information for anyone with future doubts in the two restaurants now closed. The statement was signed by Deen and her sons, Jamie and Bobby.
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Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for a non -obstructive eveDeen has been enjoying a quieter life since hosting various food network shows and after a scandal in 2013, where the cook admitted to using racial slugs during a taped deposition. At the time, Deen was charged with a former worker of racial discrimination. Eventually, both sides agreed to drop the legal dispute “without awarding costs or fees to any party.”
“I had to pull myself and sit quietly so I could think and see things from every angle,” said Deen during appearance in 2014 Today of the event. “Words are so powerful. They can hurt, they can make people happy – well, my words hurt people. They disappointed people. Actually, I disappointed myself. For that, I’m so sorry. I’m sorry for the hurt until I caused people because it went deep. It went deep. People lost their jobs, it went deep to America.
Since then, Deen has slowly returned to the spotlight through his YouTube channel, which has so far accumulated 518,000 subscribers.
She has also stayed close to her two sons and her husband by more than two decades, Michael Groover.
“Happy birthday is 21 for the man who always puts a smile on my face!” He wrote through Instagram in March 2025. “I always thought our wedding would be the happiest day of my life, but every day with you is getting better and improving.”