Paula Deen closes shitty restaurant

Try again.

Heinous whore

Trump economy?

Probably ICE raided them. I'd expect nothing less from her.

Where’s the rest of her?

Their other four restaurants will remain open.

[Quote] The family said they will instead focus on their four remaining Paula Deen's Family Kitchen locations in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; and Branson, Missouri, which they will visit Aug. 8.

[quote] Paula Deen closes shitty restaurant

Uh oh. Did people figure out what the ingredients were in her pies?

Awww too bad for that racist, MAGA whore.

I stopped there for novelty’s sake a year or two ago on a roadtrip that took me through Savannah. It was awful and most everything looked and tasted like it came from a can.

I ate at one! It's ok. You order these dishes that are big enough for the whole family to share and they come out and they keep refilling them.

You're not allowed to take any leftovers home.

Trump Cunt

I thought she was dead.

She’s been hired to cook at the all new Trump Ballroom-D.C.

R13 Plantation theme menu probably.

Probably another employee lawsuit brewing at that branch, so she pulled the plug to shut it down.

She’s experienced difficulty in her life but has been able to turn it around, apparently.

I've been there a couple of times, long ago. The second time I was there was only because I had guests who really wanted to go, even though I told them it was not that good. They found out. The first thing I noticed was that many of the vegetables served were obviously canned. The fried okra (which I am passionate about when it's cooked properly) was burned to a crisp. The place relied on tourist trade since the locals soured on her and her restaurant long ago. She had to close the restaurant her dumb brother ran years ago. Frankly if she up and moved to a city where one of her remaining restaurants is located no one in Savannah would shed a tear. From all I've heard I think Paula is an old woman now (78) and checked out long ago, and has basically left everything up to her sons. Jamie is talented & smart, Bobby is a fraud with zero know-how in the restaurant industry.

I haven't paid close attention to the tourist numbers in town lately. At first sight it appears they haven't decreased noticeably. So I don't know how much the current issues with Trump's BS has caused this. Frankly, I think it's just a long time coming. From all I've heard I think Paula checked out long ago and has basically left everything up to her sons. Jamie is talented & smart, Bobby is a dope who would be working as a fry-cook somewhere if it wasn't for her mother.

About 20 years ago, my brother had a job interview in Savannah and we took him out to lunch afterwards. It was the height of “Lady and Sons” fame before all the scandals.

It was pretty terrible. As someone said above, everything seemed mushy and canned.

My brother remarked that the food reminded him of our grandmother’s cooking, and that was true enough. Our grandmother was always said to be some great cook, but her food was pretty terrible.

She was also a hateful bitch.

[quote]Uh oh. Did people figure out what the ingredients were in her pies?

gall, acid, vinegar

Did her son Bobby ever come out?

Paula wouldn’t allow it.

She looks like an elderly Katy Perry at r1.

The Radar article says she’s 68?! Unless they’re referring to her publicist which by be downright peculiar.

The article is a decade old r24

Paula "Hilly Hollbrook" Deen

What scandals, [R19]? I don’t follow this woman.

I initially saw her on a tv special where she stuck her face into a chocolate fountain lapping up the melted chocolate and thing's kind of went downhill from there.

I’m sure most of you crowing about this have never actually been to the restaurant. I’ll miss it, great food.

My favorite dish was the butter sandwich — three sticks of butter in between two thick slices of all-butter French pound cake, drizzled with melted butter.

Years back, a poster who claimed to know Katy Mixon said she claimed Bobby is gay. This was just after Katy and Bobby broke up. It wasn’t long after he was with a fresh, young beard getting married and pumping out kids.

Terrible food. As others have said - out of a can. Same as Sylvia's in Harlem.

Is Ms Wilkes any better?

Are the servers in blackface?

well, hell’s bells!

I knew Paula was a fraud many years ago. On her show she was doing a segment out at Fort Pulaski, a famous Civil War fort out on the way to Tybee island. She was demonstrating how they made "hoe cakes" back in the day when they literally cooked them on a shovel. She took out the shovel and then like a fool she sprayed Pam all over the shovel before pouring cooking oil on top of the Pam and held it over the fire to heat the oil up. I was literally screaming at the TV "WHY THEY FUCK DO YOU NEED TO SPRAY PAM ON THE SHOVEL YOU DUMB BITCH - DID YOU THINK THE COOKING OIL IS GOING TO STICK!!!".

‘’It’s like the end of the world’’

Too much catfish belly.

I got her Lady and Sons cookbook and I find it interesting.

Even the Neely's told Food Network Paula needed some diversity training. This is an early example of Paula's loose lip. She was on the Today show and a staffer was trying to correct something out of camera. Paula freaked out and gleefully asked "is he from this country?"

[quote]R29 My favorite dish was the butter sandwich — three sticks of butter in between two thick slices of all-butter French pound cake, drizzled with melted butter.

Those starter sandwiches were indeed delicious, but I myself loved the simplicity and continental charm of the Butter Fondue - cubes of frozen butter dipped on long pretzel sticks into a fragrant sauce of warm melted butter and white wine.

Unbeatable!

Entire sticks of butter? When should we schedule your triple bypass surgery?

You sound very judgmental.

R41 doesn't understand

He’s probably never had good country butter before.

Just margarine.

[quote]R29 I’m sure most of you crowing about this have never actually been to the restaurant. I’ll miss it, great food.

What I’ll miss is the Paula Parlors behind some of the restaurants, where you could get butter beauty treatments. A pure butter rinse to make blonde hair sparkle, butter buffs for cuticles and dry elbows, butter facials to moisten complexions and make them shine…

Those shops are in danger of being shut down due to a lot of slip and falls. Especially in the final hose down line.

If people would just keep their flip flops on those wouldn’t happen.

Butter's only good when it's deep-fried.

They can hire her to make her butter soup and butter stew at MAGA-Lardo.

She's MAGA?

I've made some of her recipes years back, her stuff isn't bad. I certainly preferred her over Sandra Lee and Ina Garten, who always seemed insufferable and too eye rollingly precious in her presentation.

[quote]I initially saw her on a tv special where she stuck her face into a chocolate fountain lapping up the melted chocolate and thing's kind of went downhill from there.

As one would expect.

Trilogy of Terror dentures.

Will there be a life size butter sculpture of Paula at her funeral?

AI Overview Here are some of the most popular and best-loved recipes from Paula Deen, according to her website and online communities:

Original Gooey Butter Cake: This dessert is consistently ranked as a top favorite and is considered one of Paula's most popular recipes overall.

Not Yo' Mama's Banana Pudding: This easy banana pudding recipe has been a top favorite for several years running.

Southern Fried Chicken: A classic Southern staple, Paula Deen's take on fried chicken is a popular choice among her fans.

Southern Peach Cobbler: This comforting and sweet dessert is another Paula Deen classic.

The Lady's Cheesy Mac: A rich and creamy baked mac and cheese recipe.

Corn Casserole: A popular side dish that pairs well with many meals.

Biscuits: Fluffy, Southern-style biscuits are a staple of her cuisine.

Old-Fashioned Meatloaf, AKA, Basic Meatloaf: A classic family dinner recipe that remains popular.

An early exposure I had to Ms. Deen was a holiday show where she made trifle.

Now, this is a traditional English recipe that layers brandy sprinkled sponge or pound cake (that’s then spread with preserves) with custard and whipped cream. You might do little variations, like add some berries or slivered almonds, but that’s basically it.

Well! Paula apparently never heard that because she used Coolwhip and chocolate sauce and threw in a bunch of crushed candy bars.

It looked disgusting.

R49 Yeah she openly endorsed Trump in 2024 and went to his inauguration ball this past January. She's apparently good friends with Lara Trump.

[quote] her stuff isn't bad

Most of her 'stuff' is nothing more than typical southern home cooking that most any southerner who had a good cook in the family grew up on. Nothing she ever presented was original to her. And one thing I can tell you is that all of her fancier dishes were dishes dreamed up by Food Network food stylists. They taught her the process of making them and she then went on camera acting like she'd been cooking and eating those dishes all her life. Fraud from the word go. I can guarantee you until she stared on TV she'd never even heard of shrimp & grits before. Nor has any southerner until they were created by some restaurant chef. So many of the so-called 'classic southern dishes' you've seen on TV food shows were just creations of TV food stylists. Real classic southern cooking is simple and cooked with lard, fat back, and the parts of pigs most people wouldn't eat if their lives depended on it.

Who actually thought most of these TV chefs' recipes come from their own kitchens?

Maga stinkshit! Pigfucker! Motherfucker!

The black staff walked out on her when she demanded they only use the back door and stay in the kitchen

I can't stand her, but you have no proof of that R59.

Paula's BMs burst the rivets on the sewer pipes!

She has a cooking series on YouTube and they're often posted on DL because she's almost always drunk out of her skull.

She only closed one?

The times I hated her the most was when she mispronounced common kitchen items. And if you aren't aware, the accent she used on her show was a total fake. She piled on the southern down home hick, with the "hey y'all" for TV. When she first got on TV, before she got her own show, she didn't talk like that at all. But when she would say "I'm gonna take this 'spachler' and lift this out of the pan", or "you want 2 cups of 'confectionant' sugar", I just wanted to grab her through the screen and choke her to death.

[quote]She's apparently good friends with Lara Trump

Hey y'all

Her Lasagna Soup recipe is interesting

1 lb ground chuck

1 chopped onion

1 chopped green bell pepper

3 cloves minced, plus 2 cloves smashed garlic

1 teaspoon thyme

1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar

1 (32 oz) box chicken broth

2 (14.5 oz) can petite diced tomatoes

1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

1/2 teaspoon Salt

2 cups broken lasagna noodles

1 (5 oz) package grated Parmesan cheese

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1 thin French baguette

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Then there's her Brown Sugar Bacon

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 TB Dijon mustard

8 slices thick-cut bacon

Sorry, I like her. She’s said the N word one time. That’s hardly grounds to ostracize her from society forever especially since all you raging fraus hating on her would never have as much disdain for a racist of another race .

I don’t dislike her. She grew up in Albany, Ga which to this day is like another planet. Shockingly low literacy rate, high crime rate. Of course you can buy a mansion on 5 acres for like $350,000.

I made her Better Than Sex Cake for a work potluck one time. The recipe was in one of her cookbooks. It was delicious but nothing extremely innovative. Her restaurant that's closing? Nothing special but the complimentary hoe cakes were good. I remember liking my mint julep too.

[quote] She's MAGA?

This surprises you? Did you think she was a hardcore liberal fighting for school renamings and reparations?

Schitty reschteraunt!

[quote] She’s said the N word one time

Are you thick? No one who utters that word, especially as easily as she did that time, has ever said it once. She grew up in Albany, Ga. in the 50s & 60s and I'm sure the N word was uttered in her house on a daily basis.

Paula's problem was that she got so caught up in her own fame and fortune she thought she could say anything in front of anyone and no one would have a problem with it. She is a prime example of what happens to ignorant buffoons when they are lucky enough to get their hands on lots of money, and in her case fame as well. She got a serious case of the 'big head' and after that came a worse case of the 'big mouth'.

She FAFOed in the worst way.

[quote]She’s said the N word one time. That’s hardly grounds to ostracize her from society forever

Yes, it is.

R7 wins.

R68 you think she’s only said that once? 😄😄😉 my sides!

[quote]She's MAGA?

Count me in as one who was shocked when Bobby got hitched and procreated. The ol’ gaydar used to ring big time on him.

R68, just admit you’re one of the deplorables.

[quote]raging fraus hating on her would never have as much disdain for a racist of another race .

Racist of another race? Lol! The textbook definition of racism is showing bigotry toward a person of a marginalized racial or ethnic group.

[quote]I got her Lady and Sons cookbook and I find it interesting.

Her early recipes weren't bad - the gooey cake recipe is very good (for gooey cake) about as others have noted, these things are southern staples and not necessarily anything exceptional. I think in the early days, Paula was able to successfully sell her personal story as much as her mediocre food.

Paula is old & likely completely senile, but Jamie (who ran the L&S empire for years) is probably late 50s/60s so he probably wants to retire too so they sold the brand to whatever crapfest they sell in scenic locals like Branson & Myrtle Beach and reap the (tax free) profits.

As much as people complain about being "cancelled", Paula is living proof of the fact that when people are sick of your shit, they just don't want to hear from you anymore, regardless of your political or personal beliefs.

[quote]Paula is old & likely completely senile, but Jamie (who ran the L&S empire for years) is probably late 50s/60s so he probably wants to retire too

Paula has a YouTube show and Jamie doesn’t seem to be in retirement mode based on his social media posts.

The fried butter looks more like unmixed butter in cookie dough rolled in flour and fried???

I've made her cranberry-pineapple Jell-O mold a few times at Thanksgiving. I's pretty good.

I'm betting she didn't give her employees one cent in severance pay.

R84 my grandma was making that in the 70s. Again, none of Deen's recipes are original.

You think so, R86? I got a recipe called Smug DLer. It starts with a stick butter shoved down your sassy throat.

Not R86, but we had the cranberry mold on our table throughout the holidays in the 70’s. Almost seems like it was a Jello recipe.

The banana pudding is pretty good for what it is -- an over-the-top dessert with lots of pudding & Cool Whip & cream cheese & bananas, topped with those cookies that look like chessmen. Make it the day before the party, chill overnight, feeds a lot of people & everyone says "OOOOOH!" when you bring it out. Nothing subtle about it, but you can serve just one little square to each diner & that's great after a big BBQ or chili feed.

I don't care how good some of her recipes are, she's an old racist MAGA cunt. No clicks for Paula.

R89, that banana pudding recipe link is not to her website, just one of the many other places it can be found.

Sorry, R91 is directed at R90.

So what? Your link still attributes the recipe to old MAGA cunt Paula R91.

Which one of you did this?

No decent southern cook would ever dare to use Cool Whip in a banana pudding, or in anything else for that matter. The banana puddings I grew up eating had pudding made from scratch (none of that boxed crap), whipped heavy cream, and meringue. It's where I learned to sprinkle a few turbinado sugar crystals on meringues before sliding them under the broiler. Those sugar crystals melt and turn into beautiful clear golden beads on you meringue.

The ham knew its assignment, R94, I'll say that much.

When she did her PAULA'S PARTY show, she had the Neelys on. Pat, obnoxious Gina and Pat's brothers. For some strange reason, when one of the younger, hotter Neely men came onstage, Bobby walked up to him and kissed him on the mouth. I wish it was on YouTube.

Are Jaime and Bobby MAGAs too?

I always got a vibe from Bobby that he’s into BBC.

Remember when some pharmaceutical company sign her to shill their diabetes medication?

Good times.

There have been a lot of rumors about Bobby and some sleazy underground fisting/BDSM clubs in Savannah. There were some photos floating around there for a quick minute.

I hope she dies

R68 - please do fuck off.

I love Paula Deen. She has a lucrative social media presence, and her simple recipes are great. Long live Paula!

No self respecting Southerner uses instant grits. I take pride in my grits.

This is from the 2013 deposition for a lawsuit brought by he GM of the Uncle Bubba's restaurant . This shows you just how delusional she had become. She thought she could say this crap and no one would ever think a thing bad about her. She happily admitted her racist comments. Looks like she took pride in them.

[quote] Lisa Jackson, the former general manager of her Savannah restaurant Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House, sued the TV chef and her brother Earl "Bubba" Hiers for sexual and racial workplace discrimination in a $1.2 million lawsuit. During the May 2013 deposition, Jackson's lawyers asked Deen a simple question that would destroy her career. When asked if she had ever used the N-word, Deen responded, "Yes, of course".

[quote] But that wasn't the most disturbing revelation. Jackson testified that Deen wanted "a true southern plantation-style wedding" for her brother's reception, with servers she described using racial slurs, saying "Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n—–s to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties". The deposition painted a picture of a woman whose public persona was completely at odds with her private attitudes and behavior.

[quote] There have been a lot of rumors about Bobby and some sleazy underground fisting/BDSM clubs in Savannah. There were some photos floating around there for a quick minute.

Bullshit. You have absolutely no proof of that whatsoever. That is something you just dreamed up to make it look like you had inside information.

I bet she's secretly vegan.

R105 = Bobby Deen.

You can run but you can’t hide.

But if you’re taking fists, you probably can’t run either 🥴🥴😈

Is Paula still married to her second husband? Michael Something?

R108 She's still married to Michael Groover, 21 years and counting.

Thanks, R109. I guess there really is a lid for every pot.

She seems to be a woman of her time. I suppose if she were of a more recent generation, she could see how offensive her language has been.

I met her husband Michael a few years ago in Key West he won the Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest at Sloppy Joes. Burly and furry - right up my alley, but those awful huge veneers were a turn off. Okay, I still would have done him but he was otherwise engaged.

R106 “2 sticks of butter, I use Follow Your Heart but you can follow your heart and use whichever brand y'all like.”

"I still would have done him but he was otherwise engaged"

Text me...

BLAAAAAAAWAAAA!

R114 Look me up on GROWLr. I’m one of 312 guys named BearLvr.

Trashy bitch

I remember that house she bought and had extensively renovated and enlarged. She says she wanted to down size her life. Plezzzz you lost everything you racist bitch. White Trash.

Modeled after her fur burger.

Well, I called it right. The word is now out. The bitch didn't even let her employees know they were about to be out of a job before she did the deed. Some of them got an email, and some of them learned they were out of a job on social media. In the email they were advised they would be getting a small severance and told to file for unemployment. Needless to say none of them are happy and are saying they were "done dirty". Deen immediately went on vacation after she shut the restaurants down.

^that's a really crappy way to treat people, many of whom I imagine had worked for them for years. It's one thing of your one step ahead of the IRS (and I've known restaurants that closed up shop overnight in an attempt to beat creditors), but if they have holdings/sold holdings to restaurants in other locations, the Deens have enough $$ to treat their employees with a bit of dignity.

I watched a somewhat recent clip of her on YouTube making some fan's recipe (?!). She was struggling following the recipe and her clueless assistant had to keep saving her. The old, racist hag could be on her way out. Who knows?

Are most of her employees black? I bet they are.

The reviews for her restaurant were initially glowing; what happened? Cost-cutting?

I'm betting there's something in this whole saga they're not telling. I think there is some illegalities involved somewhere, most likely tax issues. She's just the type to think she could stiff the government and nothing would ever be done to her.

The whole damn crew needs to leave Savannah and move to whatever state one of their other eateries is located.

I wonder how many of the employees are Latino. ICE raid. No restaurant workers.

The title of this thread makes me chuckle every time I see it.

Thanks, OP

They would fit in much better in Myrtle Beach.

That’s their speed.

Savannah is a pretty interesting place and trends blue to purple.

[quote] I'm betting there's something in this whole saga they're not telling.

I don’t know. I’ve seen local restaurants with a loyal customer base that closed down because the owner just wanted to get out for personal reasons and they didn’t want their restaurant to continue with a new owner using the same name and concept.