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What Happened to Revival Southern Food After Food Paradise? (Decatur, GA)

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As of September 2026, Revival Southern Food has closed — confirmed via ajc.com, January 14, 2023.

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Yelp ·

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What the source shows: AJC and Decaturish reported the restaurant's abrupt closure in January 2023; Yelp's listing, updated February 2026, still shows the restaurant as closed, and Google Places lists the business as permanently closed.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

In the Season 9 episode 'Iconic Eats' (fp-s9e11), the show featured Revival, a Decatur restaurant from chef Kevin Gillespie built around modern Southern comfort food served from a house on Church Street in downtown Decatur. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's restaurant blog, Revival closed abruptly on January 14, 2023, ending its run as a fixture of the Decatur dining scene. Decaturish reported that Gillespie described a break-in and theft of the restaurant's safe around the start of 2023 as one factor in the closure, and said afterward that he intended to look for a new location and hoped to reopen the Revival brand within about a year. No successor restaurant using the Revival name has been reported at the Church Street address. Yelp's listing for the Church Street address, updated February 2026, continues to show the restaurant as closed, and Google Places lists the business as permanently closed.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 9, Episode 11
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Iconic Eats
What was featured
chef Kevin Gillespie's modern Southern comfort food
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Revival Southern Food

Frequently asked questions

Is Revival Southern Food still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Revival Southern Food has closed — confirmed via ajc.com, January 14, 2023.

What happened to Revival Southern Food after Food Paradise?

In the Season 9 episode 'Iconic Eats' (fp-s9e11), the show featured Revival, a Decatur restaurant from chef Kevin Gillespie built around modern Southern comfort food served from a house on Church Street in downtown Decatur. As of September 2026, Revival Southern Food has closed — confirmed via ajc.com, January 14, 2023.

Is Revival Southern Food permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Revival Southern Food has closed — confirmed via ajc.com, January 14, 2023. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Revival Southern Food located?

129 Church St, Decatur, GA 30030. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured Revival Southern Food?

Season 9, Episode 11 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Iconic Eats”.

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Visit info

Address
129 Church St, Decatur, GA 30030
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
None found

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Sources

  • ajc.com — https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/atlanta-restaurant-blog/revival-closed-in-decatur/3LHBC2ESJRD75NEHYAC6IAV4EE/
  • decaturish.com — https://www.decaturish.com/business/update-kevin-gillespie-s-revival-restaurant-closes-in-decatur-may-reopen-in-new-location/article_ca593915-ddb3-52c9-a857-f83a7236bf03.html
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/revival-decatur

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