Update: The Houston Health Department did temporarily shut down Tina Knowles’ gumbo stand at the Houston Rodeo.
KPRC2 News confirms Tina’s gumbo stand was shut down temporarily on Monday, March 16. The gumbo stand reopened on Tuesday, March 17.
JUST IN: @HoustonHealth Dept confirms Mama Tina's Gumbo at @RODEOHOUSTON was temporarily shut down. The department says the shutdown happened on Monday and the gumbo stand serving up Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles' recipe was able to reopen today.
? @KPRC2ReChelle pic.twitter.com/ZkVwWN3ip2— KPRC 2 Bryce Newberry (@KPRC2Bryce) March 18, 2026
Rodeo officials confirmed Tina had to address “clerical issues” before the stand could be reopened.
In statement to @KPRC2, Rodeo officials call it "clerical issues" that had to be addressed for Mama Tina's to reopen. We are awaiting more info from @HoustonHealth. pic.twitter.com/w28fffLs5r
— KPRC 2 Bryce Newberry (@KPRC2Bryce) March 18, 2026
Last week a man complained about a case of food poisoning after eating a cup of Mama Tina’s gumbo.
Like I said the gumbo look and more than likely tastes like salty dirty dish water and it's also leaving ppl sick as a dog ????? pic.twitter.com/wzpUW2SMZb
— J ? Y? (@_EscapeWithMe) March 10, 2026
A video circulating on social media shows a text message from a health department official to a woman who apparently got sick after eating Tina’s gumbo.
The text message claims Mama Tina’s gumbo stand was closed down due to a discrepancy in her application for a food permit.
The health dept. official said Mama Tina’s gumbo was discarded and the food that was stored in unapproved containers was also thrown out.
Tina was allowed to reopen her gumbo stand after she resubmitted her food permit application.
The Houston Health Department has shut down Tina Knowles (Beyoncé’s mother)’s gumbo business due to customers suffering from food pøisoning.? pic.twitter.com/6yChNYR9BQ
— BlackMedia__ (@BlackMedia___) March 18, 2026
Here’s what some X.com users had to say.
Wait so the rumors of the shop getting shut down was true
— ?. (@yah_deh1) March 18, 2026
Yeah, but I just looked it up. It was closed temporarily.
— Anime (@JereMother) March 18, 2026
The gumbo made you sick huh, not the 3 inch bacteria factory nails you have on and eat food with?
— Jeremy.sol (@JustJeremyB) March 18, 2026
Why does the mother of one of the richest people on earth sell gumbo?
— Jims buddy (@turlesilike) March 18, 2026
