On Monday (Mar.16), Tina Knowles’ gumbo booth at the 2026 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was briefly shut down. The Houston Health Department tells TMZ the shutdown was for “undisclosed reasons.” However, the closure didn’t last long; Mama Tina was back in the saddle, ready to serve up her famous gumbo a few days later on Wednesday (Mar.17).
“On Monday, March 16, 2026, the Houston Health Department issued a temporary closure of Mama Tina’s Gumbo booth at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as a result of a complaint investigation,” the Health Department tells TMZ. “The vendor was cooperative with the department’s recommendations and passed a subsequent inspection. It was authorized to reopen on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.”
