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Where Is Gnarly Knots Pretzel Co. Now? Food Paradise Update (Lombard, IL)

Food Paradise, Season 11 Lombard, Illinois

Current status

Relocated

As of October 2026, Gnarly Knots Pretzel Co. has relocated to 100 W St Charles Rd, Lombard, IL — confirmed via the business's own website/social account, accessed February 21, 2022. The original location is closed.

What the source shows: The Daily Herald reported 2022-02-21 that Gnarly Knots would close its Winfield location and relocate to downtown Lombard, and the business's current website, checked 2026-09-08, lists the Lombard address with an active online-ordering system. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Gnarly Knots Pretzel Co. appeared in the episode 'Carb Overload' at its original Winfield, Illinois storefront, featured for its handcrafted, Bavarian-style stuffed pretzels served with house-made soups and sauces, in combinations such as pepperoni-and-pretzel or Italian beef-and-pretzel. According to the Daily Herald, the business was founded in 2010 and opened its Winfield shop, at 27W570 High Lake Road, in 2013. The Daily Herald reported on 2022-02-21 that Gnarly Knots would close the Winfield location and relocate to downtown Lombard, Illinois, to allow the business to grow. The company's current website, gnarlyknots.com, checked 2026-09-08, listed its address as 100 W St Charles Rd in Lombard, with an active online-ordering system and no mention of the earlier Winfield storefront among its current locations.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 11

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Carb Overload · What was featured: Bavarian-style stuffed pretzels with house-made soups and sauces
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. dailyherald.com https://www.dailyherald.com/20220221/business/gnarly-knots-pretzel-co-to-close-in-winfield-and-relocate-to-lombard/
  2. gnarlyknots.com https://gnarlyknots.com/
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