Is Pretzel Cart Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 19 Ferndale, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Pretzel Cart is listed open on visitferndale.com, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: A nonprofit, student-run mobile pretzel cart tied to Guy Fieri's hometown; remains the Humboldt County Fair's active pretzel operator as an ongoing seasonal community fixture, not a defunct one-off stand. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 19, Episode 1
- Aired
- Address 1250 Fifth St, Ferndale, CA 95536
- Now called The Awesome Pretzel Co.
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?
Guy Fieri returned to Ferndale, California, his hometown, to revisit the pretzel cart he built with his father at age 10, for the "Guy's Hometown Tour" episode that aired February 7, 2014, according to CNBC's 2020 feature on Fieri's first food business. The cart, then called The Awesome Pretzel Co., sold salt-studded pretzels at local events, according to the same CNBC report. Visit Ferndale, the town's tourism website, describes the pretzel cart concept as continuing today as a nonprofit through which Ferndale Elementary students learn cooking and business skills, appearing at events such as the Humboldt County Fair at the town's fairgrounds. Visit Ferndale's page does not give a specific date for when the booth last operated, and no 2025 or 2026 news coverage, fair program listing, or social-media post confirming its continued operation turned up in this research pass.
The episode
Also in Season 19
Season 19: 30 of 61 still open · 5 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 1Humboldt Sweets
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Ep 1Ivanhoe
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Ep 2Black Tree
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Ep 2Queen's Comfort
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Sources we checked
- cnbc.com https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/03/guy-fieris-first-food-business-was-this-childhood-pretzel-cart.html
- visitferndale.com https://www.visitferndale.com/blog/5-reasons-guy-fieri-loves-ferndale
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Record ddd-0655 · checked by Cal Marchetti.