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What Happened to The Piggery After Food Paradise? (Chicago, IL)

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As of September 2026, The Piggery has closed — confirmed via thepiggerychicago.com, September 8, 2026.

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What the source shows: Google Places marks the business as permanently closed, and its website returned an HTTP 403 error when checked 2026-09-08.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

The pork-centered 'Hog Wild' episode (S18E7) featured The Piggery for its Piggery Cuban Sandwich and pork belly pastrami sliders, according to Wikipedia's Food Paradise season 18 episode guide. The restaurant operated at 1625 W Irving Park Road in Chicago's North Center neighborhood, according to Google Places. A Google Places listing marks The Piggery as permanently closed. The business's website, thepiggerychicago.com, returned an HTTP 403 error when checked on 2026-09-08 and would not load, consistent with the closure. No news source giving a specific closure date was found in this review, so the exact date the restaurant stopped operating remains unknown. No successor business or new ownership at the Irving Park Road address was identified in the evidence reviewed for this record.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 18, Episode 7
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Hog Wild
What was featured
Piggery Cuban Sandwich and pork belly pastrami sliders
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The Piggery

Frequently asked questions

Is The Piggery still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, The Piggery has closed — confirmed via thepiggerychicago.com, September 8, 2026.

What happened to The Piggery after Food Paradise?

The pork-centered 'Hog Wild' episode (S18E7) featured The Piggery for its Piggery Cuban Sandwich and pork belly pastrami sliders, according to Wikipedia's Food Paradise season 18 episode guide. As of September 2026, The Piggery has closed — confirmed via thepiggerychicago.com, September 8, 2026.

Is The Piggery permanently closed?

As of September 2026, The Piggery has closed — confirmed via thepiggerychicago.com, September 8, 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is The Piggery located?

1625 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured The Piggery?

Season 18, Episode 7 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Hog Wild”.

What do reviews say since Food Paradise?

No news source giving a specific closure date was found in this review, so the exact date the restaurant stopped operating remains unknown. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Visit info

Address
1625 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
thepiggerychicago.com

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