DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — In west suburban Lombard, inside the corner restaurant Gnarly Knots, Funi McLoughlin is hard at work, making soft pretzels. She was raised in suburban Philadelphia and brought her hometown’s signature street food to the Chicago area 13 years ago.
“It’s a simple twist,” she said as she flipped the pretzel dough. “I’ve been doing it so long that it just comes naturally.”
But there’s another twist to her story: Pretzels aren’t her passion. Art is.
“When I retire from pretzels,” McLoughlin said, “I’ll be full-time artist.”
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