Auntie Anne's Pretzels – C18
Hours
6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Alcohol
No
Finding it
Auntie Anne's Pretzels – C18 is in Concourse C, Near Gate C18 in Terminal 1 near Gate C18 at O'Hare International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gate C18
Terminal 1 has 6 places to eat in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Auntie Anne's Pretzels – C18 opens at 6am and closes at 9pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical ORD checkpoint queue at 23 minutes around 6am.
Across the week, ORD security runs longest around 4am at a median of 27 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 1 minute. The queue is typically building before this location opens.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's ORD wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
This Auntie Anne's sits right at gate C18, one stop past America's Dog and the McDonald's counter on the same concourse. It's the Terminal 1 half of O'Hare's two Auntie Anne's counters; the other sits across the field near gate E4 in Terminal 2's Concourse E, so a passenger connecting between the two terminals won't find a repeat without clearing security again on the far side. On Concourse C it's the pretzel option, distinct from the hot dog and burger counters flanking it, giving C-gate travelers a snack stop that isn't a full meal.
What to expect
- pretzel
Other options in Terminal 1
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- O'Hare International Airport — Wikipedia, checked 2026-09-04
- Dine | Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) — Chicago Department of Aviation, checked 2026-09-09
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.