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This page aggregates knowledge about airport restaurants, with an eye towards the better ones. Order is alphabetical by city. Don't worry about formatting. I (Bryan) will clean things up as we go. Content is what matters here. If you can, please comment on the price and value (thanks, Wolf). Atlanta Paschals Restaurant. The venerable southern restaurant brought its famous dishes to Hartsfield's Concourse C in the Gate Centerpoint and in the Atrium. The fried chicken and catfish is especially tasty. Atlanta Bread Company, Hartsfield Atrium. Great sandwiches and salads. The chinese chicken salad is a particular favorite. And it's open 24 hours a day just in case you're stuck at the airport. Austin The Salt Lick. Decent, fast bbq.
Harlon's BBQ: Good ribs, great french fries. Ask for lots of napkins. A little pricey. Baltimore The Vino Volo wine store in the Southwest Airlines Concourse near gate A13. Not only can you get great small dishes -- artesal cheese plate, steak/potatoe plate, mixed sausage plate -- you can get fine wines by the glass or in a tasting flight. And they sell food and bottled wine to go. It's a lovely oasis and bonus - there are power outlets at each table!! Benet Wilson Attach: VinoVoloinside.jpg Boston Logan Legal Test Kitchen in Logan Airport,
1 Harborside Drive
Logan International Airport Terminal A
Boston, MA 02128
Phone: (617) 568-1888
Fax: 617 568-2888,
Chef: Paul Booras
Hours: 5:00 am - 9:00 pm
Legal Test Kitchen is a new concept for the traveler on the go. The Legal Test Kitchen offers contemporary global cusine at warp speed. Seating 80 guests, you can enjoy a full meal in about 15 minutes or choose from a wide selection of fresh made, grab and go sandwiches.
The light hearted atmosphere is complimented with a black, white and red decor, Fully stocked red granite bar and large tv's for travelers with a long layover.
Burlington One Flight Up, eclectic American. Located on second floor, easy to find. Very good food, good service. The chef experiments daily. Google Maps info
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) At the intersection of concourse C & D/E on the main level is a great place called Tequileria. Excellent Mexican food, great selection, calming ambiance, pleasant staff and very quick service. The waiter tried to get us to sample one of their many selections of tequila (obviously their specialty) - we didn't, but the choices were vast if that's your drink. Map (PDF) | Video (Quicktime) (video is from Travel ala Mode)
 Chicago O'Hare Billy Goat Tavern Legendary greasy spoon hamburgers. In Terminal 1, Concourse C food court.
Berghoff Cafe. This bar and carvery at O'Hare offers hand-carved sandwiches, salads, pizza, and their Berghoff label beer along with a full complement of beer, wine and liquor. Terminal 1, Concourse C, Gate 25. Open 5:30am-9:30pm
 Give Burrito Beach a try: it is in the American concourse food court. Huge burrito <$7 --Anne Lake Forest College Denver (DIA) There is a Hope's Cookies in DIA, Concourse A, 303.342.0300, Mon-Sun 5 AM-9 PM They're local to Philly and make some great gourmet cookies.
I've also had okay bistro food in DIA. Maybe Chef Jimmy's Bistro & Spirits in Concourse A?
Concourse B: Pour La France is recommended, bistro better than sit-down.
Detroit (DTW) There's a good Irish pub on Concourse B at the MacNamara Terminal. It's even Guinness-affiliated.
 (from Bryan's Flickr) Across from it is a series of lame food joints - skip 'em. If you have time, the airport Westin has a congenial bar/restaurant, Dema, in a spectacular atrium complete with a bamboo forest - accessible from Concourse A.
Coney Island at the end of A terminal, right near the main nexus, has fast service and good hot dogs.
Japanese sushi/bento box place in the food court near the fountains.
There's a great place to get a peanut-butter-and-banana sandwich in concourse C: PB&Js, I think. $6+ for a sandwich but so worth it.
Frankfurt Airport TAKEoff Food Corner A pretty decent pasta/Asian/sushi place. The restaurant is located in terminal 1, area A. Open 6:00am-10:00pm
Hong Kong (HKG) HKG has some traditionally Hong Kong-styled restaurants just beyond security after check-in. Reasonably priced jook and similar homestyle/local restaurant foods.
Houston Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen (via Sokolov article)
Harlon's Barbeque. Multiple locations. I believe one is in terminal C but someone should verify this. The one I ate at was tucked a little bit out of the way behind some much glitzier, neon-heavy chain stores in a small food court. Decent-size portions, reasonably good ribs, okay brisket and links, unremarkable sauce, good coleslaw and beans, about ten dollars for a hefty meal. Linkage: Company website (very out of date), positive Yelp review. I thought it was pretty good, but I'm no connoisseur.
A few IAH reviews from Chowhound.
Kansas City Arthur Bryant's BBQ in Terminal B near Gate 56. The legendary BBQ restaurant comes to the airport. The ribs are to die for!! Benet Wilson London Heathrow Terminal Five LHR Terminal Five, the new British Airways terminal, got a lot of well-deserved bad publicity for fouling up their opening (lost luggage, cancelled flights, etc), but it's full of some of the best restaurants I've seen in any airport. (Howard Rheingold)
Los Angeles (LAX) One Berghoff outlet around gate 70.
Minneapolis (MSP) French Meadow organic bakery, concourse F. As well as Concourse E. Lots of organic / vegan bakery items and fruit, great coffee. Especially helpful for me as they have some sugar free goodies (Alan L)
Nashville Noshville is a real Jewish-style deli in Nashville's airport. The potato pancakes were excellent.
New York: Kennedy Terminal 2 (Delta) at Kennedy Airport. Balducci’s satellite.
New York: LaGuardia Newark Rio Douro Cafe, Portuguese cuisine. Located in food court between gates 70 and 90.
Orlando The food court outside security has a Krispy Kreme outlet, complete with the hot donut flashing sign. Mmmmmm..... Benet Wilson Philadelphia Cibo Bistro & Wine Bar - nice ambience, from cloth tablecloths to good jazz and cool color scheme. Decent breakfast, with rich omelette. Service sometimes slow. On in terminal B, another in A West.
Phoenix Taberna del Tequila (or "Tequileria"), Mexican cuisine. Bar and grill across from Gate A23.
Notes: decent food, served fast. The servers are surly, and half-efficient. I could have gotten at least one more drink in had they moved faster. Prices not cheap but normal for sit-down meal by airport standards. The margarita's are a cash-grab, not worth the outlay. Free wireless in this section of airport. Smoking in most parts of restaurant, small non-smoking section, reasonable air quality. Great spot for people watching and eavesdropping, I type this at a table next to a thirty-something bombshell talking dirty to her older businessman-type, by tone and general drift it seems certain they are on an illicit adventure. If not, they should write a book on adding spice to a marriage.
Its nothing too special, but I always stop at Blue Burrito. And the whole freaking airport has free wireless, take that T-Mobile thugs! Other airports, please emulate!
Seattle The Vino Volo wine store in the Central Terminal Marketplace. Not only can you get great small dishes -- artesal cheese plate, steak/potatoe plate, mixed sausage plate -- you can get fine wines by the glass or in a tasting flight. And they sell food and bottled wine to go. It's a lovely oasis and bonus - there are power outlets at each table!! Benet Wilson Tampa Marriott Hotel "The View at CK's Revolving Rooftop Restaurant" 5:00pm - 9:00pm Sun - Thur 5:00pm - 10:00pm Fri & Sat (enter hotel from the main landside terminal)
Tokyo (NRT) NRT has several Japanese restaurants (of the everyday, normal type...not exactly sushi/teppanyaki stuff) scattered throughout that tend to be priced similarly to Tokyo with similar food quality...which is to say expensive and decent, but no more expensive than anywhere else if you head into Tokyo. I seem to recall spending no more than 1000 yen even on large meals and could definitely be fed for around 500-600 yen.
Vancouver Tim Bray recommends one sushi place. He doesn't name it, but offers this description: Just around the corner [from the Air Canada frequent-flyer lounge] there’s an Asian-food joint that sells a passable tray of sushi at a fair price...
Washington Dulles (IAD) California Tortilla Located in Concourse C at C22. Not the best Mexican food I've ever eaten (like that awesome family-run Mexican seafood restaurant off I-5 in the valley), but better than average and only moderately priced. Everything made fresh daily, except for their collection of 75 different hot sauces.
The Vino Volo wine store in the United Airlines Concourse C near gate C1. Not only can you get great small dishes -- artesal cheese plate, steak/potatoe plate, mixed sausage plate -- you can get fine wines by the glass or in a tasting flight. And they sell food and bottled wine to go. It's a lovely oasis and bonus - there are power outlets at each table!! Benet Wilson Washington Regan National (DCA) Legal Sea Foods Located in Terminal C of the new wing of the airport. We like it enough that we have used this as a lunch rendezvous. Another good thing is if you tell them you are short on time they'll try to serve you more quickly or will at least let you know what food choices can be delivered more quickly. -- c/o George Brett
Matsutake Sushi in the National Hall Center. Airport offshoot of a popular area sushi bar and restaurant. If you're a sushi lover, this place is great. Make sure to try the chef's special rolls. Benet Wilson
This wiki blogged by Aviation Week, October 2007. Question for everyone: how low should we go? Should we mention bad ones to avoid, so-so ones only in case of starvation? |