December 5, 20196 yr For those who do a fair bit of travel but might be going to a new city/airport, perhaps some good insights might be helpful. I type this because I had one of the better airport meals at MSY at Emeril's Table. Great gumbo and excellent pork chop. Destroys IAH's Pappadeaux offering.
December 5, 20196 yr PDX has several good options, but I usually end up in hopworks or getting beer to go past security. Deschutes is also an option I enjoy the less sucky Bayless torta joint in ohare. I’ve been told there are better options but I haven’t branched out yet. DIA I end up in Root Down.
December 5, 20196 yr MIA: La Carretta or Kuva for Cuban food. If you eat at LA C you can walk just a few steps to Versailles and grab a cortadito for a post-meal caffiene boost, unless you're OK with the impending food coma.
December 5, 20196 yr Chicago Midway: Gold Coast Dogs O'Hare: Frontera Grill, Publican Tavern (Terminal 3) SFO Terminal 2: Plant Cafe SFO Terminal 3: Limon Rotisserie, Super Duper Burger Houston Hobby: Pappasito's in the food court Bergstrom: Salt Lick, Taco Deli, Eastside Pies
December 5, 20196 yr Author DFW: Terminal A has Salt Lick at the skybridge (A16?). That's always solid. CLT: Decent BBQ too, forget what it's called.
December 5, 20196 yr Chicago Midway: Gold Coast Dogs O'Hare: Frontera Grill, Publican Tavern (Terminal 3) SFO Terminal 2: Plant Cafe SFO Terminal 3: Limon Rotisserie, Super Duper Burger Houston Hobby: Pappasito's in the food court Bergstrom: Salt Lick, Taco Deli, Eastside PiesThe owner of Gold Coast dogs is a cool dude. Terminal 3 at ORD has good options, the United terminal sucks.Pappadeux at DFW term A is awful.Love Field has Whataburger LGA should be good in 2 years.JFK terminal 5(JetBlue) has decent options ATL has a lot of fast foodSFO (terminal where virgin flies from) has solid options SNA sucksNewark sucks Pittsburgh sucks
December 5, 20196 yr ATL: One Flew South. Sushi bar and southern food with some fusion. Really, really good, even buy non-airport standards. Always in the top 5 lists of best airport restaurants. Eat there, then go drink at the Sky Club PHX: Matt’s Big Breakfast. All scratch made. Pretty much considered the top breakfast airport restaurant, and it is good. Love: Stephen Pyle’s Sky Canyon Often at DFW, IAH, SFO, and PHL but I am usually at the Centurion, so not much help. There are some good restaurants at Terminal D at DFW (Abacus, White Tail)
December 5, 20196 yr I can’t remember the names but Sacramento has some excellent options that I’ve tried in visits this year. Terminal B (Southwest) is really nice. San Diego has several good bars with local drafts. Phoenix has multiple good spots and one of the better connection cities for short layover. Some serious talent I’ve noticed on my visits this year as well. Newark and Kansas City suck ass. Edited December 5, 20196 yr by MalibuSheriff
December 5, 20196 yr Newark and Kansas City suck ass.KC is bizarre in that most of the restaurants are before you go through security. At the SWA gates, the best place is the fucking premade sandwich stand. I hate that shitty airport.
December 5, 20196 yr There's a brewery in Tampa terminal C. Also, the food in Tampa sucks so bad that people are willing to drive to the airport and go through security just to eat at potbelly.
December 5, 20196 yr 18 hours ago, 6th Street said: Chicago Midway: Gold Coast Dogs O'Hare: Frontera Grill, Publican Tavern (Terminal 3) SFO Terminal 2: Plant Cafe SFO Terminal 3: Limon Rotisserie, Super Duper Burger Houston Hobby: Pappasito's in the food court Bergstrom: Salt Lick, Taco Deli, Eastside Pies O’Hare Terminal 1: Billy Goat Tavern & Grill
December 5, 20196 yr My favorite two HOU: Papasitos in the international departures area which is never busy MEX: La Mansion
December 5, 20196 yr 21 hours ago, Rougarou said: For those who do a fair bit of travel but might be going to a new city/airport, perhaps some good insights might be helpful. I type this because I had one of the better airport meals at MSY at Emeril's Table. Great gumbo and excellent pork chop. Destroys IAH's Pappadeaux offering. The pizza place at the new MSY is pretty good as well.
December 5, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, CooterBrown said: KC is bizarre in that most of the restaurants are before you go through security. At the SWA gates, the best place is the fucking premade sandwich stand. I hate that shitty airport. But on the other hand, there's no reason to go through security at MCI until it's time to board, because each gate has a security gate and once you're through security all you can do is sit at your gate with your thumb up your ass.
December 5, 20196 yr 55 minutes ago, TornACL said: But on the other hand, there's no reason to go through security at MCI until it's time to board, because each gate has a security gate and once you're through security all you can do is sit at your gate with your thumb up your ass. Just went through MCI last week. They’ve torn down one of the old terminals and they’re building a brand new airport. They’ll finally have one main security gate.
December 6, 20196 yr In the Virgin/now Alaska terminal at SFO, there is a bar/restaurant called Cat Cora's Kitchen that always has a rotating IPA from Fieldwork Brewing. Always great to have one more solid California-only brew before heading home.
December 6, 20196 yr 22 hours ago, 6th Street said: Chicago Midway: Gold Coast Dogs O'Hare: Frontera Grill, Publican Tavern (Terminal 3) SFO Terminal 2: Plant Cafe SFO Terminal 3: Limon Rotisserie, Super Duper Burger Houston Hobby: Pappasito's in the food court Bergstrom: Salt Lick, Taco Deli, Eastside Pies I know a shit-ton of people on here know Bergstrom like the back of their hand, but the brisket breakfast burrito, if you're on an early connection is most satisfactory...
December 6, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, hookem17 said: Just went through MCI last week. They’ve torn down one of the old terminals and they’re building a brand new airport. They’ll finally have one main security gate. As long as they kept that hilarious display case that shows items not allowed through security, one of which is a full size chainsaw.
December 6, 20196 yr 4 hours ago, HornPhD said: O’Hare Terminal 1: Billy Goat Tavern & Grill cheeseburger cheeseburger pepsi pepsi
December 6, 20196 yr I almost always eat at Gold Coast Dogs to get a combo when I fly out of Midway, but don't sleep on Arami Sushi or Big and Little's. Those are also two solid options.
December 6, 20196 yr DFW has gotten way better even though it's mostly chains. Shake Shack, Wing Stop, the two Pappas, Salt Lick. Haven't been to Terminal B in a while but they had good sit-down options on both ends. PHL has also stepped it up, though I rarely eat there. Bud & Marilyn's is a great local place and they just opened a huge space at the front of Terminal C. There's also a Jim's Steaks in B, Geno's in B/C food court and Tony Luke's in F. So cheesesteaks are covered. Everything always seems packed in LAX, PHX and the two Chicago airports. Kansas City just says fuck it, let people starve.
December 6, 20196 yr Quote Everything always seems packed in LAX, PHX and the two Chicago airports. Kansas City just says fuck it, let people starve. Yep. LAX is a damn zoo. However, if you rent a car (especially since new Uber LAX pickup is so f’ed up), there is an absolutely bad ass Greek restaurant called Aliki’s Greek Taverna directly across the street from Hertz at the SE corner of Airport and Westchester. It right in front of super sketchy looking motel but restaurant is separate family owned business that is awesome.
December 6, 20196 yr ^^^^ or go to In-N-Out next to the airport. Go outside and watch the plains fly over your head.
December 9, 20196 yr On 12/4/2019 at 8:55 PM, Stunns38 said: Pittsburgh sucks Primanti Bros isn't bad. IAH terminal B has a Whataburger and that terminal is usually pretty empty. Edited December 9, 20196 yr by WBT
December 9, 20196 yr On 12/4/2019 at 6:05 PM, drt said: PDX has several good options, but I usually end up in hopworks or getting beer to go past security. Deschutes is also an option I enjoy the less sucky Bayless torta joint in ohare. I’ve been told there are better options but I haven’t branched out yet. DIA I end up in Root Down. Henry's Tavern is also a solid option at PDX. PDX has a lot of good options. I'm usually in SeaTac which as a whole really sucks for food and overpriced beer. Sadly I am usually more excited for Pei Wei at SeaTac than anything else, and also grabbing as many samples of Beachers cheese as possible.
December 9, 20196 yr There is a sushi place between terminals at O’hare. It’s pretty good and always has flight attendants there.
December 9, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, HenryJames said: Tortas Frontera at O'Hare. This. Second time it was mentioned in this thread and it's legit. The Milanesa is what I've always ordered. In FLL I love Sergio's near the C gates. The chicken chimichurri plate with beans, rice, and fried plantains is excellent. IAH terminal B has a Whataburger.
December 10, 20196 yr This. Second time it was mentioned in this thread and it's legit. The Milanesa is what I've always ordered. In FLL I love Sergio's near the C gates. The chicken chimichurri plate with beans, rice, and fried plantains is excellent. IAH terminal B has a Whataburger. I think this place was the runaway favorite on the other sites thread that’s similar to this one.
December 10, 20196 yr If you're connecting at ORD, you can use the Frontera Grill app to order when you land and skip the line.
December 10, 20196 yr There’s a river city brewery restaurant in the Wichita, KS airport that has one of the best airport burgers I’ve ever had. Pretty good beer too.
December 11, 20196 yr Author On 12/10/2019 at 6:37 AM, Bartles said: Ain't been roun' Termnal E since nigh-on and two Yes, Terminal E is the Wal-mart Terminal for sure (heavy Spirit presence). if you are flying a small airplane to a small market city it was always Terminal B. For the longest time Terminal B didn't have a tsa precheck queue (I think they had the card out, and you still have to take your laptop out, and such?), so I'd go through precheck at Terminal A. The precheck line spits you out right at the Dallas Cowboys Bar/Grill, which has a pretty solid omelette if it's the first flight of the day. Otherwise you can go down to the Lorena y something-or-another Tapas place and they have a good South American breakfast with eggs and steak. There is a Johnston & Murphy at A30 where I've got my last few pairs of shoes and belts the past couple of years as well. If it's lunch or dinner, I'd walk down to A16 where the Salt Lick is and order $30 worth of food and expense it. You can't get the ribs a la carte (per ounce, actually) like you can the sausage and brisket. From there the SkyBridge is up the escalator. However recently I've been eschewing that routine and going straight to Terminal B and eating Cousin's BBQ which is better than Salt Lick, really.
December 13, 20196 yr If you have time at DFW, the right play is to take Skylink to D and eat at one of the many fine options there. Especially the places in the corner areas of the terminal. Some spots are upstairs on the second floor, there is tons of room, and you can find a quiet table away from the idiot masses. In the right spot, it doesn't even feel like you're at the airport.
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