Best Airport Dining
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The hottest new dining destination in the world is… the airport? With celebrity chefs, local favorites and even Michelin stars, airports across the world are offering a dining experience that puts ordinary terrestrial dining to shame. Here are six of our favorite airport restaurants around the world.
1. Restaurant: AeroNuovo
Airport: JFK/New York (USA)
Chef Mark Ladner (Del Posto) has brought a full menu of Italian comfort food to JFK’s Terminal 5 where JetBlue passengers can fill up on prosciutto and arugula pizzas and rigatoni bolognese before they take off.
2. Restaurant: Top Air
Airport: STR/Stuttgart (Germany)
If you’re looking for award-winning airport dining, head to Marco Akuzun’s Top Air where bouillabaise and Kobe beef strip loins have earned the restaurant a coveted Michelin star.
3. Restaurant: Tortas Frontera
Airport: ORD/Chicago (USA)
Rick Bayless is a master of Mexican cuisine and his casual sandwich shop at O’Hare has lines all day long waiting for his pressed tortas filled with beer-braised short ribs, seared shrimp and more.
4. Restaurant: Plane Food
Airport: LHR/London (UK)
He may be known as a hot-head chef, but Gordon Ramsay’s Heathrow restaurant makes passengers happy with an extensive menu that includes the option for a picnic take-away so you can enjoy your smoked Scottish salmon in the sky.
5. Restaurant: ink.sack
Airport: LAX/Los Angeles (USA)
Top Chef winner Michael Voltaggio is showcasing his innovative style with a massive list of affordably-priced sandwiches to international travelers flying through Los Angeles.
6. Restaurant: Crystal Jade
Airport: SIN/Changi (Singapore)
Some people swear by the authentic street food of Singapore Food Street in T3, but the real gourmands hit Crystal Jade where soup dumplings (xiao long bao) and Hong Kong-style barbecue make even the longest flights a little easier to handle.