Posts in the category "Restaurants":

Today, Thursday, February 25th, 2010, Ivar’s Seafood outlets in Washington and California are celebrating National Clam Chowder Day by offering a 2-for-1 deal on cups of chowder.   Happily, the deal extends to the Ivar’s Seafood Bar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA).  “The airport Ivar’s is open way longer than the Ivar’s in town,” an enthusiastic employee at the airport Ivar’s told me on the telephone on Wednesday, “So you can get that deal starting at 4:30 in the morning.”

You’d think they’d also be celebrating National Clam Chowder Day over in Boston, where the Legal Sea Foods chain is well represented at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).  But no.  Via Twitter, the folks at Logan Airport told me,that there was “nothing planned. But we can tell you clam chowder is an airport favorite…and available in every terminal at BOS!”

Categories: Food, Free Stuff, Fun Stuff, Restaurants
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Great news for travelers heading to or from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) this holiday season:  The Airport Station of Sound Transit’s Link light rail system  between downtown and the airport will open at 10 a.m. on December 19, 2009.

That means that instead of getting shuttled by bus between the airport and a light rail stop a mile or so away, passengers can now hop on and off the light rail right at the airport.

Well…not right at the airport: the airport station is in the airport garage and passengers must walk about a quarter mile to the terminal.  But at $2.75 from downtown vs. a $25 or $30 cab ride, it’s a great deal.  So travelers will probably be skipping along that walkway and not even notice the distance.

Also, just in time for holiday travel, there are two new food offerings in the Lindbergh Terminal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). There’s now an Arby’s in the main food court and, more impressive, on Concourse F there’s a spinoff of Ike’s Food & Cocktails, a downtown Minneapolis favorite that’s already a hit in airport with a white-tablecloth branch in the airport mall.

Even better: MSP’s Jingle, Jingle Savings Days Coupon Book has discounts for these new spots and dozens of other shops and restaurants throughout the airport. Get a copy here.

Categories: Air Travel, Airport shops, Food, Holidays, Openings, Restaurants, Shopping, Transportation
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Next Wednesday, October 7, during the first Customer Appreciation Day at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), passengers will be treated to free candy, newspapers, coffee samples and more.

Some airport stores will be giving away free Arizona Republic newspapers. Others will hand out candy, snacks and post cards. Many airport restaurants will offer food specials and discounts. Starbucks will have beverage and pastry samples. And Travel Ex currency exchange will be waiving fees on all currency transactions.

Sky Harbor’s mascot, Amelia the Airplane, will be flying around (and posing for pictures) and there will surely be a crowd out at the Rental Car Center when the folks at Fresh Gourmet to Go bring out the performing chicken.

Now that’s appreciation!!

Categories: Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Fun Stuff, Restaurants
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When you’re stuck at the airport, you can read, sleep, watch other passengers try to read or sleep, do some shopping and, of course, eat.  And for hungry travelers at the Houston airports there are two new options:

In Terminal C south at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), the Real Food Company has 11 serving stations “offering everything from a well seasoned steak, to jambalaya with jumbo shrimp, Chinese chicken salad and delicate pastries.”

And William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)  is now home to the first airport branch of Buffalo Wild Wings, a popular sports bar known for its New York-style wings and its sauces.

And, just as I’m getting ready to spend a whole day touring JFK airport, comes  this glowing article from the New York Daily News about all the great dining options there are now at this airport – including the Seafood Bar in Terminal 4, Bobby Van’s Steakhouse in the American Airlines Terminal 8, and the nine full-service restaurants at JetBlue’s Terminal 5.

Good thing I’ll be at the airport long enough to have several meals!

Have you eaten a meal – or three – at JFK lately? Please share your tips.

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If you’ve got a long layover – or delay – at Newark Liberty’s Terminal C, which serves Continental Airlines, it’s now easy to find out what there is to do, where you can eat, and where the deals are.

At a new EWR  site, there’s an interactive map of the more than 35 restaurants and more than 45 shops, along with a page of sales and promotions. For example, most shops are participating in a rebate program that rewards shoppers with up to $75 in AMEX gift cards.

If you go, please look around for souvenirs. Each Sunday on Stuck at the Airport we feature fun, inexpensive souvenirs found at airports and we’d love to include something offbeat from EWR.

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