Definitely off to a good start in this country, especially SFO, where it's already been part of the culture for decades. Fly globally and you'll quickly see how far you still have to go dine nutritiously/deliciously. Eating well should always be a benefit
of traveling well.
the least expensive and most nutritious solution is to bring your own food
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I often bring my 'meal' on board (no tuna).
How long before the airlines enforce a 'No Outside Food Allowed' policy?
It'll be promoted by the airline's puppets on
K Street as being about security & all that.
unfortunately these bento boxes and the like are offered in plastic, which will likely not be recycled.
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@MA
It will be at SeaTac Airport.
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In several airports of the world there are small supermarkets either inside or adjacent to the airline terminal. They are fantastic because you not only can get some 'real' food before boarding like fresh fruit/veggies or yogurt, but you can pick some basics up on the way to your final destination, even if your plane lands in the early am hours. Also makes for good last minute food gifts like tea/coffee, chocolate or other treats.
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We'd rather take our own.
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air travel today has become such an ordeal with stressed passengers and staff. When will they open a marijuana medical dispensary? Let’s just get everyone mellow.
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Healthy airport food is an oxymoron.
The only half way decent looking fare I see at airports is very, very expensive. 15 dollar cups of pre-fab chowder or $25 salads, is it really worth it? The last time I ate at an airport restaurant I got food poisoning. Ruined not only my flight but the start of a vacation.
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When in a hurry and unable to compare all the options, I've had pretty good luck by looking for eateries that have a lot of flight crew people in line--usually healthy and often exceptionally good food, quickly.
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At Detroit Metro Airport, the combination Plum Market / Zingerman's in the McNamara Terminal has very good food, much of it healthy. Food on flights is typically bad or non-existent, and I don't like having to worry about what TSA will and won't let me bring from home. Being able to go to Plum Market and take the food onto the plane solves those problems.
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A Zingermans outlet has healthy food? Delicious, yes, but how healthy can cheese, cookies and cake, artisanal bread or processed meats be?
Just discovered Fresh Fridge, vending machines offering good, fresh food at a couple of locations at O’Hare Airport.
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You failed to mention the best airport food I've eaten to date, at Napa Farms Market, in Terminal 2 at SFO. Outstanding, and far above anything I've had at SeaTac or Newark.
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@JS SFO is my home airport and Napa has such good pizza, I sometimes take one to go on the way home. I've also spent a fair amount of time at SeaTac since I grew up in Seattle. Both airports benefit from having famous local companies involved albeit Napa Farms isn't a real store outside the airport. The company does a good job of collecting local producers' products. For Sea-Tac, I like Ivar's clam chowder/ fish and chips and Dilettante's specialty chocolates and drinks. I've not tried Anthony's Homeport within Sea-Tac but their various branches do an excellent job with seafood.
It may be good but in general airport eating is ridiculously expensive
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$4.00 water bottle in Atlanta.
Yes, I've noticed the transformation .. not only in terms of the food, but also the ambience they are served in. Perhaps not all, but some of them have transformed their pricing out of the ballpark too.
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No excuse, says the entitled subtitle? Let's go with the insane, exorbitant cost of food or water within the TSA economic zone. My family regularly has to plan well in advance to prepare food for even routine flights and then face the uneven application of TSA screening policies on those food items once in line.
Air travel today for my family is an exercise in long lines, insane fees, uncomfortable seats, rude state functionaries, state sponsored racial profiling, food insecurity, lost luggage and no leg room.
Fly the friendly skies.
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Until five years ago, Newark had a McDonalds with street pricing so you could feed the kids off the dollar menu or get a happy meal. In an effort to upgrade the airport and gouge more money, the McDonalds was removed and now you can get your kids $12 bento boxes of artisanal lentils.
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A good start. Now, if only more places were open and serving healthy sit-down breakfasts in the morning. That way those of us who get to the airport well ahead of time (thanks, TSA!) for early flights would have better options.
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Please compare cost of healthy restaurants vs fast food. Having good food available is one thing - having it be affordable is another.
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Bring your own meals. That's what our family does. It's not so hard. Make a sandwich of your favorite stuff. Cut up an apple. Put some nuts in a zip lock. You are done. No need to waste time looking for expensive food at the airports.
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BYO fresh foods doesn’t work for long international flights or routes with multiple legs and overnights. If it did I’d be doing it, since I have celiac disease, making my search for decent food even more challenging.
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This article reads like a PR puff piece. Not one sentence about what these food items cost.
Have you purchased a bottle of water at the airport lately, Ms. Vora?
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@Whatever
You aren't required to buy food at the airport, just like there is no law that you have to go to Disney World: but if you do CHOOSE to go to Disney you know you will pay $110 for admission. You can bring your own food and fill your own water bottle for free!
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@Whatever In the 1990's, PIT had a policy that all the stores in the terminal had to charge the same prices as the malls near to, but outside, the airport. I don't know if that policy is still in place.
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