airport restaurants

Rick Bayless To Open Airport Restaurants

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Chicagoan celebrity chef Rick Bayless becomes the latest chef to have an airport presence. The Chicago Department of Aviation confirmed that Bayless will be serving his modern Mexican fare in two new restaurants at Chcago's busy O'Hare airport, one in Terminal 1 and the other in Terminal 3.

Bayless is the author of several cookbooks, has his own PBS cooking show and has competed on Bravo's "Top Chef Masters." His popular Chicago include Frontera Grill and Topolobampo. There is also a line of Frontera Foods salsas, soups, sauces and more. The Bayless restaurants are set to open at O'Hare this fall. Several other celebrity chefs including Todd English, Wolfgang Puck and Gordon Ramsay also have airport restaurants.

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The Palm Opens At JFK Airport

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Travelers and those seeing off travelers have a new place to eat at the JFK airport in New York City. The Palm Bar & Grille has opened at JFK International Airport Terminal 4, marking the first airport location of the steakhouse. The Palm Bar & Grille is located in the pre-security, public area of Terminal 4. It will have a built-in clientele, around nine million travelers pass through the terminal each year and thousands of people work in and around the area. The restaurant will have a private dining room for meetings and events and offers private catering from breakfast to evening dining. The steakhouse was founded on Second Avenue in New York City by Pio Bozzi and John Ganzi in 1926 and is famous for prime cuts of meat and popular Italian and seafood dishes.

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