My home airport is MCI, where security lines are mercifully short but there is almost NO food service/concessions past security. Passengers either fly dry or buy awful coffee (hello Starbuck's Via!) and $4 bottles of water. Of course, the crew gets to grab their lattes just outside the security gate and let the rest of us watch them walk in sipping them. I've considered bribing an FA or a pilot to get me a Chai or something and I can get it from them on the other side... Hmmm, could be a good side business for flight crew who've had their wages cut.
