Best & Worst major USA airports for eating pre-security / landside
A lot of airports I have traveled through, I don't know anything about the pre-security / landside situation (Going quickly to check-in) or don't remember or too long ago. But here's my current thought:
Best: SFO International - has 6 different eating establishments (Mexican, Chinese x2, Wendy's, American, and some bakery) with lots of seating - very spacious dining areas - plenty of tables and "room to manuever." [Don't know about any of the other terminals]. There's also a small Hudson mini-mart.
Worst: Seattle-Tacoma (Domestic/Int'l are the same) - there's a Starbucks, an overpriced Hudson mini-mart, and some other very small restaurant. Other then a few chairs/tables by each of these places maybe - nada. Once in the airside - things are great...but terrible pre/land.
Other / International: maybe my knowledge is better for int'l....Istanbul is great landside. As is Schiphol - AMSterdam. Taipei Taoyuan - has a couple of restaurants - but not much more from recollection -- but still better then Seattle. Taipei Songshan - not much - just a 7-11 or something like that - if memory serves me. Could comment on more perhaps...but I don't want to think too hard.
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