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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 11:12 am
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JGR01
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: MSP (and will only fly NWA in re-routes if I HAVE to)
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Since most people are agreeing that staying at the airport .. I wanted to warn you about the secure US Departure wing.

There is almost NO FOOD available in that wing and what is there is $$$$ and POOR QUALITY. There is one restaurant as you leave the formalities (customs/immigration) and it is normally pretty crowded. I recall it is pickup service and sit at small table rather than a real waitress service.

There is a bar farther down.

There is a take-away cold sandwiches place that is horrible even further down.

The 'good food' is on the other side of a glass wall that you cannot get to because you are in the secured US departures wing. And by good I am only adding a Tim Horton's to a group of poor looking places (can you tell I drewl but have never been over to the other side).

With 2 boys, you will probably need to feed these eating machines .. and what is there will not be very impressive.

Just a warning!
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