Handclap to the ORD skyclub catering team
Dec 6, 2018, 8:20 pm
#16
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Rolling Lakes Yacht Club
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Dec 6, 2018, 8:42 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MKE
Programs: DL 2 MM
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Dec 7, 2018, 1:07 am
#18
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta Diamond (MM), Hilton Diamond, Avis President's Club
Posts: 873
I do love it when they serve Nathan's in the clubs. It usually beats the random chicken slop or random noodle slop they regularly serve. Too bad that compounds how sad the ORD SC is.
Dec 7, 2018, 8:29 am
#19
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: PHX, SEA
Programs: Avis President's Club, Global Entry, Hilton/Marriott Gold. No more DL/AA status.
Posts: 4,422
From the glass half full side, Delta is offering hot food aside from soup, which means even a "Sysco" hot dog is better than the Admirals Club. You are allowed to eat in the terminal.
I'd rather it be from Sysco than not have it, or have prices rise.
I'd rather it be from Sysco than not have it, or have prices rise.
Dec 7, 2018, 9:16 am
#20
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL PM, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 8,414
IMO occasionally offering local themed street food is all good as long as it is not the main offering, but instead an add on. There should be healthier and higher quality staple options. Also, lots of people don't eat hot dogs, either because they don't eat beef and/or pork, because they are trying to eat a healthy diet or because they just don't like them.
OTOH, I think street foods should never be served in a first class cabin.
OTOH, I think street foods should never be served in a first class cabin.
Dec 7, 2018, 1:06 pm
#23
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL PM, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 8,414
I don't think it's a marketing trick, I think it is a holdover from a time when seats like that were actually the best you could get (there was no lay flat, etc) and when the soft product actually was high end.
Dec 7, 2018, 2:12 pm
#24
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: MSN
Programs: Delta DM, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,987
You’ve really outdone yourself. I can’t imagine a more luxurious experience than constructing a “Chicago style” Sysco econo hot-dog among the hordes in this overcrowded club. This may be a petty rant but I just can’t belive a skyclub is serving hotdogs.
I guess you can’t thin the herd with good food.
I guess you can’t thin the herd with good food.
Dec 7, 2018, 2:55 pm
#25
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta DM, 2MM
Posts: 1,254
I like the Nathan's hotdogs served at the JFK club. I have found that the food at AA's clubs is sometimes better, but their free booze selections are rubbing alcohol or disgusting wine. I go to the clubs for a proper buzz, not a gourmet dining experience.
Dec 7, 2018, 3:48 pm
#26
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: ORD / MDW / FLL
Programs: DL DM/1MM, AA EXP, SPG Platinum, Hyatt Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 2,295
First world problems.
I can assure you that the food in the DL SCs are light years above the Admirals Clubs where it has been the same thing for the last few years: cheese cubes, hummus, raw veggies and one soup. Hubs offer make to order guac...which is kind of sketch. Let's not even get into the swill AA calls well liquor while having the nerve to call Jack Daniels a premium liquor (this is my first world problem).
As for the ORD SC being too small, I agree. It is a holdover from the NW merger and was sized to handle NW flights but not the combined carrier. That said, DL is not going to address this since they are moving to T5 as soon as the new gates are added there. That's when we should see an expanded SC.
I can assure you that the food in the DL SCs are light years above the Admirals Clubs where it has been the same thing for the last few years: cheese cubes, hummus, raw veggies and one soup. Hubs offer make to order guac...which is kind of sketch. Let's not even get into the swill AA calls well liquor while having the nerve to call Jack Daniels a premium liquor (this is my first world problem).
As for the ORD SC being too small, I agree. It is a holdover from the NW merger and was sized to handle NW flights but not the combined carrier. That said, DL is not going to address this since they are moving to T5 as soon as the new gates are added there. That's when we should see an expanded SC.
Dec 7, 2018, 4:27 pm
#27
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 328
When they're available it seems to be around 3-5 on the weekdays and around noon on the weekends.
Dec 7, 2018, 9:00 pm
#28
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: RDU
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The ORD club is tiny, but the staff are very friendly. And I do appreciate something approaching a proper bagel in the morning, as opposed to horrific pieces of bread-like substance found in clubs such as SLC. Plus they have Sprite Zero in the refrigerators in the back, and I don't have to tip for them.
Dec 7, 2018, 10:42 pm
#29
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Verdi, NV, SFO & Olympic (aka Squaw )Valley.
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As for the ORD SC being too small, I agree. It is a holdover from the NW merger and was sized to handle NW flights but not the combined carrier. That said, DL is not going to address this since they are moving to T5 as soon as the new gates are added there. That's when we should see an expanded SC.
Dec 8, 2018, 12:21 am
#30
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond 1.7MM, Starlux Insighter, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,947
IMO occasionally offering local themed street food is all good as long as it is not the main offering, but instead an add on. There should be healthier and higher quality staple options. Also, lots of people don't eat hot dogs, either because they don't eat beef and/or pork, because they are trying to eat a healthy diet or because they just don't like them.
OTOH, I think street foods should never be served in a first class cabin.
OTOH, I think street foods should never be served in a first class cabin.