Best or favorite airport bar?
#16
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The Tequilaria at Charlotte NC gets my vote. I went into the Red carpet club or whatever it was, had my one free beer, and declined the offer to give $5 for every subsequent drink and went outside. Sat there, had a marvellous margueritta, followed by four more, and your right, had a frank and open chat with a gorgeous young lady, who was flying off in the opposite direction.
After 5 margueritta's I walked off to my LH flight to FRA and fell asleep before the meal service. Next thing I knew, they were waking me up, asking if I wanted breakfast, or the fillet I had ordered before going slumber !
After 5 margueritta's I walked off to my LH flight to FRA and fell asleep before the meal service. Next thing I knew, they were waking me up, asking if I wanted breakfast, or the fillet I had ordered before going slumber !
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Originally Posted by tezzer
The Tequilaria at Charlotte NC gets my vote. I went into the Red carpet club or whatever it was, had my one free beer, and declined the offer to give $5 for every subsequent drink and went outside. Sat there, had a marvellous margueritta, followed by four more, and your right, had a frank and open chat with a gorgeous young lady, who was flying off in the opposite direction.
After 5 margueritta's I walked off to my LH flight to FRA and fell asleep before the meal service. Next thing I knew, they were waking me up, asking if I wanted breakfast, or the fillet I had ordered before going slumber !
After 5 margueritta's I walked off to my LH flight to FRA and fell asleep before the meal service. Next thing I knew, they were waking me up, asking if I wanted breakfast, or the fillet I had ordered before going slumber !
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I will cast a vote for The Lodge, in MSP. It is in the G concourse, just around the corner from the NWA WorldClub. Leinenkugel's on tap, mmmmm!
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Originally Posted by bensyd
So it wasnt actually a great bar just the company
By the way, I need my daily affirmation -- is it wrong that I have a matching set of 6 margarita shakers from that place?
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Originally Posted by stimpy
I'll take the opposite view. No airport bar is good facility-wise. We would never go there if we didn't have to fly. However airport bars can be a lot of fun for meeting complete strangers. This is especially true when you are delayed and moreso when the whole airport is delayed due to weather. We are all stuck in the same pot, and we add a little alcohol and open up to each other. We talk to strangers like we never would in a normal bar.
I was relocating from the SF bay area to NC. I went home every weekend and flew the US SFO-CLT redeye something like 10 Sunday nights in a row. There was a small bar by the gate and I got to know the barkeep and waitress a little as I slugged down a couple tall drafts to help me sleep.
One night, a stranger offered to buy me a drink while he belted down mutiple specials (2 for 1 manhattans or something like that). 3 hours later, I'm awoken by a FA who asks if I mind sharing my empty row. It's Mr Buymeabeer from the bar. He's been drinking on the plane and harrassing his seatmate. He kept getting up to go back to his original seat and returned to my row by the FA, and later the FO. Ultimately, he made quite a scene, kicked the FA and got in very hot water. He was calling his lawyer from the plane as we hit the runway in CLT and was escorted from the a/c by men in uniform.
Bottom line, the people you meet in airport bars are fellow travellers, but not necessarily nice ones. I keep to myself in airport bars.
That said, my favorite airport bars are the uncrowded ones where I can keep to myself.
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Originally Posted by bankingconsultant
Yeah, that particular place seems to attract them. Many times I've walked out of the US club and in there and end up next to what my brother-in-law would call "serious talent."
By the way, I need my daily affirmation -- is it wrong that I have a matching set of 6 margarita shakers from that place?
By the way, I need my daily affirmation -- is it wrong that I have a matching set of 6 margarita shakers from that place?
#24
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Actually, they were the plastic ones that the use for their premium margaritas -- after the first couple, I remembered that we had an upcoming Jimmy Buffett party and thought they'd be the hit of the party. I found out otherwise when I had to explain that it really was the weather and not the tequila that caused me to be 11 hours late.
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The Sofitel Hotel at Athens Airport has a great bar on the top floor. They have one of the few true Female Sommeliers around. And great view of planes taking off and landing.
(Well this is not technically INside the airport, but it's just out the door and down an elevator...)
(Well this is not technically INside the airport, but it's just out the door and down an elevator...)
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I haven't imbibed there, but the bar at Figs LGA (downstairs in the main terminal building) looks quite inviting.
How about the long bar upstairs at the LX Business Lounge at ZRH?
How about the long bar upstairs at the LX Business Lounge at ZRH?