LAX Terminal 4 getting better food options
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#62
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Food trucks for OW pax?
Does AA have any say in what type of restaurants go into T4? I can't imagine that a large food truck reflects the type of image the AA wants to portray. If AA is going to make LAX their asian gateway and connecting point for OW partners, better food options should probably be placed in T4.
In regards to the space issue in T4, can anything be added as a second story, or would it interfere with the AC?
In regards to the space issue in T4, can anything be added as a second story, or would it interfere with the AC?
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#63
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Gourmet food trucks are the hottest trend on the Los Angeles dining scene. They serve everything from ice cream to sushi.
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Why?
Gourmet food trucks are the hottest trend on the Los Angeles dining scene. They serve everything from ice cream to sushi.
Gourmet food trucks are the hottest trend on the Los Angeles dining scene. They serve everything from ice cream to sushi.
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Obvisously, if the space issue can be resolved, there would be more room for junk food establishments.
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Then again, with the current crud that's there, it can hardly be worse. If the truck starts to feel dated, it can't be that hard to replace it with a fast-food counter.
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If you want sit down in a civilized place isolated from the terminal mayhem, go to the Admirals' club.
#69
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LAX food options are such a joke, it would be difficult to go any further down hill (unless they closed all the food places). I welcome any and every option they are trying to bring in.
You would rather have Chilis and burger king over a gourmet food truck?
You would rather have Chilis and burger king over a gourmet food truck?
#70
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In a heartbeat. Most of the gourmet food I eat is delicate and quality falls off a cliff when the preparation is botched. I'd much rather have reliable mediocre food in an airport than botched gourmet stuff.
I think the biggest problem with LAX food options has been insufficient capacity for the number of passengers.
I think the biggest problem with LAX food options has been insufficient capacity for the number of passengers.
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These gourmet food trucks only go to certain kinds of places. I've never seen them because I'm never at lunchtime in those kinds of high-traffic places in the "right" part of town. (This being L A, it's hard enough to get across town, no point in trying it at lunchtime!)
I work in an industrial park in Orange County where everything is two stories and a food truck has to make oodles of stops just to get a decent number of cutsomers. Only "desperate" cheap ethnic food trucks tend to come by any more.
When I see stories about food trucks on the L A news, it's always showing them outside office high-rises and such, where they can get tons of customers from only half a block away. This doesn't work in parts of town where all the buildings are two stories and spread out in sprwaling suburban office parks...
#73
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What about using the space downstairs once they permanently vacate the passport control area. DFW did this by reusing the downstairs space from the old AAirtrain terminals for nice sit doe restaurants like Pappadeuxs.
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Trends come and go. What may be "trendy" today will be pass tomorrow, especially in superficial L.A. Will that truck be "trendy" five years from now? AA should focus on bringing quality dining that will appeal to a more international mix of pax.
Obvisously, if the space issue can be resolved, there would be more room for junk food establishments.
Obvisously, if the space issue can be resolved, there would be more room for junk food establishments.
It might be a trend in Miami or Chicago, but it's certainly not in Los Angeles.
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They're putting in a RFD which is a pretty decent Vegan place....and I'm saying this as a carnivore....so you should be in a MUCH better situation than with BK. I've been to RFD on La Cienega and if they replicate that in T4 it should be a good thing.