Finally MDW Food Upgrade!
Apr 26, 2017, 10:24 am
#1
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Finally MDW Food Upgrade!
I searched the forum, but haven't seen any other posts about this news. My coworker just shared this link with me yesterday. He knows how much I hate the food there.
http://chicago.eater.com/2017/3/27/1...i-home-run-inn
Finally some upgrades!
http://chicago.eater.com/2017/3/27/1...i-home-run-inn
Finally some upgrades!
Apr 26, 2017, 2:47 pm
#3
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Apr 27, 2017, 6:41 am
#4
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Hmmmm, I wonder if they'll be open in time for a 6AM flight? Probably not. 
I usually hit the McDonald's in the B concourse. Item: They open at 5AM, which is not early enough for a 5:30 flight, unless I decide to board in the C group. Hint - Open earlier guys!
I usually hit the McDonald's in the B concourse. Item: They open at 5AM, which is not early enough for a 5:30 flight, unless I decide to board in the C group. Hint - Open earlier guys!
May 11, 2017, 3:38 pm
#8
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Here's the official word from the CDA today:
http://www.flychicago.com/business/m...px?newsid=1379
21 new food and retail brands. Almost all current concessions will be rebranded over the next nine days! Additional concession space to be added by 2020, including three full-service sit-down restaurants.
George's Music Room (Concourse B) is out and moving to Navy Pier.
http://www.flychicago.com/business/m...px?newsid=1379
21 new food and retail brands. Almost all current concessions will be rebranded over the next nine days! Additional concession space to be added by 2020, including three full-service sit-down restaurants.
George's Music Room (Concourse B) is out and moving to Navy Pier.
May 12, 2017, 5:46 am
#9
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Here's the official word from the CDA today:
http://www.flychicago.com/business/m...px?newsid=1379
21 new food and retail brands. Almost all current concessions will be rebranded over the next nine days! Additional concession space to be added by 2020, including three full-service sit-down restaurants.
http://www.flychicago.com/business/m...px?newsid=1379
21 new food and retail brands. Almost all current concessions will be rebranded over the next nine days! Additional concession space to be added by 2020, including three full-service sit-down restaurants.
May 22, 2017, 4:05 pm
#10
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TLDR; I miss Potbelly.
May 22, 2017, 6:02 pm
#11
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Not that it's the greatest coffee, I do appreciate the new Dunkin kiosks around the airport. There wasn't anywhere good to get coffee before--except for perhaps the Intelligentsia served at Potbelly's.
May 22, 2017, 7:03 pm
#12
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The food is not an upgrade. Notice that all of the replacements are complete no name restaurants (other than Home Run Inn, which is just serving the same crappy frozen product they peddle to grocery stores).
Potbelly and Manny's were the only halfway-decent options and coupled with the loss of McDonald's everything is pretty much a 15 minute wait or longer. The gulf between ORD and MDW is even larger now, which seems impossible.
OP what food option exactly are you happy about? The new burger place that replaced Manny's in A looked okay but nothing to write home about (and about 30 people in line with another 20 waiting for their food)
Potbelly and Manny's were the only halfway-decent options and coupled with the loss of McDonald's everything is pretty much a 15 minute wait or longer. The gulf between ORD and MDW is even larger now, which seems impossible.
OP what food option exactly are you happy about? The new burger place that replaced Manny's in A looked okay but nothing to write home about (and about 30 people in line with another 20 waiting for their food)
May 22, 2017, 7:16 pm
#13
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The food is not an upgrade. Notice that all of the replacements are complete no name restaurants (other than Home Run Inn, which is just serving the same crappy frozen product they peddle to grocery stores).
Potbelly and Manny's were the only halfway-decent options and coupled with the loss of McDonald's everything is pretty much a 15 minute wait or longer. The gulf between ORD and MDW is even larger now, which seems impossible.
OP what food option exactly are you happy about? The new burger place that replaced Manny's in A looked okay but nothing to write home about (and about 30 people in line with another 20 waiting for their food)
Potbelly and Manny's were the only halfway-decent options and coupled with the loss of McDonald's everything is pretty much a 15 minute wait or longer. The gulf between ORD and MDW is even larger now, which seems impossible.
OP what food option exactly are you happy about? The new burger place that replaced Manny's in A looked okay but nothing to write home about (and about 30 people in line with another 20 waiting for their food)
Also, Home Run Inn frozen pizza tastes better then the one at their restaurants.
May 22, 2017, 7:40 pm
#14
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The food is not an upgrade. Notice that all of the replacements are complete no name restaurants (other than Home Run Inn, which is just serving the same crappy frozen product they peddle to grocery stores).
Potbelly and Manny's were the only halfway-decent options and coupled with the loss of McDonald's everything is pretty much a 15 minute wait or longer. The gulf between ORD and MDW is even larger now, which seems impossible.
OP what food option exactly are you happy about? The new burger place that replaced Manny's in A looked okay but nothing to write home about (and about 30 people in line with another 20 waiting for their food)
Potbelly and Manny's were the only halfway-decent options and coupled with the loss of McDonald's everything is pretty much a 15 minute wait or longer. The gulf between ORD and MDW is even larger now, which seems impossible.
OP what food option exactly are you happy about? The new burger place that replaced Manny's in A looked okay but nothing to write home about (and about 30 people in line with another 20 waiting for their food)
I view any new food options as an upgrade to what was there. MDW had the worst food options of any WN hub by far...