Comments on: Reagan Airport Still Sucks for Healthy Food http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2008/11/25/reagan-airports-still-sucks-for-healthy-food/ D.C. Restaurants and Food Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:16:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: xcanuck http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2008/11/25/reagan-airports-still-sucks-for-healthy-food/comment-page-1/#comment-110 xcanuck Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:29:52 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=540#comment-110 Man, I don't agree with that. Just because every place has a healthy "option" doesn't mean squat to me. Quality and freshness of these alternatives is very important and I think having one or two places per terminal that serve decent healthy food is better than everyone having one crappy option that meets some criteria for "healthy". I actually prefer DCA compared to IAD or BWI for food. You could do much worse in the main concourse than Matsutake for sushi. Inside security is a little different. I fly mostly on AA (some will note the irony) and Terminal B has some decent options for healthy eats. Low carb sandwiches from Potbelly, and reasonably fresh sandwiches/salads from Cosi are fair options. We just flew out of the newly revamped Terminal D in DFW and while it has many more options, the quality is generally poor. We struggled to find decent eats there. The best choice ended up being in the "Travel Mart" where the sandwiches looked reasonably fresh and affordable. Again, quanity doesn't equate to quality and DFW proves the point. Then again, what do I know? I spend all my time at the bar. Man, I don’t agree with that. Just because every place has a healthy “option” doesn’t mean squat to me. Quality and freshness of these alternatives is very important and I think having one or two places per terminal that serve decent healthy food is better than everyone having one crappy option that meets some criteria for “healthy”.

I actually prefer DCA compared to IAD or BWI for food. You could do much worse in the main concourse than Matsutake for sushi. Inside security is a little different. I fly mostly on AA (some will note the irony) and Terminal B has some decent options for healthy eats. Low carb sandwiches from Potbelly, and reasonably fresh sandwiches/salads from Cosi are fair options.

We just flew out of the newly revamped Terminal D in DFW and while it has many more options, the quality is generally poor. We struggled to find decent eats there. The best choice ended up being in the “Travel Mart” where the sandwiches looked reasonably fresh and affordable. Again, quanity doesn’t equate to quality and DFW proves the point.

Then again, what do I know? I spend all my time at the bar.

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