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The Ten Best Airport Bars in the World
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A A AAirports all over the world are improving delayed flyers' experiences by improving their drinking establishments. Frequent flyers no longer find themselves sitting in McDonald's for 3 hours. Instead, they're lounging on the rooftop of Singapore's Terminal 3, drinking Thai beer or playing the oenophile at Frescobaldi's Wine Bar in Rome's Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport.
Travelers routed through Portland take in local microbrews at Laurelwood Public House and Brewery and vacationers in Belize City International Airport hit the sauce in old-fashioned Caribbean style.
Everyone checking in should be eager to check out our favorite airport bars.
Vino Volo, Oakland
You can find this outposts of this wine bar — one of the first upscale airport wine bars to hit the states — in a few different airports but the one in Oakland is a favorite. Here you can order a themed wine flight (as it were) of two to three glasses, including a ‘Sommelier Series’ showcasing top-of-the-line wines. Pair wines with a variety of small plates, artisan cheeses, and dry-cured meats from the food menu.
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Eden Holland's bar (Jet Bar) is in the top three most famous airport bars in the world.
It is worth the trip to Belize to meet " Mr. Jet" himself! He is truly an ambassador to Belize!
is that really something new?Bars at airports have always been there,each one with its own type of style.
July 26 2011 at 7:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDrinking b4 flying at 35,000 feet probably not the best idea ever!
July 26 2011 at 5:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat about Airbrau at Munich airport. Great food and freshly brewed beer.
July 26 2011 at 4:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou forgot Encounter resturant/bar in LAX. This place has gormet food and drink in a funky new wave atmosphere, perched on an elevated structure in the middle of the terminals. This place is a great luxury place to relax at after a long week at work in Cal, or a long intercontinental flight. One of the best airport restaurant/bars I have experienced on 6 continents
July 26 2011 at 11:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI am so gratified to see that reader's reactions were the same as mine-that this is a pointless, idiotic article about a disgusting industry in a once great country.
To read about the abuses of the TSA, and then to read an article encouraging people to drink before flights makes me sick. This is an outrage.
I agree with Joanne...what good does a bar do stranded tired parents with whiny and screaming kids?!! It not only affects them but everyone around them. I also agree that the cost of food and drink in airports is awful. Better someone should come up with the idea of family-only areas and adult only areas with reasonable prices instead of bars! Airports need to consider 21st Century traveler needs. They would profit from volume; not inflation...
July 24 2011 at 8:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis is all fine and good but do they not watch "AIRLINE" where they decline boarding to so many people for drinking too much? lol Why do they serve alcohol anyway
July 23 2011 at 11:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGuess I'm old fashioned.....I use an airport to go somewhere.
July 23 2011 at 10:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe 10 best airport bars? Someone has too much time on their hands. They get paid for an article like this? Does anyone change their flights based on an article like this? I'm sorry I waisted my time.
July 23 2011 at 10:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou can get drunk at any bar, the something special must be more than drinks.
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