Melt Shop
Hours
Open 24 hours
Finding it
Melt Shop is in Level 3 in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Level
- 3
Terminal 4 has 47 places to eat and 39 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
Melt Shop is open 24 hours.
Across the week, JFK security runs longest around 8am at a median of 33 minutes, and lightest around 2am at 10 minutes.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's JFK wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Sits on Level 3 of Terminal 4, a level up from the ground-floor Retail Hall, near Gate B20 and the Starbucks that serves it. Open 24 hours, it's one of the few stops on this level not tied to a single gate's boarding schedule, useful for anyone stuck between a delayed red-eye and a dawn departure. Farmer's Fridge next door covers the grab-and-go end of things; Melt Shop's grilled sandwiches and burgers are the sit-down alternative for a traveler with an hour to spend rather than five minutes.
One of 2 Melt Shop locations at John F. Kennedy International Airport (Terminal 4, Terminal 5).
What to expect
- sandwiches
- vegetarian
- breakfast
- american
- burgers
- chicken
Other options in Terminal 4
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- Melt Shop — JFK Airport — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, checked 2026-09-10
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.