TGI Friday's Smoking Lounge
Finding it
TGI Friday's Smoking Lounge is in Concourse D, 2nd Level Departures by Gate D-36 in North Terminal near Gate D-36 at Miami International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gate D-36
North Terminal has 51 places to eat and 60 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
TGI Friday's Smoking Lounge opens at 7am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical MIA checkpoint queue at 8 minutes around 7am.
Across the week, MIA security runs longest around 5pm at a median of 16 minutes, and lightest around 11pm at 2 minutes. The queue is typically building before this location opens.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's MIA wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
It's built around an outdoor patio at Gate D-36 in the North Terminal, open 7am to 10pm, with a full bar and the same food menu served both inside and out. That patio setup, rather than a straight counter, is what separates it from most of the other D-concourse stops nearby. There's no second smoking lounge anywhere else at MIA. Because it opens at 7am rather than at dawn, it isn't the first thing running on this stretch of Concourse D, but the outdoor seating and full bar give it a different draw than the coffee counters and quick-serve spots around Gate D-19 and D-24.
What to expect
- american
- burgers
Other options in North Terminal
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- MIA Shop Dine - MIAMI International Airport Shops and Food — Miami International Airport, checked 2026-09-08
Official Travel Resources
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