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Dining
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diningJFKJFK Pre-Security Meals for Non-Flyers Meeting Arrivals
JFK counts 172 restaurants across 5 terminals in FlyIndex data. Skip the 42-min Sunday TSA line and eat pre-security while you wait for incoming arrivals.
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diningJFKJFK Dining Across 5 Terminals: Where to Spend Your Time
JFK has 18 restaurants across 5 terminals, with TSA hitting 33 minutes Sundays at 4 PM. Where to eat by terminal so you do not waste your long layover.
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diningJFKORDWhere to Get Coffee at JFK Before an Early Flight Out
JFK has 18 restaurants across 5 terminals and a 33-minute Sunday TSA peak. Here's how to get coffee before an early flight, and what ORD does far better.
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diningJFKORDEating at JFK on a Tight Layover Without Missing Boarding
JFK has just 18 restaurants across 5 terminals and a 33-minute Sunday security peak. For a short connection, eat in your concourse, don't chase food airside.
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diningJFKWhat to Skip Eating at JFK and What Is Worth the Walk
JFK has 18 restaurants across 5 terminals and 26 shops. Here is what to skip near your gate and what is worth the walk before a 33-minute Sunday security peak.
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diningMIAMIA Has 107 Restaurants. Pick by Concourse, Not Craving
MIA lists 107 restaurants across 5 terminals. With 45 minutes and no patience, here's how to pick by concourse instead of scrolling a directory at the gate.
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diningLAXWhere LAX Hides Its Shops, and What's in Your Terminal
LAX lists 86 shops and 43 percent of them sit in one terminal most passengers never enter. Here is the retail count for all ten, and what is actually local.
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diningLAXWhat's Open at LAX Before 5 AM and After Midnight
Urth Caffe opens at 3:30 AM in Terminal 1 and Vino Volo runs to 1:30 AM in Tom Bradley. The full early and late list at LAX, terminal by terminal.
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diningLAXLAX Terminal 8 Has Four Restaurants. Walk to 7.
Terminal 8 lists 4 restaurants and 2 shops in our LAX data. Terminal 7 next door has 10 and 6, and the two are connected airside. Do the walk.
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diningORDWhere to Eat at ORD With 45 Minutes and a Bad Mood
O'Hare has 35 restaurants across 4 terminals. Here's how to eat well in a 45-minute connection, plus the security timing that buys you the minutes.
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diningMIAMIA North Terminal Shopping: 60 Stores Along the D Gates
Miami's North Terminal has 60 shops including Dior, Kiehl's and four currency exchange counters. Here's what's genuinely useful and what's just there.
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diningORDO'Hare Terminal 5 Access: Who Can Actually Eat There
Terminal 5 at O'Hare has 16 restaurants including Tortas Frontera, and it doesn't connect airside. Here's who can actually eat there and what to order.
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diningLAXLAX Terminal 7 Food: B Grill, Ashland Hill and the Rest
United's LAX terminal has ten restaurants including a Boa Steakhouse offshoot. Here's what's worth eating, what to skip, and how to time the whole stop.
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diningMIAMIA Central Terminal Food: 32 Options Across E, F and G
Miami's Central Terminal has Jackson Soul Food, Sergio's Cuban and a Chick-fil-A across 32 options. Here's what's near your gate and what's worth the walk.
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diningLAXLAX Bradley Terminal Shopping: Cartier to See's Candies
Terminal B at LAX has 26 shops including Cartier, Bvlgari and Hermès. Here's what's actually there and what's worth buying before an international flight.
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diningLAXLAX Terminal 6 Has Three Wolfgang Puck Spots. Which One?
Terminal 6 at LAX runs The Kitchen, The Wine Bar and WPizza under the same chef. Here's what each one is for and which is actually worth your layover.
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diningJFKJFK Terminal 8 Shopping: What's There and What's Useful
Terminal 8 has 26 shops, and most of them exist to solve a specific problem. Here's the honest breakdown of what's worth stopping for before your flight.
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diningLAXLAX Terminal 1 Food, Ranked by What's Actually Worth It
Southwest's LAX terminal has 13 different places to eat. I ranked all of them by what you should order with 20 minutes, an hour, or a long delay ahead.
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diningMIAMIA South Terminal Food: A Gate-by-Gate Eating Guide
Miami's South Terminal has 21 places to eat across the H and J gates. Here's what sits near your gate, what's worth the walk, and what to skip entirely.
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diningORDO'Hare Terminal 5 Shopping: 9 Stores, Four of Them Hudson
ORD Terminal 5 has 16 restaurants and only 9 shops, four of which are Hudson. Here's what's actually worth buying before a long international departure.
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diningLAXLAX Terminal 5 Is Gone. Where Its Farmers Market Went
LAX Terminal 5 closed in October 2025 and the Farmers Market food hall went with it. What was in there, why it shut, and which terminal to use instead.
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diningORDO'Hare Terminal 3 Food: Four of the Nine Are McDonald's
ORD Terminal 3 lists nine places to eat and four of them are McDonald's. Here's what's actually worth walking to, gate by gate across G, H, K and L gates.
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diningJFKJFK Terminal 8's Grab-and-Go Food, Ranked for Speed
JFK's Terminal 8 holds nearly every restaurant at the airport. Here's the grab-and-go food ranked by speed, for tight connections and hungry flyers.
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diningLAXWhat to Eat at LAX Terminal B on a Layover
LAX Terminal B is the airport's dining hub, with Santouka ramen, Beecher's, and Border Grill. Here's how to eat well on a layover, by time available.
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diningMIAMiami's 133 Shops: What's Actually Worth Your Layover
MIA has 133 shops across five terminals, from Dior to a Lego Store. Here's what's actually worth browsing on a layover, and what to walk past.
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diningLAXThe Best Coffee at LAX, Terminal by Terminal
LAX has 97 restaurants and more coffee counters than anyone can count. Here's where the good espresso actually lives, terminal by terminal, and what to skip.
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diningMIAThe Cuban Food at MIA Is the Reason to Fly Through Miami
Miami has 107 restaurants, and the Cuban food is the reason to actually eat there. Here's where to find the real thing, terminal by terminal.
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diningORDO'Hare Terminal 5 Has the Best Food in the Airport
Most of O'Hare's best restaurants sit in Terminal 5, the international terminal most locals never see. Here's what to eat there on a connection.
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diningJFKWhere to Eat at JFK When You Have 45 Minutes and a Bad Attitude
JFK lists 18 restaurants across five terminals that don't connect airside. Here's where to go with 45 minutes, sorted by the terminal you're in.
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