"Airports, just like other concessions and concepts out there, are becoming more experiential. The airport that you're visiting can be just as much of a destination as where you're going, so it's a reflection of the local city."
"Everyone should have the right to some good food, he said, which explains the breakfast prix fixe menu for 12 euros (about $13); the 8 buttered-baguette-and-ham sandwich or 6 sugared crepe served from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and the 22 daily special at lunch and dinner."
Le Dip's French onion soup doesn't skimp on the fromage, which is heaped atop slices of the brasserie's delicious homemade baguette and broiled until bubbling.
At seven-, 14- and 62-years-old, these three restaurants were hardly flashes in the pan and yet they will all be gone too soon. We'll miss Ugly Baby for its unapologetically spicy, make-your-nose-run Thai food, M. Wells for bringing the excesses of Joe Beef-style dining to Queens, and La Grenouille for hanging on as so many of its contemporaries disappeared.