The Food At Midway Airport Might Be Getting Less Terrible Soon

By Anthony Todd in Food on Mar 28, 2017 1:40PM

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Midway Airport partisans may hate me for saying this, but the food at Midway sucks. Especially when compared with O'Hare International Airport, where travelers can enjoy tortas by Rick Bayless, snacks and drinks from The Publican and dinner at Lettuce Entertain You properties like Hub 51 and Big Bowl, Midway's pubs, Potbelly and Ben & Jerry's really can't compete. Even the Manny's Deli clone isn't enough to save them. That might be about to change.

We originally reported on this back in January, when the renovation plans were announced, though exactly what restaurants and bars were coming was a bit uncertain. Now, Eater Chicago reports that Midway's restaurant upgrade project is well underway, and plumbed the depths of the city's liquor license application database to find out for sure what outposts might be coming.

These really-for-real new spots include a new sushi spot from Chef Takashi Yagihashi, a White Sox-themed bar, a Goose Island-branded bar, and a location of Schaller’s Original Pump. Some of this matches the original announcement, though there's no mention of the location of Arami sushi that had us so excited when this project was initially announced.

It's still no Tortas Frontera, but at this point, anything has to be an improvement.