Former Playboy enthusiast and Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert of Top Chef fame gave his favorite airport dining spots to the Wall Street Journal, and shockingly Cinnabon didn't make the list. Correctly noting that "there's always time to eat in airports, because flights are always being delayed," Ripert chooses the pizza joint Crust at LaGuardia for their "thin crust, well seasoned, good-quality ingredients," and Bobby Van's Steakhouse at JFK. If we could eat the sense of helpless rage, we wouldn't need a $40 steak.
Eater also has a pretty decent list of edible options at LaGuardia that also includes Crust, and adds A Taste of Pat La Frieda and Taste of Bisoux. But Five Guys? If smoking grass in the restroom is illegal, bringing smelly, translucent paper bags of flesh and potatoes onto crowded airplanes should be too.
