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Where does Logan stand?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (arthurl@tiac.net)
Sat Oct 21 10:15:45 1995
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:12:43 -0400
From: "arthurl@tiac.net" <arthurl@zork.tiac.net>
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
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> The skinny on lean airport food
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> Travelers who crave healthful food can chow down with relative ease at
> Los Angeles International Airport. But woe to them if they have a
> layover in several major Southern hubs.
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> A recent survey of airport food by the advocacy group Physicians
> Committee for Responsible Medicine ranked LAX as the best in North
> America at offering a wide variety of low-fat, vegetarian foods. Also
> rated highly were Pittsburgh, Seattle, Albuquerque and Vancouver,
> British Columbia. Among smaller airports, Burbank, Calif., stood out.
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> Conversely, airports in Atlanta, Dallas and Memphis were rated worst
> among 19 sites.
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> ''At almost any airport in the country, you can find a healthy meal if
> you look,'' says Dr. Andrew Nicholson of the Washington, D.C.-based
> physicians committee. ''What we were rating was the likelihood of
> being able to easily find a healthful and tasty meal.''
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> LAX, home to several low-cost ethnic restaurants, offered the most
> dining options (19) and the most vegetarian, low-fat entrees (11). The
> committee's survey included food items at existing LAX restaurants as
> well as items that will be served at restaurants scheduled to open
> during the coming year as part of a major renovation project.
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> Among examples cited at LAX were the vegetarian burritos and fresh
> tortillas at the Mexican restaurant El Paseo Cafe; the vegetable
> sandwich and steamed vegetables at The Daily Grill; and the vegetarian
> chili and curry at Au Bon Pain.
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> The airports ranked lowest ''tended to be in the Southeast and
> Southwest, and the food tended to be more reflective of the region - a
> lot of deep-fried and barbecued meats, and fewer vegetables, fruits
> and beans,'' says Nicholson.
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> Atlanta Hartsfield International, which ranked last, will be phasing
> in several new restaurants between now and February, but these were
> not included in the survey.
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> Perhaps the most telling statistics about the state of airport food
> came from a physicians committee survey of 100 Southwest Airlines
> flight attendants. When asked whether they feel healthy food is
> available at American airports, 85% said no, and 93% said they bring
> their own food to work.
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> By Jerry Shriver, USA TODAY
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