Airport Bars

[Ghost of LL]

I believe that airport bars are the best bars out there. Especially on a Friday afternoon. There's no other bar that combines quality talent with sociability and a common purpose.

Honestly, if you didn't need a ticket to get past security, I'd go hang out at the airport bar(s) at DAL for Friday happy hour.

[TOR]

I used to take clients to Contental's Presidents Club for meetings all the time, way back when. Free Sam Adams and munchies, can't beat that.

[That Guy]

One of my favorite memories with my brother occurred in an airport bar getting $#@!faced on the way to an Unlce's funeral. We laughed, we cried, some dude from Boston got removed from his flight and came and drank more beer with us...damn it was fun.

[KaiserSoze]

...I love them during bad storm delays, otherwise, not so much

[CaptainEd]

can anyone explain why i don't drink sam adams anywhere but airport bars, yet i drink it almost exclusively when i'm there?

[That Guy]

My experience is that it is the only beer on tap that is not bud/budlight/miller/millerlite.

[KaiserSoze]

ABIA needs to start carrying all local beers

[fawnknutsen]

You know it's Wednesday, right?

[Brisketexan]

This thread predicated by a conversation LL and I were having at the time.

My favorite happy hour is Love Field on Friday between 3:00 and 6:00. I invariably bump into a bunch of friends, often including attractive women. We drink enough to get buzzed and have a good time. Or, if I'm with just guys, we get to drink and check out the scenery, which is among the best on the planet.

I have never had a bad time drinking beer at Love Field. Never. Other airport bars are similarly fun, but Love Field is my favorite.

And, as you may recall, Lubbock, smelling of stale beer and gallons of puke, is my least favorite, as it is unusable. Tie that with the fact that if you are in Lubbock you by definition definitely NEED a drink, and it's unforgiveable.

[EuroHorn]

Was in BWI airport during a long snow delay during Mardi Gras. The bar was right next to the gate for a flight heading to New Orleans. Lots of people ready to party and just stranded travelers. The bar was so full, people just started walking around with drinks. Good times.

[5280]

Honestly, if you didn't need a ticket to get past security, I'd go hang out at the airport bar(s) at DAL for Friday happy hour.

-get gate pass
-buy fully refundable tickets
-reprint old boarding passes

[DigglerontheHoof]

This thread predicated by a conversation LL and I were having at the time.

My favorite happy hour is Love Field on Friday between 3:00 and 6:00. I invariably bump into a bunch of friends, often including attractive women. We drink enough to get buzzed and have a good time. Or, if I'm with just guys, we get to drink and check out the scenery, which is among the best on the planet.

I have never had a bad time drinking beer at Love Field. Never. Other airport bars are similarly fun, but Love Field is my favorite.

And, as you may recall, Lubbock, smelling of stale beer and gallons of puke, is my least favorite, as it is unusable. Tie that with the fact that if you are in Lubbock you by definition definitely NEED a drink, and it's unforgiveable.

Agreed. Also, the old (C?) terminal at Hobby was a $#@!ing zoo on Friday afternoons. All the Dallas flights left from the end and it was just a giant party, not really a bar just an open drinking area...had some good times that facilitated a few "pen in company ink" opportunities for me once we landed in Dallas. Good $#@!ing times.

[Baboontyme]

This is my receipt (3rd receipt, actually) at Chili's in O'Hare last year after a prolonged delay. She had to keep starting a new tab for me because I was ordering doubles and they're not allowed to serve you more than 6 or 7 drinks on the same bill or something. Needless to say, I was overserved. Did not even notice this until I went to file my expense report.

Long story short, I agree.

[HornzUp]

I can't wait till they finish the new terminal in Amarillo. Currently the only restaurant/bar is outside of security.

[goofyboy]

This is my receipt (3rd receipt, actually) at Chili's in O'Hare last year after a prolonged delay. She had to keep starting a new tab for me because I was ordering doubles and they're not allowed to serve you more than 6 or 7 drinks on the same bill or something. Needless to say, I was overserved. Did not even notice this until I went to file my expense report.

Long story short, I agree.

That's my signature too. Nicely done.

[iamthepush]

That's my signature too. Nicely done.

my first thought was wft did someone pick up my receipt, but then i realized banks don't let me have CC or debit cards no more

[stunns38]

I like the bars in JFK in NYC and IAH-Houston the best. A French woman at JFK really wanted to hook up until I flashed the wedding ring. Of course this $#@! wouldn't happen if I were single.

[TexonLongIsland]

The bar at Jet Blue's Terminal 5 at JFK is awesome. By far the best outside of an international business or first class lounge. Lots of talent on their way to South Beach and Boca and starting to pre-party.

[tigolbiddies]

Bloody Mary at an airport bar is always a win. Sure, it might taste bad and be overpriced as hell, but it is a win at the time.

[Quasimofo]

This is my receipt (3rd receipt, actually) at Chili's in O'Hare last year after a prolonged delay. She had to keep starting a new tab for me because I was ordering doubles and they're not allowed to serve you more than 6 or 7 drinks on the same bill or something. Needless to say, I was overserved. Did not even notice this until I went to file my expense report.

Long story short, I agree.

Damn! That's my signature AND my drunk math.

[BuckeyesSuck]

can anyone explain why i don't drink sam adams anywhere but airport bars, yet i drink it almost exclusively when i'm there?

This is so true I don't even know what to say. + Rep?

[Bedouin]

Had to spend the night in the Denver Airport during March Madness a few years back after coming back on a spring break trip from Puerto Vallarta. At first everyone was livid but it ended up being an incredible night. Airport bars are awesome.

[baboso]

This is my receipt (3rd receipt, actually) at Chili's in O'Hare last year after a prolonged delay. She had to keep starting a new tab for me because I was ordering doubles and they're not allowed to serve you more than 6 or 7 drinks on the same bill or something. Needless to say, I was overserved. Did not even notice this until I went to file my expense report.

Long story short, I agree.

You cheap $#@!; a $#@!ing 6 buck tip for the third time violating company policy.

Just wait until you have a goddamn 5 hour delay at Fort $#@!ing Lauderdale. No bar, just one $#@!ty pizza place with alcohol, and the hag that works there could not give less of a $#@! about getting you another beer.

[244335]

I'm sitting at the desk in a Hilton Garden Inn in Allentown, PA. It's right next to a Sam Adams brewery. I wouldn't drink that $#@! if it was free (and a good friend of my wife's is their Director of HR at their corporate HQ). That $#@! tastes like it has had pennies and dirty underwear soaking in it.

With that said, I'm a big fan of bars. Since airport bars are bars, I like them.

[HenryGandorf]

southwest lax or burbank to vegas friday night between 5 and 8 = stripper flights. the party starts in the bars, continues on the plane, then you get to vegas, and $#@! gets real.

[KaiserSoze]

LAX has a Gordon Biersch but I've never had the opportunity to hit it... I'd like to think they dominate the Sam Adams syndrome.

[Ted Lange]

Terminals C and E at IAH are great, A is terrible, B is like a 3rd world country bazaar crossed with that bar from Star Wars. Only place worse is the "new" Continental terminal at Hobby.

As a smoker, I appreciate Tampa and Denver and surprisingly Salt Lake. Was stuck in Charlotte for 4 hours a few weeks ago and that is one nice airport.

[244335]

Try EWR (Newark, NJ). Once you pass security, no alcohol. $#@!...that...$#@!!

[Baboontyme]

You cheap $#@!; a $#@!ing 6 buck tip for the third time violating company policy.

Just wait until you have a goddamn 5 hour delay at Fort $#@!ing Lauderdale. No bar, just one $#@!ty pizza place with alcohol, and the hag that works there could not give less of a $#@! about getting you another beer.

$#@! off baboso! Do you think she took the $6 tip or the $7 tip? Besides, I tipped 30%+ on all of my 3 times violating company policy.

Ran up a $196 (before tip) bar tab during delays at RDU a few weeks ago with 2 coworkers, liquid only. No receipt pic b/c I did the math right.

[Bedouin]

Terminals C and E at IAH are great, A is terrible, B is like a 3rd world country bazaar crossed with that bar from Star Wars. Only place worse is the "new" Continental terminal at Hobby.

As a smoker, I appreciate Tampa and Denver and surprisingly Salt Lake. Was stuck in Charlotte for 4 hours a few weeks ago and that is one nice airport.

lulz

[ldogg53]

Whoever mentioned Hobby above was dead on. I haven't been in years, but a buddy and I used to go there randomly to hang out pre 9/11.

Most damage I've done was last year in Puerto Rico. Had a 4 hr layover. Co-worker and I ran up a $120 tab on nothing but $#@!ty cheap draft Puerto Rican beer and 1 sandwich. We got pretty $#@!ty.

[stunns38]

Try EWR (Newark, NJ). Once you pass security, no alcohol. $#@!...that...$#@!!

Actually the Continental terminal C there is good with bars. The other terminals look like a scene from the movie Airplane circa 1980. The ghosts of Pan Am, Eastern airlines, and TWA haunt me in terms A and B.

Sent from my iPhone killing EVO using tapatalk.

[Chico_SA]

Had a meeting in Frisco the week of the big freeze. All I could do that week was slide across the street to Third Base. That was also Super Bowl Weekend . Got a car service to get me and a couple of coworkers to Love. We were in a Tahoe and driver was aggressive as hell. Fun but scary drive. Then got to the gate and because of delays, had plenty of time to drink. Fun time as folks were coming in for the Super Bowl. Love how they wheeled out the beer tubs into the walkway.

[Brisketexan]

Spent 4 hrs in a bar in Terminal C at EWR yesterday w my associate. We ate some oysters. We drank a lot of Sam Adams (spooky). And we watched the joisey scenery. A dude came up to us and insisted I looked like someone he knew. Nobody hit on my associate - which was unusual. I pointed out the girls who I thought were hot - she said what she always does - that I'm predictable, and I have a type (they all look something like my wife). Which is true.

[5280]

okay, so what does your wife look like?

[ldogg53]

The bar at Fox Sports upstairs in Terminal E at IAH is pretty good.

[Brisketexan]

Olive skinned brunette. Nice shoulders, curves. I'm a sucker for tan shoulders. My associate can pick out the ones I'll like before I can sometimes.

[Brisketexan]

Oh, and we drank at the Fox Sports bar in Charlotte the other night. Great scenery. Trampy gals going to/coming from beaches. SEC frat douche types. Plenty of ghetto types. Both in the bar and walking by. A pleasant way to kill a 2 hr delay.

[Dewey Oxburger]

Airport bars are my favorite, I always schedule some time between flights, not going to rush from one gate to another, $#@! that, have a beer or ten.

Houston George Bush, terminal C, any suggestions? Fly out tomorrow on my way to Philly.

[244335]

Actually the Continental terminal C there is good with bars. The other terminals look like a scene from the movie Airplane circa 1980. The ghosts of Pan Am, Eastern airlines, and TWA haunt me in terms A and B.

Sent from my iPhone killing EVO using tapatalk.

Great, so only those in the American Airlines terminal get $#@!ed. $#@! YOU, NJ!

[JW]

Olive skinned brunette. Nice shoulders, curves. I'm a sucker for tan shoulders. My associate can pick out the ones I'll like before I can sometimes.

this isn't nam smoky, there are rules

[Ted Lange]

Airport bars are my favorite, I always schedule some time between flights, not going to rush from one gate to another, $#@! that, have a beer or ten.

Houston George Bush, terminal C, any suggestions? Fly out tomorrow on my way to Philly.

I like the new Le Grand Comptoir, they serve Hoegaarden. If not there is Bubba's Bayou, where I always ended up drinking a Big Sam Adams like the rest of the people on this thread.

[Dewey Oxburger]

Appreciate it, Ted.

[MNLonghorn10]

find a chilis, get their chips and salsa, and mix the salsa with ranch. crack

[erniefromclass]

[lowery21]

For you guys that fly several times a year, I can't recommend the Continental Presidents club enough. You can usually find a promotion for around $350 or so for a year and it's good for all the Star Alliance clubs. Free hooch, free Internet, and most importantly a relaxing place to hang out away from the unwashed masses. I have to think you guys are spending more than that at $8 a Sam Adams.

[spankytoes]

Great, so only those in the American Airlines terminal get $#@!ed. $#@! YOU, NJ!

Enjoyed the Heineken Lounge last month in Terminal C. After a week with the kids, it was deserved.

If you fly AA to EWR instead of LGA, you're doing it wrong anyway.

[Ignatius]

This is the tab for me and my buddy killing 1 hour at Bergstrom waiting for our flight out to Burbank prior to the Alabama game:

[Tuco Ramirez]

I can't wait till they finish the new terminal in Amarillo. Currently the only restaurant/bar is outside of security.

Amarillo's airport is a completely different discussion. It's a deli counter that happens to have bottled beer for sale. I like the Amarillo airport because I can get through it in about 8 minutes,12 minutes if I'm returning a rental, but it's not a place where you kick back, get $#@!ty, and peruse the talent.

And I guess I'm in the minority on this board in that I don't like airport bars. Overpriced drinks, crowded, and I'm usually hauling around the carry-on. If I'm in an airport that allows liquor in the main terminals, that's the path I'll take.

[244335]

Enjoyed the Heineken Lounge last month in Terminal C. After a week with the kids, it was deserved.

If you fly AA to EWR instead of LGA, you're doing it wrong anyway.

My meetings are either in Allentown, PA, or Radnor, PA. One is ~1hr from PHL by car and the other is ~15 minutes. That's why PHL/EWR are really the only options for me that make sense.