One of the most neglected areas of the Fly&Dine universe is hotel restaurants. For decades, people knew that eating in the hotel restaurant meant uninspired meals in a stuffy dining room (or low-rent diner) with a super-high bill at the end. Those days are luckily behind us. In just the past month, I’ve had incredible…
…could be yours when you enter this week’s Fly&Dine Interview + Giveaway! Have you entered yet? If not, don’t worry. You have until Sunday to get your entry in. All you have to do is check out my interview with Kendra from Points & Pixie Dust and answer the question in the comments of this…
Tales from the Runway features stories of air travel terror and delight from the Fly&Dine community. Here’s Esther Tseng, LA blogging superstar of e*star LA, on finding ramen nirvana at a regional Japanese airport during a recent snowboarding trip: The mere idea that I would choose to eat at an airport is ludicrous, really. But…
Fly&Dine Snacks are bite-sized bits of info to keep you flying and dining in style. Some people call them links. I call them portals to new knowledge. I don’t know how I missed this, but GQ named their top 9 airport beer bars back in March, starting with Cleveland’s excellent Great Lakes Brewery. Read all…
It’s becoming quite the trend these days for major media outlets to publish a list of their top airport restaurant picks and cable news giant CNN is the latest to jump on the bandwagon (or intra-terminal shuttle, as the case may be). They just published a story about their top 14 airport restaurants and, in…
Next up in the Fly&Dine Interview hot seat is Kendra (left, with husband Josh above), the woman behind BoardingArea blog Points & Pixie Dust. Kendra loves tracking down the best deals around and traveling in luxury (without a luxurious budget) and she was gracious enough to share her tips for eating on the go. Stick…
It’s hard to believe that I was soaking up the Hawaiian sun a week ago and now I’m sweltering in my tiny house in LA, but life could be much, much worse. If you’re a regular reader, then you were able to follow along as I ate my way through the Kohala Coast on the…
We’ve all seen the photographs of air travelers decades ago flying in their finest suits and dresses, but did you know the quality of the food used to match the quality of their outfits? Nowadays, it’s commonplace to criticize the food we’re eating in-flight, but in the early days of aviation, people were more than…
Stuck in an in-flight cocktail rut? Tired of the same old gin & tonic/rum & Coke/vodka cranberry options from the beverage cart? Bon Appetit is here to help. Restaurant and drinks editor Andrew Knowlton, aka The Foodist, has come up with three cocktail hacks to transform your next sky drink into a much happier occasion.…
First of all, let’s be honest. First Class on an older AA 757 is a joke. With the exception of the extra elbow and leg room, there’s not much about this cabin that screams premium anymore. On my red-eye flight earlier this week from Kona to LA, I found out that the food matches the…
If you ever went to Vegas and thought “there just aren’t enough dining outlets here,” then fear not. First of all, I’m so sorry that the brain surgery went awry. Second, MGM is converting the space between New York-New York and Monte Carlo into an outdoor pedestrian park (called “The Park”) with a planned opening…
The Mauna Kea is the oldest hotel on Hawaii’s Kohala Coast and next year it’ll celebrate its 50th anniversary. Built by a Rockefeller, this beautiful hotel doesn’t look anywhere near its age and Manta, the signature restaurant at the Mauna Kea is no exception. Do you see that photo above? That’s the view from my…
I’ve been down on the Kohala Coast on the Northwest side of Hawaii (aka The Big Island) and I’ve been feasting like some kind of modern day Kamehameha. So far, I’ve enjoyed a private chef’s tour to the farmers market with Executive Chef Jayson Kanekoa of the Waikoloa Beach Marriott, a righteous steamed monchong at…
Resort fees have spread like a plague throughout the travel industry but once in a while, they’re actually worth it. At the Waikoloa Beach Marriott, where I’ve been staying as their guest for two days this week, the $25 resort fee not only gives you two Mai Tais and free internet to get the party…
