According to AAA projections, some 43.4 million Americans are predicted to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday this week.
For fliers, the busiest travel day is expected to be Sunday, December 1, with an estimated 2.56 million travelers, according to Airlines for America, an airline industry group.
The second busiest is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving with 2.42 million fliers. Those numbers compare to the estimated 1.87 million travelers on Saturday, November 23.
For those that may arrive, depart, or catch a connecting flight at Newark Liberty International Airport, we’ve listed 10 good quality restaurants at or near Newark Airport that we hope makes your travel time more pleasant.
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1) Garden State Diner
Terminal C, Newark International Airport
Thirty-six of of 49 reviewers at Trip Advisor gave Garden State Diner a very good to excellent rating.
One reviewer commented:
“We have eaten at this airport diner twice before boarding our flight and the meal has been great on both occasions. I had gyro and pita bread while my husband had a burger. They were both really fresh and tasty, the service was quick and everyone was really friendly and polite. One of the best airport eateries I have ever been in.”
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2) Gallagher’s Steakhouse
(Terminal C, past Gate 121)
Delish points out that the 120-seat airport outpost of the 1928 Manhattan restaurant is outfitted like the original (dark wood, red-checkered tablecloths), and serves steaks, burgers, and a fine selection of wines.
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3) Le Grand Comptoir
(Terminal C, 3 near Gate C124)
Like Vino Volo, Le Grand Comptoir is a mini chain of airport wine bars serving a great list of vino along with snacks (baked camembert, beef carpaccio), salads, sandwiches, and heartier mains.
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4) Fornos of Spain
(Near New Jersey Airport)
Fornos of Spain Restaurant is located on the Iron Bound in Newark, NJ. Fornos has been honored with numerous awards and proclaimed by various national magazines as a “must” when dining out in New Jersey. Their Spanish cuisine is prepared with the freshest seafood of Spain, and their extensive wine cellars offer over 450 aged and vintage wines and has the rarest collections of Spanish wines in the United States.
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5) Phillips Seafood
(Post-security, Concourse for Gates A30 – 39)
A seafood chain serving Maryland favorites like crab cakes and Blue Crab Margaritas. Philips has nine airport locations but this Newark one just opened in summer 2011.
Newark Airport’s Five Standouts, according to Eater.
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6) Vino Volo
(Terminal C, Post-security, Concourse 1 near Gate 74)
This is about as upmarket as you’re going to get at Newark (EWR). A nice chain of airport wine bars with well selected lists and compatible snacks.
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7) Earl of Sandwich
(Terminal A, Post-security, Gates A20 – 28)
It’s still an airport sandwich but it’s the best airport sandwich around. Also on offer: salads, nachos, potato skins, artichoke dip, and desserts plus beer, wine, and cocktails.
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8) Le Grand Comptoir
(Terminal C, Post-security, Concourse 3 near Gate C124)
Like Vino Volo, Le Grand Comptoir is a mini chain of airport wine bars serving a great list of vino along with snacks (baked camembert, beef carpaccio), salads, sandwiches, and heartier mains.
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9) Grand Central Oyster Bar
(Terminal C, Post-security, Concourse 1 near gate 70)
Sure you’re missing the ambiance that is 85% of what makes the original Grand Central Oyster bar so great, but hey, this is a great place for some crab cakes or fried calamari and a glass of wine pre or post flight.
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10) Smashburger
(Terminal C, post-security, Concourse 3 near Gate 124)
Growing burger chain Smashburger serves up a very decent fast food patty. When there’s no Shake Shack or Five Guys around, this is the chain to hit. And the special New Jersey burger features Applewood smoked bacon, blue cheese crumbles, grilled onions, haystack onions, lettuce, tomato and mayo on an onion bun.
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