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Originally Posted by hoboman27
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Nothing new in her article to followers of this forum. But I found this complaint by Yedlin a bit odd:
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Once inside, there isn’t a lot in terms of food or retail. There is a solitary Starbucks, a Wolfgang Puck-branded restaurant and a wine bar, but no Tim Hortons, and grab-and-go food options are thin.
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IMO, the food situation in the new terminal is one of the big wins. Both the D and E concourses have three full-service restaurants ... plus each has a food court with a variety of options ... plus there are some fun surprises like the frozen yogurt place in E. Both of those concourses have, I think, the best post-security variety of food at YYC. And it's on par with - if not better than - the food options at both YVR and YYZ transborder!
I wonder if Yedlin ever flew out of the old concourse B, where there was little other than an awful Burger King and a bus-station-like no-name bar serving pre-wrapped sandwiches. Limited choice, long lines for what little was on offer, and no full service options for people with longer waits. Comparing concourse E to what B used to be, E is heaven. (By food and drink standards, at least.)
And as for "retail", there's barely any post-security at concourses A, B or C. Comparatively, there's more in the new concourses. And while some hub airports (far bigger than Calgary) do have a lot more shopping (IAH, for example) others (ORD, LGA) have very little shopping beyond the usual airport stuff. Even YVR's transborder shopping options are pretty spartan. Given Calgary's intl and transborder passenger volumes, I think YYC did well on this point too.