Press
4.2011 The Examiner
New SFO fare soars over most airport food
The reopening of elegant, light-filled Terminal 2 marks an apotheosis in airport food service.
4.2011 SFGate
SFO Terminal 2 dining a local, gourmet bounty
The eco-friendly qualities of SFO's Terminal 2 extend to the dining options as well. Going well beyond typical fast food, Napa Farms Market, a 5,000-square-foot marketplace highlighting local produce and artisan foods, will lead the offerings.
4.2011 SFGate
Now Open: SFO Terminal 2
By now, all the details on SFO's $383 million, LEED-certified Terminal 2 have been unveiled. For our purposes here, the food lineup and renderings are all memorable, but today, the first flights are arriving and the food-centric terminal debuts to the public.
4.2011 SFGate
SFO Terminal 2 to include sustainable food
SFO's shiny new $383 million Terminal 2 is scheduled to welcome its first flight on April 14. At the same time, the LEED Gold-certified terminal will open an ambitious sustainable food and dining program that, until now, has been largely absent in airports.
7.2010 SF Foodie
Sustainability the Focus of Napa Farms Market in SFO's New Terminal 2
Third Wave coffee from Equator. Organic ice cream from Three Twins. Hog Island oysters, Frog Hollow Farm peaches, Kara's cupcakes—the lineup of producers at the upcoming Napa Farms Market in the San Francisco airport is shaping up.
5.2010 Sustainable Industries
Equator Flies into Retail
San Rafael, Calif.-based Equator Coffees & Teas will be the featured coffee retailer for Napa Farms Market, a new San Francisco Ferry Plaza-style marketplace being created by boutique airport restaurateur, Tastes on the Fly in the remodeled Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
4.2010 Fly SFO
A Sneak "Green" Preview of SFO's New Terminal 2 - Earth Day Tour Highlights Sustainable Aspects of T2 Renovation Now Underway
Food Marketplace - SFO will feature the country's first airport food marketplace that places an emphasis on locally grown and produced food, much of it organic.
4.2010 SF Business Times
Nashville Business Journal (read)
Tastes on the Fly brings flavor to airports, licenses local brands for airport restaurants
The aftermath of 9/11 forced Michael Levine to rethink his business strategy. Levine is CEO and co-founder of San Mateo-based Tastes on the Fly, which licenses the names and concepts of local restaurants, such as Lark Creek Restaurant Group's Yankee Pier, and sets up and operates them in airports.
2.2010 Airport Revenue News
Tastes On The Fly Awarded 2 Locations At New SFO Terminal
Travelers flying on Virgin America and American Airlines at the renovated Terminal 2 at San Francisco International (SFO) will soon have two food and beverage options.
11.2009 Airports Council International
Bobby Van's Grill and Steakhouse at JFK 2009 Best New Food Beverage Concept
The awards were announced during the 2009 ACI-NA Concessions Conference. The purpose of the ACI-NA Excellence in Airport Concessions Contest is to inspire creativity in the industry and to recognize innovating and outstanding airport concessions. These awards help to demonstrate that growing importance of concessions to the total airport experience.
10.2009 People Magazine
Peter Greenberg's Top Airport Restaurants
By Peter Greenberg
Yankee Pier, San Francisco International Airport. Greenberg says this place is good "for a light meal" thanks to its raw bar and fish made to order.
7.2009 The Metropolitan Report
Bobby Vans Steakhouse Lands at JFK
By Doug Singer
Bobby Van's Steakhouse has been awarded a coveted spot on Tom Horan's American Top Ten Steakhouses for each of the past three years. The quintessential destination steakhouse celebrated their 40th anniversary by opening their first airport location at JFK International Airport. This is unlike the fare you would normally find while awaiting a flight and a welcome respite away from the bustle of the airport terminal.
6.2009 USA Today
Readers Picks: Best airport restaurants, shops and services
By Gary Stoller
Some airports...have hidden treasures - a special shop, restaurant or service - that makes it easier to while away the minutes or hours. Readers Pics: Boston: Boston Beer Works, San Francisco: Yankee Pier
5.2009 Airport Revenue News
Bobby' Van's Steakhouse Sizzles at JFK
By Jamie Simon
The first airport location of Bobby Van's Steakhouse has opened post-security in American Airlines Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International (JFK).... “Passengers and guests are thrilled with the beauty of the build-out, the high-quality food and friendly professional level of service”
1.2009 Travelmuse.com
Fine Dining on the Fly
By Jonathan Lerner
At some airports, you can bypass the fast-food feeding frenzy and enjoy a real meal at one of these 14 worthy eateries. San Francisco....Yankee Pier. With offerings like clam chowder and lobster rolls - not to mention its very name - this restaurant in Terminal 3 is channeling the New England shore fish shack.
