Despite repeatedly being rankedone of the worst airdrome in the country , Newark is on a mission to rebrand itself as New York ’s salutary airport for dining ( in New Jersey , naturally ) . United Airlines , along with airport restaurant group OTG , has already invested $ 120 million into transforming its Terminal C from a Hudson News and Jamba Juice barren into a dreamworld airport - dining oasis with restaurant gasconade heavy - name chef like Alex Stupak and Mario Carbone . The Modern terminal is ask to be completed in early 2017 , and the late addition to its re - imagined upscale dining is also a first for airports in general : a restaurant with a daily - rotate menu based on what ’s in time of year .

DAILY ( yes , that ’s the actual name of the eatery ) is the first of its form in the mankind – at least as far as airports are concerned , since non - airport eating place with daily - rotating menus certainly already live . Like other seasonal restaurants , the daily computer menu will be learn free-base on what bring out , meat , and Pisces is in season at nearby farmers markets . The idiom “ farm to concluding direction , ” was also used , because Inferno is real .

The restaurant will boast a customs Mrs. Henry Wood - burning grill that a team of chefs , supervise by OTG ’s executive chef , Michael Coury , will habituate for dishes like grilled scallop , five - spiced chicken , Arctic char , and togarashi flank steak .

flank steak at DAILY newark airport restaurant

Courtesy of OTG Experience

The new restaurant bring together the like of the Alain Ducasse - open Saison , Alex Stupak ’s street taco blot Tacquila , andTop Chef ’s Dale Talde ’s dumpling and bonce articulatio , Little handbag . It ’s require that more than 50new restaurant will open in the terminal by early 2017 .

Will flank steak dull the pain sensation of traveling through one of the worst - designed airports that ’s also responsible for some of the country ’s most frequent delays , cancelled flights , long lines , and the sobering reality that after all of that , you ’re still in New Jersey ? No . But the scallop ? Maybe .

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