Best of the Best
Five Star Rating
Each year the 54,000 private pilot subscribers of the $100 Hamburger website, www.100dollarhamburger.com are asked to put forth their candidates for the top FlyIn restaurants in the United States.
To be considered, a restaurant must be reviewed in the just released book The $100 Hamburger -2014/15 edition, which means they are located on an airport, close doesn’t count and they have earned our five star rating.
$100 Hamburger is pilot slang for the practice of flying away for the sole purpose of grabbing a bite at a distant airport. The check for the meal is modest but the costs of flying your own plane to get to it are very high.
The joy of these pilots’ passion for flight is shared by the countless patrons who fill airport restaurants to watch them arrive and depart and to dream that one day they too could be at the controls.
Please join me in congratulating the twenty-six that made the 2014 Best of the Best list. All tastes are served and every imagination fulfilled. Some are very, very impressive, high dollar, white table cloth, uptown style cafes; others are downhome, family spots. Each is special. They are presented in alphabetical order by state and city within state, followed by the name and three letter identifier of the airport that hosts them.
The Mesa Grill
SEDONA, AZ (SEDONA - SEZ)
Gaston's Restaurant
LAKEVIEW, AR (GASTONS - 3M0)
Harris Ranch Restaurant
COALINGA, CA (HARRIS RANCH - 3O8)
Izzy's Steakhouse
SAN CARLOS, CA (SAN CARLOS - SQL)
The Perfect Landing
DENVER, CO (CENTENNIAL - APA)
121 Restaurant and Bar OXFORD, CT (WATERBURY-OXFORD - OXC)
Jet Runway Cafe
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (FT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE - FXE)
Jekyll Island Club Grand Dining Room
JEKYLL ISLAND, GA (JEKYLL ISLAND - 09J)
Pilot Pete's
CHICAGO/SCHAUMBURG, IL (SCHAUMBURG RGNL - 06C)
The Airport Steak House
HUTCHINSON, KS (HUTCHINSON MUNI - HUT)
Bistro Le Relais
LOUISVILLE, KY (BOWMAN FIELD - LOU)
Nick's Airport Inn
HAGERSTOWN, MD (HAGERSTOWN RGNL - HGR)
Nancy's Air Field Cafe STOW, MA (MINUTE MAN AIR FIELD - 6B6)
Rick's Crabby Cowboy
MONTAUK, NY (MONTAUK - MTP)
Pik N Pig BBQ
CARTHAGE, NC (GILLIAM - MC CONNELL AIRFIELD - 5NC3)
Sky Galley Inn CINCINNATI, OH (LUNKEN FIELD - LUK)
Tin Goose Diner
PORT CLINTON, OH (CARL R KELLER FIELD - PCW)
Jake's Joint
ARDMORE, OK (ARDMORE MUNI - ADM)
Enrique's Mexican Restaurant
PONCA CITY, OK (PONCA CITY RGNL - PNC)
DeNunzio's Italian Chophouse and Sinatra Bar
LATROBE, PA (ARNOLD PALMER RGNL - LBE)
Ryan’s Hangar Restaurant & Ace Lounge
HURON, SD (HURON RGNL - HON)
Southern Flyer Diner
BRENHAM, TX (BRENHAM MUNI - 11R)
The Hard Eight
STEPHENVILLE, TX (CLARK FIELD MUNI - SEP)
Rickenbacker’s Bistro
OGDEN, UT (OGDEN-HINCKLEY - OGD)
The Basin Harbor Resort
VERGENNES, VT (BASIN HARBOR - B06)
Spruce Goose Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND, WA (JEFFERSON COUNTY INTL - 0S9)
