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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 BarOXFORD, 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 CafeSTOW, 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 InnCINCINNATI, 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)

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