Jacob's Spring Grille, DFW Airport, Tex.

All the security policies at airports these days make it very difficult to socialize with locals when traveling through major airport hubs. The DFW Airport in Texas is no exception, with all the restaurants there inside the secured area. This is in contrast to Reagan National Airport in D.C., where the "good" restaurants are on the outside in the shopping and ticketing areas, and inside the secured areas are just fast food kinds of places.

My friend David was able to come meet me during my layover yesterday, and since my flight from D.C. was over an hour late, he got to investigate and scope out the situation. He determined (we didn't yet know I wouldn't leave town until 7:30) our only option was the Hyatt Regency Hotel next to the airport terminal.

So, off we ran, out the terminal and through the parking garages to the hotel, where we found Jacob's Spring Grille, a typical hotel eatery I would categorize as being in that niche between coffee shop and expensive restaurant. They had a pasta bar with a chef making pastas to order, but we both opted to order from the menu.

David had a classic reuben sandwich with curly fries and a cup of coffee.



I had a chicken cordon bleu croissant sandwich served with curly fries and an interesting red cabbage, walnut, and dried cherry slaw garnished with long threads of carrot and beets. A honey-mustard sauce for the sandwich was drizzled around the plate.



I had actually ordered the sweet potato fries instead of the curly fries, an error the waitress noted when the expediter brought out our food. Soon we got a plate of sweet potato fries with no extra charge.

Here's David's Kody Pose: