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> Airports provide what they think customers want. Generally travelers want familiarity, which chain restaurants provide. Indeed. For most people at an airport

> Airports provide what they think customers want. Generally travelers want familiarity, which chain restaurants provide. Indeed. For most people at an airport, they have a time boxed period to eat. The sitdown place with unknown ticket times does not work.

Macha 5y ago
The other thing is an unknown restaurant in an airport is an unknown quantity - it could be garbage or it could be really good, but if you're travelling and just want food to be done with, the chain restaurants provide predictable averageness.
- thinkingemote 5y ago
  Indeed, this is why some around the world view Americans with the stereotype of only eating McDonald's when they get to their country. (Or British who only eat breakfasts or fish n chips etc) It's predicable and just gets food done with. Life is an unknown quantity.
  - ghaff 5y ago
    It's gotten better in recent years. In most airports, I can find something decent like one of the premium burger places which I rather like in general or an outpost of a good local restaurant. But, yeah, numerically-speaking airports are dominated by well-known lowest common denominator national chains.
    - johannes1234321 5y ago
      Come to Munich - there is a brewery right at the airport. Can't be more local. https://www.munich-airport.de/airbraeu/en https://www.munich-airport.de/airbraeu/en
nemetroid 5y ago
It’s an airport restaurant, of course they’re going to be quick about it.