Chili's. I haven't been in one for years, but on a recent trip through the Charlotte airport- I stopped in to have some lunch and to grab a cold beer.
The service was efficient, although not particularly friendly but the food came up quickly so I was able to make my connecting flight easily. I had to laugh when the server asked me for ID before she would bring me a beer. Must be their policy as a guy that was obviously older than me at the next table was also asked. I decided the drinking age must be 50 in North Carolina! (kidding)
The food was okay. Their namesake chili was bland and lacked anything remotely interesting in it but it was hot and filling. And know to ask when they say, "the beer is in a bottle" what kind of a bottle they are talking about. I thought I was going to get my fav beer in a glass bottle, but what I ended up with was a wide mouth aluminum bottle. Not my favorite.
But all in all- still probably one of the better choices in this airport. And my lunch didn't cost an arm and a leg.
And the treat for me? Given it was the holiday season- there was a piano player nearby playing with abandon beautiful music. Made me almost forget for a minute that I was stuck in an airport.