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| - Who knew such amazing food could come from a kitchen at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport? I certainly didn't.
So my flight was supposed to leave back to Vegas at 6pm. Then the text came in that my flight was delayed to 9pm. Game Over. My battleship had been sunk. I was stuck. What else do you do when you have 3+ hours to kill at an airport? Eat dinner of course!
I really liked how Sky Harbor has a ton of non-chain restaurants in their main food court area. A quick glance at Yelp and Chelsea's Kitchen with it's great dining room was an easy pick. The menu isn't huge, but definitely has enough options to appease a variety of diners. My selection on this flight-delayed evening was the short rib tacos. It was an easy decision to make once our dynamite waitress gave the suggestion saying it was what they were known for. We also decided to start off with chips & guacomole. I don't know if I was just famished or if it was that good, but the guac was absolutely off the charts good. My tacos were equally as tasty. The short rib was super tender, great flavor, and the homemade corn tortillas made this a 5 star meal. I wasn't crazy about the kale slaw that accompanied it, but I'm also not a big fan of kale. The person I was traveling with landed on the Green Chili burger and it looked really, really good. He housed that, I housed mine, and we were able to kill a good 90 minutes in the restaurant.
The service was incredible, the ambiance was very nice (especially for an airport), and most importantly the food was great. Next time it won't be a mandated delay, I'll get to the airport early enough to partake in another Chelsea's Kitchen meal.
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