SPAIN. The 2025 Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards is now just 20 days away. Today The Moodie Davitt Report proudly reveals the finalists in a perennially popular category – Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≥20M passengers.
The 2025 Award winners will be revealed at the FAB 2025 Gala Dinner in Barcelona on 26 June.
There are 23 categories in this year’s FAB Awards, which attracted a record-breaking number of entries. There will also be additional special judges’ awards.
Commenting on the latest shortlist, The Moodie Davitt Report Chairman and Founder of the FAB Awards Martin Moodie said: “As always, this category drew an overwhelming number of submissions. Casual dining really lies at the heart of the airport experience but casual should not be contradictory with excellence.
“Both the standard and diversity of offers in this year’s Awards were impressive and the contest at the top of the leaderboard is closer than in any previous FAB, testament we think to global standards rising across the board.”
The remaining category finalists will be announced this week. 
Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≥20M passengers finalists
Asian Street Kitchen – Emirates Leisure Retail, Dubai International Airport, UAE
Comptoir Libanais – Areas, Milan Malpensa Airport, Italy
Eastward Long Island Kitchen & Restaurant – JFKIAT, John F. Kennedy International Airport, USA
Falconi’s – Kuffler Group & Fraport, Frankfurt Airport, Germany
Fox & Flight – Paradies Lagardère, Boston Logan International Airport, USA
Harry Caray’s Shortstop – North American Concessions, Chicago Midway International Airport, USA
Luke Magnan – Airport Retail Enterprises (SSP Asia Pacific), Sydney Airport, Australia
La Bientirada – Areas, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, Spain
Mercantile Dining & Provision – Denver International Airport, USA
Nonna’s Kitchen & Bar – OTG Management, Newark Liberty International Airport, USA
Pier D – Avolta, Zayed International Airport, UAE
Soleil Brasserie – OTG Management, La Guardia International Airport
Sunday’s Best – SSP America, Salt Lake City International Airport
The Grille – OTG Management, LaGuardia International Airport
Vivanda Burger – BTA, Istanbul Airport, Türkiye
Yasamin Kitchen & Bar – Lagardère Travel Retail, Zayed International Airport, UAE
Note: Baru Bar & Grill – GCG, Tocumen International Airport, Panama; and Rabbagast – SSP, Bergen Airport, Norway can be found among the Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≤20M passengers finalists as they were inadvertently entered in the bigger airports category.
Note: The exciting FAB 2026 venue will be revealed during a special handover ceremony at the Gala Dinner for this year’s FAB in Barcelona. The combination of FAB plus Airport Hospitality World will see the event take on an additional exhibition element next year.
Click on the cover to view highlights from the last Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards 2024, which took place in Ontario, California on 25-26 June
More finalists revealed…
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- FAB Airport Coffee or Tea Shop of the Year
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- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Offer Best Representing Sense of Place
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- FAB Airport Restaurant Design of the Year
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- FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year – Airport ≥20 million passengers finalists
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- FAB Airport Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport F&B Opening of the Year
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- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Marketing Campaign of the Year
- FAB Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year – Airport ≤20M passengers
- FAB Airport Lounge of the Year finalists
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- FAB Airport Health-Centred Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport Food & Beverage Digital Initiative of the Year
- FAB Airport Customer/Hospitality Initiative of the Year
- FAB Airport Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year
And here for:
- FAB Airport Lounge Food & Beverage Offer of the Year
- FAB Airport Instagrammable Location of the Year
Our 11 superstar finalists in FAB Airport Chef of the Year can be found here.
And click here for the shortlisted entrants in:
- FAB Airport Lounge Opening of the Year
- FAB Airport Bar or Pub of the Year (≤20M passengers)
- FAB Airport Food Hall of the Year (≤20M passengers)
The Moodie Davitt Report is delighted to announce Airport Hospitality World, the latest edition to its wide-ranging, market-leading travel retail and airport non-aeronautical revenues publishing and event portfolio. Airport Hospitality World will cover all forms of airport lounges across international and domestic terminals, including various definitions globally as follows:
Plus other hospitality-related platforms:
Excitingly, the long-established Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) + Hospitality Conference & Awards will embrace Airport Hospitality World from the 2026 edition – the event’s 15th anniversary. The event will take on an extended form, featuring an exhibition and the ultimate one-stop airport hospitality and food & beverage conference and awards platform. |