The 5 best places to eat at Chicago's Midway Airport

Kevin Pang's NBC Chicago column recommends five dining options at Midway Airport—Beecher's mac-and-cheese, Big City Chicken, Mr. Beef's Italian beef sandwich, Billy Goat Tavern burgers, and Arami sushi—arguing that Chicago airport dining has improved significantly with chef-driven concepts now competing with fast food. The reporting is authored by a named food journalist with demonstrated expertise (Pang cites his New York Times work and prior restaurant coverage), and he provides specific menu details, price context ($17 for Mr. Beef), and honest caveats about inflated airport pricing and capacity constraints. Independent search results confirm Mr. Beef's cultural prominence from the TV series *The Bear*, corroborating the restaurant's renown mentioned in the article; however, the search results are primarily Australian syndicated outlets covering *The Bear*-related tourism rather than independent verification of Midway dining quality claims. Readers should note this is a subjective recommendation column rather than investigative reporting, and the author's prior published work on Chicago restaurants lends credibility to his assessments, though individual dining experiences may vary.