Thrillist: Food choices propel Sky Harbor to top 20 ranking in airport list

Enlarge Photo

Jim Poulin/Phoenix Business Journal

Andy Ingram of Four Peaks Brewing Co., whose Sky Harbor restaurant helped earn the airport rave reviews from the Thrillist lifestyle website.

Tim Gallen

Digital Producer- Phoenix Business Journal

Email  |  LinkedIn  |  Twitter  |  Google+

The emphasis on local restaurants has Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport flying high.

Options such as Humble Pie, Four Peaks Brewing Co. and Matt's Big Breakfast helped propel Sky Harbor in a new ranking of America's airpots based on their food options.

Lifestyle website Thrillist pegged Sky Harbor at No. 17 on its list. The website raved about Matt's breakfast options, calling it one of the best breakfast joints in the country – anyone who's eaten there can hardly argue with that sentiment – as well as Humble Pie and Four Peaks.

"In fact, I could maybe move into Terminal 4, and live there like Tom Hanks in that movie no one liked," reads part of the Thrillist blurb about Sky Harbor.

Sky Harbor edged out Boston's Logan International (No. 18), but was behind Sacramento International in the California capital.

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport took the top spot, followed by San Francisco International and Los Angeles International.

Here's the full list.