# Has anyone eaten at one of those 94th Aero Squadron restaurants? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124 "2008-03-12T17:05:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/1 "2008-03-12T17:05:27Z")
MrWhatsit are attempting to plan a date night sometime in the next several months (“attempting” being the operative word, but I digress) and were wondering about these 94th Aero Squadron restaurants. There’s one in town, but I don’t know anyone who’s eaten there. I guess the idea is that they have picture windows looking onto the airport runways, which is cool, but not cool enough to make up for crappy food, if you follow. Anyone have any experience with this place? ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/2 "2008-03-12T17:09:56Z")
The one in Denver (back in 1985, or thereabouts) was pretty good. I loved their french onion soup, and I was sad when they shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/3 "2008-03-12T17:12:51Z")
Yes. It was a few years back, but I’ve eaten at the one in STL. It was… okay. The food was nothing spectacular, but not bad either. We were there at night, could see the planes landing and taking off… not terribly exciting, really. Probably be more interesting for small kids. Or on a date (since at night, the dining area was kept dim to facilitate seeing out the windows). It was business meals, so I wasn’t paying, and hence cannot recall whether the prices were reasonable, though. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/4 "2008-03-12T17:14:08Z")
The one at Port Columbus is really good, or was last I was there. (8-10 years ago or so). It is rather pricy, but worth it for a special event. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/5 "2008-03-12T17:17:00Z")
I’ve eaten at a couple. One was really good, the other was mediocre. So you’re probably rolling the dice on quality at your local one. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/6 "2008-03-12T17:19:54Z")
I ate at one in College Park about 25yrs ago. Food was good, but I was 20 so anything other than dorm food was good by that standard. Guess this doesn’t help much. Forgot to add - loved the decor, though. It is worth it just for that, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/7 "2008-03-12T17:26:23Z")
I had lunch at that one about 6 years ago…I don’t remember the food, but the decor was cool if you dig aviation stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/8 "2008-03-12T18:02:51Z")
I ate at the one at Palwaukee Airport - it was really, really good. Expensive, but good! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/9 "2008-03-12T18:23:16Z")
Huh. We have one here in San Diego, and I had no idea it was a chain. I went to a wedding reception there, and the food? I have no memory of it (and I love food). So it didn’t seem remarkable or special to me at all. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/10 "2008-03-12T18:28:37Z")
Is this the same one that’s in Disney’s California Adventure? If so, it was OK, not great. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/11 "2008-03-12T19:03:25Z")
The one in Denver was fabulous. The food was superb, interesting view of a busy airports main runway, terrific service and the decor amazing. The one in San Diego was good. Not fabulous, but good. Good food, terrific service, great decor, boring view of a small airport. I’d go back there, and any others I stumble across. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/12 "2008-03-12T19:19:31Z")
I had a great brunch at The Air Transport Command in Delaware a few years ago. It’s one of the restaurants under the same parent company as 94th Aero Squadron. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/13 "2008-03-12T22:01:50Z")
I assume these are WW I themed? I ate in one in either Naperville or Lisle Illinois at the insistence of my boss about 20 years ago. It was a quiet weekday night, but it took over an hour and a half to get our food. No apologies, no nothing. I’d never go near one again. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/14 "2008-03-12T22:37:49Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Is this the same one that’s in Disney’s California Adventure? If so, it was OK, not great. [/QUOTE] WHERE? You’re not talking about the Taste Pilot Grill, outside the Soaring over California ride, are you? Or are you speaking of something in Downtown Disney? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-at-one-of-those-94th-aero-squadron-restaurants/441124/15 "2008-03-13T13:29:14Z")
Thanks for the advice, everybody. I also asked for advice from the Columbus Livejournal community and the reviews were extremely mixed. We were only moderately interested in the first place, so I think we’ll look elsewhere.