The lineup includes a Dewar’s 12th Fairway Bar and Grill, Quizno’s sandwich shop, Starbucks Coffee, Dayton Marketplace and Wright Stop TravelMart in the airport’s concourses. The terminal building’s lobby features a CNBC Express news and gift shop and the newly renovated and expanded Boston Stoker Art Cafe, to complement another Boston Stoker coffee counter just to the other side of the airport’s security checkpoint.
“The place looks much, much better,” Ahmad, who oversaw the project, said Monday, Feb. 22.
It was done in response to surveys of airport customers, who said they wanted more food choices, a better mix of merchandise and concession locations closer to their flight departure gates, he said.
Prior to the project, the airport housed 23,064 square feet of concession space. That has been increased to a total of 27,432 square feet.
The airport contributed $1,557,000 of its revenues from operations to the project, while concession operators contributed a total of $1,704,000, Ahmad said.
The concession vendors are operating under a contract that runs through Dec. 31, 2018.
Don Dean, owner and founder of the Boston Stoker coffee business, said his sales at the new Boston Stoker Art Cafe have increased. Its expansion provided customer seating and an expanded menu with deli sandwiches and chili, Dean said.
“We’re selling quite a bit more food,” Dean said. “We’ve definitely improved the services to the people coming to pick up passengers.”
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