Redskins-themed restaurant coming to Dulles Airport

WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins Burgundy and Gold Restaurant is among the latest additions the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will bring to Dulles and Reagan National as part of its four-year plan to step up local restaurant flavor at the two airports.

If you want to satisfy your Chick-fil-A craving before your flight, you can do that too.

The new Redskins-themed restaurant will be accompanied by a stand-alone exhibit featuring the history of the NFL team since moving to the nation’s capital nearly eight decades ago.

“The Redskins have been a part of the Washington, D.C., region since 1937, and having a presence at Dulles International Airport — a premiere gateway to the Capital Region — is a natural fit,” said Terry Bateman, Redskins executive vice president.

Both airports have added outposts of local restaurants as part of the retail redevelopment — not only to make airport food better, but to make Washington’s airports more D.C.-centric.

“As soon as people step off their planes, we want to create an immediate image of the nation’s capital by providing a look and feel of this unique area,” said Chryssa Westerlund, MWAA’s marketing vice president.

Others in this latest round of airport additions include the first airport Chick-fil-A at Reagan National, as well as Pei Wei, an Asian-fusion restaurant, and a second Wolfgang Puck restaurant, both at Dulles.

Over the last two and a half years, the two airports have added more than 120 new restaurants and retailers — many of them local, including &pizza, District Chophouse, Chef Geoff’s, Ben’s Chili Bowl, Mike Isabella’s Kapnos Taverna and Cava Mezze Grill.

WMAA expects to wrap up its four-year concessions overhaul by next summer.

You can see a full list of dining options at Reagan National and at Dulles.

 

Jeff Clabaugh

Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for WTOP as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the WTOP newsroom staff in January 2016.

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