One of the most annoying things about traveling for me is the need to eat. Sure, eating is a luxury that really only needs to be done every couple of days (har har har), but it’s especially hard to make that happen when your only options can be found in the crappy food court at some crowded, overpriced airport.
Luckily, when I wound up in LAX before my flight to San Francisco, I had no trouble finding something tasty and familiar. That something was Baja Fresh. Baja Fresh is a national chain of Mexican food. I’m tempted to call it fast food because it is both fast and food, but it doesn’t have that same horrid taste and sense of impending, greasy doom that most fast food would give you.
Anyway, my usual fare at the baja fresh is one burrito with black beans and rice. The ingredient are always great and the burritos are made fresh and toasted to a crispy perfection while you wait. To top it off they always come with chips and a great variety of salsas from which you can choose.
I forget how much I ended up forking over at the airport, but usually I can get a burrito like this for about 4 bucks and by the time I’m done I’m positively stuff, so Baja Fresh is a great value. It’s also someplace I enjoy going to more than I feel forced to by convenience.
I haven’t tried much else at BF yet, but I’m sure there are some other vegan options (and tons of vegetarian ones). Does anyone eat there?
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two weeks ago i was stuck in that same terminal at LAX! believe it or not, that baja fresh is brand new…so before that there was basically just starbucks.
unfortunately, i was there at 7am, so baja wasn’t open yet. i convinced the lads at la brea bakery to sell me a roll, because none of their sandwich options were vegan.
we do what we can!
Haha, that’s a pretty funny coincidence. I was indeed happy to see it since I hadn’t eaten all day and I usually just don’t eat when I travel, so I didn’t end up starving,
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Next time I fly I will have to get online and check out all the restaurants and their vegan options in advance.
I have the lowdown on what’s veggie there from their Director of Research and Development: http://www.goeggless.com/2008/06/baja-fresh-mexican-grill.html. What terminal has it?
Hey Sarah -
Thanks for sharing, that’s a great post,
Hi!
In case next time you’re at LAX, our restaurant, One World Vegetarian Cuisine in West Covina, caters for Euro Coffee in the International Terminal, Departures, 2nd Level. We provide them with our yummy sandwiches, burgers and other appetizers like golden rolls. And it’s all vegan
Great blog, btw!
Thanks for the heads up, Catherine. I will check it out if I ever hit up LAX again.