Try some of the airport's best food at today's Taste of Hartsfield-Jackson

Southern fried chicken with molasses biscuit, braised green beans, and sweet potato mash and a local beer flight at Chicken + Beer. / Photo credit- Mia Yakel.

Credit: Bob Townsend

Credit: Bob Townsend

Southern fried chicken with molasses biscuit, braised green beans, and sweet potato mash and a local beer flight at Chicken + Beer. / Photo credit- Mia Yakel.

Who says you can't get a good meal at the airport?

The third annual Taste of Hartsfield-Jackson hopes to show off the diverse dining options at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The event will feature samples from concessionaires including Mustard Seed BBQ, Lottafrutta, Fresh To Order, Ecco, Chicken + Beer , Atlanta Chophouse & Brewery, Chick-fil-A, The Varsity and Cat Cora's Kitchen, as well as a chef's competition with celebrity chef Cat Cora and a timed culinary challenge. Taco Cowboy restaurateur Tom Catherall will also be on hand.

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The event is open to the public and will take place in the Domestic Terminal atrium before the security checkpoint.

The Taste of Hartsfield-Jackson benefits Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry, a nonprofit focused on combating childhood hunger.

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1. The event is free; books of 10 tickets are $10 (one ticket allows for one sample of food). Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Domestic Atrium, 6000 N. Terminal Parkway.  Tickets are available at http://www.atl.com/taste/

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