At the world’s busiest airport, these are the top-selling restaurants 0 Previous Gallery Next Gallery 1 / 13 Jason Getz / AJC/jgetz@ajc.com Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in 2016 reached a record $1 billion in sales at restaurants, shops, car rentals and other concessions. The roughly 170 restaurants at the world's busiest airport are big business. Here you'll see the top 12 restaurants at Atlanta's airport measured by sales in 2016. JASON GETZ / AJC 2 / 13 Jonathan Phillips P.F. Chang's on Concourse A was the top-selling restaurant at Hartsfield-Jackson in 2016, with $10.3 million in sales. It’s the first P.F. Chang’s airport location. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL 3 / 13 No. 2: Gordon Biersch on Concourse A brought in $10 million in revenue in 2016. The restaurant is known for its garlic fries and other food. Concourse A brought in the most concessions revenue of any concourse at the Atlanta airport in 2016. 4 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 3: T.G.I. Friday's on Concourse B had $9.4 million in sales in 2016. Concourse B handled the most passengers of any concourse at Hartsfield-Jackson in 2016. (JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) 5 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 4: The Varsity/Chick-fil-A at Gate C21 had $8.8 million in sales in 2016. It was one of three restaurants on Concourse C that made the top 12. (JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) 6 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 5: Chick-fil-A on Concourse A had $8.4 million in sales in 2016. The chain, which has its headquarters in College Park not far from Hartsfield-Jackson, has gained a wider audience for its chicken sandwiches and waffle fries as it expands nationally. (JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) 7 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 6: Café Intermezzo on Concourse B had $7.7 million in sales in 2016. The combination bookstore and European cafe location offers a change of pace from the airport environment. The airport outlet is one of three Café Intermezzos in Atlanta, along with the Dunwoody and Midtown locations. (JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) 8 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 7: Longhorn Steakhouse at Gate C13 had $7 million in sales in 2016. Restaurants on Concourse C often have lines of customers during busy periods, as the concourse’s food court remains uncompleted amid contracting delays. (JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) 9 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 8: T.G.I. Friday's on Concourse E had $6.9 million in sales in 2016. The airport’s two international concourses, Concourses E and F, had the highest-spending passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson. Concessions revenue per enplaned passenger on Concourse E averaged $10.92 in 2016. ( JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) 10 / 13 No. 9: Fly Burger, a gourmet burger location opened in 2014 on Concourse B, had $6.4 million in revenue in 2016. Photo: Concessions International 11 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 10: T.G.I Friday's at Gate T4 had $6 million in sales in 2016. Concourse T is a half concourse attached to the domestic terminal, but still handled 4.7 million passengers in 2016. (JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) 12 / 13 JONATHAN PHILLIPS / Special No. 11: Popeyes at Gate B13 had $6 million in sales in 2016. It’s called Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, but the company’s headquarters are actually in Atlanta. (Courtesy of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) 13 / 13 Jonathan Phillips No. 12: Sweet Georgia's Juke Joint at Gate C42 had $5.8 million in sales in 2016. There’s also a Sweet Georgia’s Juke Joint in downtown Atlanta with live entertainment. (JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL) Related Hartsfield-Jackson launches contracting process for new retail shops Hartsfield-Jackson to eliminate Styrofoam at airport concessions, require compostables Hartsfield-Jackson to revamp retail shops View Comments 0 Sign up for e-newsletters Want more news? Sign up for free e-newsletters to get more of AJC delivered to your inbox.
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