Phoenix – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport T3 Opening

It’s six years since I’ve been to Phoenix, but it seems they’re doing great things with their renovation of T3. After spending a cool $590 million on their terminal, it opened in February 2020 which wasn’t entirely perfect timing for an aviation launch, but relative normality will return soon enough.

What they have done is made an effort to get local restaurants to open at the terminal and not just rely on national brands. So, they’ve got the Ajo Al’s serving Mexican food, Giant Coffee which is self-evident, the Phoenix Beer Co serving craft beer, Scramble who specialises in breakfasts, SanTan serving craft beer and The Tavern for burgers amongst other things. There’s also a Habit Burger Grill, a Panera, Shake Shack and Starbucks for those who feel more comfortable with chain restaurants.

This is one problem with Heathrow T5, nearly all of their outlets are generic chains and there’s no nod to localism. Hopefully I’ll be back in Phoenix in 2021 at some point…..