Chef plans eatery at Pgh. airport

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Cleveland-born celebrity chef Michael Symon is taking his food to the airport — and Pittsburgh.

The Food Network “Next Iron Chef” winner and co-host of ABC’s “The Chew” this spring plans to open Bar Symon, a restaurant and bar, at Pittsburgh International Airport, and Symon and his partners hope to take the concept to a series of other airports, The Plain Dealer reported.

The TV chef is entering into the venture with the family that owned BanJoe’s Cafi, a restaurant that shut down at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and was a favorite of Symon’s. It was “the only place there to get good food and coffee,” he wrote on Facebook a little over a year ago when BanJoe’s was closing.

According to the lease agreement, Bar Symon will open in May. The menu will spotlight the chef’s takes on comfort food, including his Lola Burger that has a fried egg and pickled red onions.