Tailwind Bar & Grill

$ 20 for a beer, slimy greasy turkey sandwich and some burnt up greasy fries. Ok I should have known better but I thought I would give it a try. Note to self, grab a burger at Wendy’s next time.

Pulled pork delicious. Didn’t cause any intestinal grumblings. Clean place. Friendly staff. Electricity to plug in. Tv to watch sports.

The only option for Food at the Tri-​Cites Regional Airport. Strolled in for before my flight home on a Sunday morning. Breakfast sandwich, and a bottled sweet tea from their wide selection of gaterade, and various types of carbonated surgery things. Sandwich was great.
Couple of odd things:
I asked for a cup of ice, which for me is a requirement for sweet/​iced tea. I was told there would be a 55 cents charge for the ice. I purchased the drink from them, you’d think they’d comp the ice. Not a big deal, just irritating. I chalk it up to airport monopoly extortion. :)
There is a full bar in the restaurant, but on Sundays they can’t serve anything before noon.

It’s literally your only option once you got through the security line. For a 1 terminal/​7 gate airport, I guess you can’t expect much else. I’ve eaten here twice, and at least the waiter/​cashier/​chef/​do-​all has been kind to me both times and admitted that the restaurant was overprice and tried to be accommodating. In order to get the salad we wanted, he was willing to take apart pre-​made/​pre-​packaged sandwiches to scrounge up a decent open faced sandwich. He really does try, so I gave it two stars. Although! He brought out our open face sandwich/​salad toppings attempt and then I noticed he was stocking the fridge instead of making the sandwich I had ordered as well (Veggie sandwich with aioli and guacamole). I went over and asked how long until he thought the sandwich would be done, and he realized that he forgot mine and rushed to make it, while offering me any bag of chips or candy bar for free as his apology.
All in all, we ordered a pre-​packaged salad, two sandwiches, and one gatorade and the bill came out to nearly $ 45… ?$%*#! That seemed ridiculous, but like I said– it’s your only option. They also sell some travel conviences in case you forgot them such as soap, advil, sunscreen, shampoo, headphones, neck pillow, sudoku books, etc. But they’re also closed by 8pm, I believe.
Avoid it if you can, but it could be worse.

This is the only food option past the security checkpoint. Were it not, I highly doubt the business would survive.
The food options were scarce! (Seriously, it felt like I was in Cuba or Russia, not the U.S. of A.!) The salad was measly and consisted of crisp greens, old shredded carrots and dried cucumber slices (and those were unintentionally dry). I ordered a bacon avocado club in order to accompany my scant salad with turkey deli slices and the guac that comes on the side. It was bare-​able by a sliver.
It’s hard to not be partial about the service. There was one person working ’til close. He brought out my turkey avocado club and then completely forgot about my colleague’s order. She had to remind him when she saw him restocking the fridge. At least he admitted that he completely forgot and offered a free candy/​chips to make up for it.
Note, nothing is prepared on-​site. The sandwiches are pre-​made and packaged in the morning. When you order one, they toast it and add some greens.
If flying out of this airport, do yourself a favor: stop somewhere beforehand and buy food. Flights out of here usually get delayed (as ours did) and you might be stuck with Tailwind Bar & Grill as your only food option (which would be very unfortunate).

This is Tri-​Cities Regional Airport’s only dining option. The pulled pork sandwich is surprisely good! The pulled pork is grilled, giving a slight crispiness. Ordered fries and a drink, where were standard fare. The value of the meal is highly influenced by the available competition and location.