Food at EAA Airventure?

[Bill Greenwood]

If you are at EAA Airventure all week, can you eat healthy? I like brats, but they have a lot of fat ,and living on them and french fries for a week is not good. I know there are some foreign style food stands near show center, with long lines, but that doesnt cover much of the rest of the airport. Just saw an article on how fried potatoes, Ie french fries, are not healthy, and I doubt if much could be less healthy than fried cheese curds. What do you guys eat? There may be some salads, but I dont like salads or dressing. Some of the stands like DQ at the hangars have only hot dogs.
Not a matter of health, just taste, but I really wish there were some soft drink choices other than Pepsi, its awful and gets worse for the week. How bout Dr, Pepper and Coke like most places. Is there a state law giving Pepsi a monopoly?
While waiting in a food line this week, I was talking to a vegetarian, and I was thinking aobut what food is good for us, balanced by tastes. Think of this, a gorilla eats only leaves etc, no meat at all, a white shark eats only fish or meat, no veggies, and a grizzly bear eats both, anything including us if we get too close, and all three are strong, fast and healthy?
What should a person eat? Well we have both kinds of teeth, both cutting and chewing, so maybe we are designed to eat a wide range?
It takes a bit of looking but last time I was at Lakeland, years ago, there were a few better meals.
I remember when the Berlin wall finally opened up the folks from East were starved for everything and flooded into the west and the one food they really wanted and missed was fresh bananas!

[CHICAGORANDY]

I say if the gods didn't want us to eat animals...they wouldn't be made out of meat. lol

There are some healthy choices at the various food depots but to be honest I think just eating a smaller portion (one hot dog, not two for example) and drinking lots of fluids ( mostly water ) probably is a wise choice just because of the heat and sun. I try to have a nice supper someplace off the grounds now and then on my way back to the motel for the evening, but for those nine days I kinda forget about dieting and just enjoy it all.

[Auburntsts]

Well it's only a week, and if you stay less it's even easier to just suck it up and eat junk. However you can make it healthier (or like us to just take a break from brat and cheese curd overload) -- Turkey burgers, salads (yes I saw you don't like them), Turkey wraps, yogurt, fruit cups, Subway Subs (Veggie delight, Turkey, etc) to name a few. Of course you can always bring food or go to the store and buy whatever food you want--you don't have to eat from the joints on the field.

[robert l]

Well Bill, eating healthy is not the same for everyone. I pretty much eat a KETO diet. High fat, medium protein, low carb and no, (or as close as I can get) sugar. My standard breakfast for the last two years is, bacon, or sausage and eggs. I drank my coffee black with no sugar for over 50 years but now I put in heave cream just to get more fat. When I was at Airventure last year it was the same and for lunch it was either brats with no bun or a meat sandwich and only eat half the bread, so, you can adapt and over come. And after all, elephants eat nothing but greens, drink only water and sometimes run but I've never seen a skinny one !
Bob

[Kyle Boatright]

What Todd said plus the fact that you can buy non-Pepsi products at Sacred Heart (between the main gate and the transportation mall). Also, several of the homes a little West of there sell bottled or canned drinks for far less than the "inside the fence" vendors.

Regarding the event being "Pepsi Only", I suspect Pepsi has paid EAA or otherwise compensated EAA for exclusive rights. That's how most big events, stadiums, and sports leagues do it - play off Coke vs Pepsi to see who coughs up the most $$ for event rights.

Our first day at the convention each year, we visit the transportation mall and pay $25 to have one of the van drivers take us to the grocery store to pick up food and drinks. That $25 saves us several times that amount over the course of the week.

[Bill Berson]

Each day I pack in with two cans of soup (with pop lids) six slices of whole wheat bread to dip in the cold soup, some cookies, potato chips and two snack bars. All from Walmart.

[skyfixer8]

I find I actually eat less during my 9 days at Oshkosh. Between driving tram (sorry, shuttle) during morning shift and volunteering for evening shift on North 40, I am on mostly water or Gatorade and the occasional free sandwiches provided. Once in a while will accompany friends off field at night for a good meal.

[FlyingRon]

Yeah, it changed about a decade ago. Prior to that, it was a COKE event. Sometimes that clashes with the airshow act sponsorship. I remember sitting (weathered in in Pittsburgh) with a performer and asked him if he did Oshkosh and he said he couldn't because it was (then) a Coke show and he had Pepsi as a sponsor.

The food options if you want to eat healthy have gotten better. There's a Subway between the Vintage Red Barn and the Theatre in the Woods. Some of the outlets offer decent salads. Of course, I just punt and figure that week at Oshkosh is my chance to fill up on Brats and Cheese Curds for the year.

[CHICAGORANDY]

There is a family style restaurant near OSH if memory serves (I recall it has a plastic cow out front) that offers beer battered scallops for which they also provide a cup of melted butter for dipping. A cardiologist's nightmare - lol - but MIGHTY tasty!

[CarlOrton]

Each day I pack in with two cans of soup (with pop lids) six slices of whole wheat bread to dip in the cold soup, some cookies, potato chips and a candy bar. All from Walmart.

Bill, that sounds somewhat interesting. What flavor soup? As in, I'm not too sure I could eat it cold! But I like the idea.

[keen9]

High fat being unhealthy is going the way of the telegraph if you've been paying attention to health news. I'm with you on the salads as I'm among the 0.00001% that tastes the bitterness in iceberg lettuce, and that's is about the only healthy option from the onsite vendors (I do eat non-iceberg salads). The Major Goolsby burger is big enough to fill you with no fries and no bun, or get a couple of brats, no fries, and don't eat the buns.

The absolute worst is the week with no ice tea. Why are there are no unsweetened drinks (fake or real sweetener) besides water? I can get by eating some cheese curds and fries in the mix, but I can't even choke down sweetened drinks.

Like others have mentioned, I still indulge some during the week, but walking several miles a day certainly makes up for a lot of that.

[Bill Greenwood]

Ten replies and most are along the lines of just eat junk food for the week and bear it. If you are eating brats or hot dogs, the bun is probably heather than the meat. And I cant imagine anything less tasty than cold soup, there is likely a micowave somewhere on the field that can heat up soup ,and heating kilss any bacteria.
Ill look for the restaurant with the cow when I go into town, I really like scallops, better than lake perch.
Where is the Subway on the field? It might offer some change from burgers and brats?
I like to have a good meal during the day, not only for nutrition, but just to take a break, get out of the sun and sit down and relax, rest for a half hour or so. Also I have met some interesting folks when sharing a table at the on field eating areas.
And I realize that feeding 30,000 people in a day when they want quick and cheap food is not easy ,and EAA has made some effort in that respect.

[Kyle Boatright]

There is a Subway near the confluence of Homebuilt Parking and Warbirds.

[DaleB]

You have high-fat, high-cholesterol food, and you have a few healthier options. I visited the red barn grocery store over by Camp Scholler and found fresh fruit, veggies, milk, all kinds of good stuff there. There was one Subway that I found (sorry, don't remember its exact location). At least one of the food vendors had wraps with somewhat healthy contents. So you can eat fairly healthy at Airventure, but you will need to go a little out of your way to do so.

Ah, there you go... Kyle remembered where the Subway was located.

[robert l]

Why do most people give cholesterol a bad rap? Cholesterol numbers mean nothing unless you are consuming large amounts carbs and sugar. If your body doesn't have enough cholesterol it will produce it. The inflammation from carbs and sugar is what causes your arteries to clog. Now, you can always take the bus to shopping areas outside the venue. Did that one year and caught a ride back to the gate from a nice local fellow.
Bob

[DaleB]

As convenient as it would be for that to be correct, I do hope you won't take it personally if I take my cardiologist's advice and opinion more weight than yours. I'd like to avoid a second ambulance ride to the cardiac cath lab, and so far his way is working way better than my way did.

[keen9]

Well, it figures that this would turn into a low-fat vs low carb discussion . . . I'll just make one addition, Dale, how much nutritional science education does your cardiologist have? Might want to ask him next time you see him.

OK, two more, the bun is healthier than the meat, hah! White bread has just about zero nutritional value, but it'll sure provide you empty calories!

And to keep this on topic, a much wider selection of foods and beverages would be most welcome addition to OSH!

[malexander]

We've become good friends with the Bartels family, the owners of Sleepy Hollow Farm campground. They've taken us to some of the nicest places in Oshkosh for some great meals.

[robert l]

LOL, No DaleB, I don't take it personally, I'm old school, I respect everyone's opinion. And I'm not tying to sway anyone I'm just saying HFLC has worked for me and my wife for 2 1/2 years and we love us some bacon ! There's plenty of info out there about KETO just in case anyone want to see for themselves. And Malexander, I have stayed at Sleep Hollow, they are good people.
Bob

[DaleB]

Yes, it would be nice if there were more healthy options for food at Airventure, assuming your definition of "healthy" does not encompass burgers, deep fried foods, salt licks and ice cream. I suspect demand is lower and spoilage higher, and 80 or 90 percent of those buying probably eat like I look. But there are healthier choices there -- you just have to seek them out, not every vendor has them.


Well, it figures that this would turn into a low-fat vs low carb discussion . . . I'll just make one addition, Dale, how much nutritional science education does your cardiologist have? Might want to ask him next time you see him.
I haven't asked him. He is, however, the best SME I know when it comes to clogged up arteries, so I tend to take his advice as much as possible. He's got a good reputation and track record. He's also a lot more fit and healthy than I am, and he eats like he says I should, and the ambulance took me to him and not the other way around, so draw your own conclusions I guess. And to be more accurate, he doesn't make a lot of specific dietary recommendation other than to listen to the dietitians and therapists.

Now, I did ask the nurses, dietitians and therapists during my cardiac rehab visits. They actually had quite a bit of formal training in nutrition. One of my relatives was, until her retirement, a PhD nutritionist and a professor at CWRU. Should have paid more attention to cousin Jan, I guess. So far not a single one of them has recommended anything significantly different. Low saturated fats, low cholesterol, avoid sugars and processed foods as much as possible, whole grains are good for you, plenty of fish and veggies and so on. All I know is what I was eating for 50-ish years, and what the result was, and I've chosen to go with the opinions of the people with a proven track record. No matter what you eat, I think exercise and conditioning trumps most of it. If you exercise an hour or two a day you can get away with a lot of things that those who don't, can't.

[DaleB]

LOL, No DaleB, I don't take it personally, I'm old school, I respect everyone's opinion. And I'm not tying to sway anyone I'm just saying HFLC has worked for me and my wife for 2 1/2 years and we love us some bacon ! There's plenty of info out there about KETO just in case anyone want to see for themselves. And Malexander, I have stayed at Sleep Hollow, they are good people.
Bob
My son is trying the Keto diet. Has a cup of coffee in the morning with a glob of butter in it. :: shudder :: I hope he lives long enough to figure out whether that's a good idea or not... I really enjoyed my high-protein, low-carb, high fat diet (complete with bacon and eggs) for a few years too. I was losing weight and getting in fairly decent shape. My wife is still doing it, more or less. Didn't work out so well long term for me though. I think a lot depends on your metabolism or whatever.

[Kyle Boatright]

We've become good friends with the Bartels family, the owners of Sleepy Hollow Farm campground. They've taken us to some of the nicest places in Oshkosh for some great meals.

Well, don't leave us hanging...

[Bill Berson]

Canned soup is healthy because you get the soup flavored water also, so don't need to carry as many cans of warm soda or yucky warm water to stay hydrated. The soup is 85°, not exactly cold. You guys are funny! Put it in a hot thermos if you must.
The idea is to eat fast at any picnic table and get back to looking at airplanes. And if you get hungry at 7pm, good luck. I start at 7am and go back to camp at 10 pm.

[Kyle Boatright]

Canned soup is healthy because you get the soup flavored water also, so don't need to carry as many cans of warm soda or yucky warm water to stay hydrated. The soup is 85°, not exactly cold. You guys are funny! Put it in a hot thermos if you must.
The idea is to eat fast at any picnic table and get back to looking at airplanes. And if you get hungry at 7pm, good luck. I start at 7am and go back to camp at 10 pm.

7PM? That's when you cruise over to SOS Brothers. I've had a number of great conversations over there. I remember a French Woman who practically idolized me because I saw the first flight of her favorite aircraft (The C-5)...

[Bill Berson]

I meant good luck finding anything after 6pm on site. If you go off airport for three meals each day then you miss much of the event.


edit,
I wasn't sure where the SOS Brothers was located. Then I remembered they are within walking distance. Do they have healthy food?

[robert l]

Hey Kyle, I was in Marietta this past week end. Gender reveal party, (a phone call would have sufficed and saved me a 580 mi. round trip.) But we did go to the Elevation Chophouse and Skybar at the Cobb County Airport. I asked our waitress what the elevation was and she had no clue what I was talking about. I looked it up on my phone and she wrote it down. 1040.4 ft. As far as Sleepy Hollow Camp ground, I was there in 2011 and stayed in one of the cabins. Kind of Spartan, two air mattress's and a table. But it had air conditioning !!! It's a long walk to the main AirVenture entrance but they will give you a ride and they have a nice bath house. All In all, I enjoyed my stay. Cooked lots of Brats and hamburgers. LOL
Bob

[Wrongway Feldman]

For 2017 AirVenture, EAA will be operating the on-site grocery operations.
They will be called “Red One Markets”
Red One Market North (North 40)
Red One Market Central (The Red Barn)
Red One Market West (West Camp Store in Camp Scholler)
Red One Market South (South 40)

“EAA-operated markets offer many benefits including a wider variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, local dairy and meat products, camping supplies, and lower prices comparable to local grocery and convenience stores.

These on-site grocery outlets are in close proximity to evening entertainment and amenities and will be a one-stop shop for various grocery needs. Other benefits for Red One Markets include: healthy snacks, frozen breakfast sandwiches and yogurt parfaits, ice, daily hot coffee and fresh donuts, beer and wine from the Camp Scholler locations, as well as AirVenture merchandise.

In past years when grocery operations were handled by outside vendors, proceeds from Red One Markets will directly support EAA programs.

Source (https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/06-01-2017-expansion-of-red-one-market-grocery-locations-at-airventure-2017)

[malexander]

Well, don't leave us hanging...


Haha..... I knew that was coming. Problem is, I don't remember the names of the places, they just take us there. I do remember one is just off the east end of rwy 09/27.

[FlyingRon]

I should point out that Red One Market Central is the SCHOLLER Red Barn (not the Vintage one). This is where the camp store has been for years.

The South one is down in what we refer to as "Green Acres" in Vintage. It's an area that was reclaimed out of a corn field when they built the airport boundary fence (which chewed off a good hunk of the Vintage and Ultralight areas. Alas, much of the reclaimed space is to be used for overflow GAP parking (at least that is how it worked last year). Having some better facilities down in what we in Vintage call "Fondy" (after Fond du Lac) is a welcome addition. It's a long way up to civilization from there.

[Bill Greenwood]

Small grocery stores on the grounds will help people who camp as many do, there used to be a small convenience store right west of what is now the warbird clothing and book store, but it was removed. It sounds like these will be good in some places, esp to the south but if you are near homebuilts and warbirds youd have to go out to north 40 for the store.
I dont cook at EAA, I prefer vendors that prepare food on site.
I see EAA is trying to improve the food, and it is a big job. Lets say I go to a college football game in Austin, 102,000 people come out to see the gentlemen of UT smite the heathens of A&M ( awful & messy) or at least they used to. One can get a good burger, a descent Bar B Q sandwich with real bar b q sauce, not the mayonnaise with garlic that I was offered last year at EAA,Brats and some Mexican food etc and dont have to drink Pepsi. Now is easier in one way because the people are concentrated in area and since they are there for perhaps 4 hours food is not as important if you were staying a week.
Food at Sun N Fun seemed ok last time I was there but it is smalller then EAA Osh.

[Auburntsts]

I meant good luck finding anything after 6pm on site. If you go off airport for three meals each day then you miss much of the event.


edit,
I wasn't sure where the SOS Brothers was located. Then I remembered they are within walking distance. Do they have healthy food?

LOL - They sell ears of roasted corn -- maybe some salads. Most the crowd at the SOS Bros ain't there for the healthy heart menu -- me included.

[mazdaP5]

The Subway down by homebuilts is open after the airshow, I like to spend golden hour in Warbirds.

[Kyle Boatright]

Small grocery stores on the grounds will help people who camp as many do, there used to be a small convenience store right west of what is now the warbird clothing and book store, but it was removed. It sounds like these will be good in some places, esp to the south but if you are near homebuilts and warbirds youd have to go out to north 40 for the store.
I dont cook at EAA, I prefer vendors that prepare food on site.
I see EAA is trying to improve the food, and it is a big job. Lets say I go to a college football game in Austin, 102,000 people come out to see the gentlemen of UT smite the heathens of A&M ( awful & messy) or at least they used to. One can get a good burger, a descent Bar B Q sandwich with real bar b q sauce, not the mayonnaise with garlic that I was offered last year at EAA,Brats and some Mexican food etc and dont have to drink Pepsi. Now is easier in one way because the people are concentrated in area and since they are there for perhaps 4 hours food is not as important if you were staying a week.
Food at Sun N Fun seemed ok last time I was there but it is smalller then EAA Osh.

The issue with all of these events is that they only come once a year. The industry that is set-up to service that kind of event is generally built around someone with a food truck trying to feed you something quickly before or after a game, which means a limited menu and (more than likely) something fried, because their entire storage/cooking need is a freezer, a vat of oil, and a cooktop. That reduces their spoilage and reduces your risk of getting food poisoning from yesterday's egg salad. When they bring the business to Oshkosh, the menu doesn't change.

So, you're mostly stuck with those limited choices for a week. The upside at Oshkosh is that there are free shuttles to nearby grocery stores and restaurants if a week of fried food isn't your ticket.

[MtnMarcus]

What about ice? I've heard there is an ice truck/wagon that roams the field daily. True story?

[Bill Berson]

I think a big spaghetti feed would be reasonably simple. Self serve sauce with choice of meat or meatless.
There was a pasta restaurant about 2 miles north, but I like onsite.

[Auburntsts]

What about ice? I've heard there is an ice truck/wagon that roams the field daily. True story?

Hmmm.. I've never heard of an Ice truck (doesn't mean that it doesn't exist), but you can buy bags of ice at all of the Camp/Grocery Stores and in HBC, and I seem to recall you could also get it somewhere down in South 40.

[FlyingRon]

What about ice? I've heard there is an ice truck/wagon that roams the field daily. True story?

I believe the new camp stores will have ice. It's available at other places both on and immediately off the field. Vintage had a gator with a big cooler on the back that has roamed the vintage area in the past. We've also done ice sales at the Vintage Ops building but I don't know if that's going to happen again this year.

[Bill Berson]

A bag of ice is hardly useful for someone walking in the sun all day. I suggested cups of ice be available at drinking fountains to make the warm yucky water taste good ( in a thread here a few years ago).

[FlyingRon]

Ain't going to happen. Competes with the concessions. EAA shutdown exhibitors giving away free bottled water a few years back.

[Bill Berson]

Who has priority ? Members or concessions?
A compromise would be to offer a few pounds of ice to EAA members in a semi-secret location where the masses don't go.
Cold bottled water isn't best, it warms in a few minutes. I would like to bring my insulated lunch bag and fill it with about 2 pounds of ice once or twice each day.

[Kyle Boatright]

Who has priority ? Members or concessions?
A compromise would be to offer a few pounds of ice to EAA members in a semi-secret location where the masses don't go.
Cold bottled water isn't best, it warms in a few minutes. I would like to bring my insulated lunch bag and fill it with about 2 pounds of ice once or twice each day.

EAA makes money from the concessions. Do the math. ;-)

[Eagle]

Back to food.
This link https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure/plan-your-eaa-airventure-trip/food-and-concessions has the food vendors listed. you can click on the individual vendors and see their menus. My favorites in the past have been BENVENUTOS (Warbird area) and The Roxy - Aces Bistro (Homebuilders area). Both are Airventure offshoots of local Oshkosh restaurants.

[Floatsflyer]

Who has priority ? Members or concessions?
A compromise would be to offer a few pounds of ice to EAA members in a semi-secret location where the masses don't go.

Priority? I believe they try to strike a balance to accomodate and please the most possible without alienating one for the other.

"...semi-secret location..." Really??? You're advocating subterfuge, surreptitiousness..... my, my,my! The days of giving preference and certain benefits to members over non-members ended decades ago. However, if Jack sees your recommendation and agrees, my semi-secret location preference is in the Icon exhibit--no one goes there anymore.

[CHICAGORANDY]

If you have the ability to do so, freezing water bottles and then putting them in that insulated lunch bag will provide hours of cool water sipping. But for all day in the blazing sun with no shade? I have no practical suggestions beyond frequent purchases of small cold drinks.

[Bill Berson]

I wouldn't mind buying 2 pounds of ice from a vendor for $1. They can get 20 pound bags of ice at Walmart for $2.
I don't mind paying the 10 times mark up.

[Bill Berson]

If you have the ability to do so, freezing water bottles and then putting them in that insulated lunch bag will provide hours of cool water sipping. But for all day in the blazing sun with no shade? I have no practical suggestions beyond frequent purchases of small cold drinks.
No. But if I had a cooler in the car with one or two bags of ice, would the ice melt in one day or last a couple days?

Maybe I will try iced soup. Ha ha.

[Mike M]

...just eating a smaller portion (one hot dog, not two for example) and drinking lots of fluids ( mostly water ) probably is a wise choice...those nine days I kinda forget about dieting and just enjoy it all.

Reading all the posts to page 5, yours advice is convincing, kind sir. I carry simple light high-fiber snacks like granola bars plus a single water bottle and refill it often throughout the day rather than lugging a cooler and leaving a trail of empties in a series of trash cans. Buy a hot meal a day (sandwich or the like) from a vendor. They're gonna serve what their accumulated experience says - sells. So whoever thinks gourmet beverages and haute cuisine etc are the way to go could invest in a booth, get the permits and licensing, and become rich competing with their plebeian fare. Or maybe not.

My only sustenance complaint about this and most other airshow venues is that clean fresh drinking water from a tap is often hard to find. Yeah, cold water is nice and hops improves the flavor, but plain old room temperature water does the job until sundown.

Your mileage may vary.

[CarlOrton]

My only sustenance complaint about this and most other airshow venues is that clean fresh drinking water from a tap is often hard to find. Yeah, cold water is nice and hops improves the flavor, but plain old room temperature water does the job until sundown.

Your mileage may vary.
Mike, hit the "real toilet" bathrooms outside the exhibit hangars. Running water fountains there - sometimes cold!

[Kyle Boatright]

No. But if I had a cooler in the car with one or two bags of ice, would the ice melt in one day or last a couple days?

If you spend $300 on a Yeti, the ice will probably last a couple of days. My little foam cooler in the shade? One day max.

[Bill Berson]

If you spend $300 on a Yeti, the ice will probably last a couple of days. My little foam cooler in the shade? One day max.
I just read a review on the Yeti. Apparently it can go up to ten days if filled mostly with ice (not much beer).
A cheap Colman might go a few days if I pack some foam inside.

[robert l]

Layer the ice in your cooler with Rock Salt, (used in a churn to make home made ice cream) and you will freeze whatever is in the cooler! Won't make that mistake again !!! I have a mesh back pack I carry cameras, sun screen and a couple of bottles of water in and when I REALLY need cool water, I just buy one from one of the many groups selling it.
Bob

[DaleB]

My son has a big Yeti cooler. It does keep stuff cold and ice intact for a ridiculously long time. It's still an insane price to pay for a cooler.

:)

[dougbush]

I think there is free ice water in a big hospitality tent in the homebuilders area. The water in the white water trailers is surprisingly cold, and from fountains fairly cool.

I have breakfast at my campsite in the North 40, and carry a thermos of coffee into the show, as well as an empty insulated plastic bottle to fill from a fountain later. Lunch is at Aces Bistro or whatever vendor is near me. For supper, if I don't have a group dinner planned, I'll bike to a restaurant northwest of the airport, or if the weather's bad, just eat in my tent.

[Floatsflyer]

There is free ice cold water and lemonade and sometimes ice tea available at the International tent and free water at the C-Plan Canada tent next to it. We'll even give you temporary, honorary Canadian residency to access it, no questions asked, no walls. Also, most exhibitors in the central area have water coolers in their exhibits. Except Icon, they give nothing for free, except unfulfilled promises and expectations.

[Bill Berson]

Ice cold water is nice, but can't stay cold for hours like ice cubes because of the advantage of latent heat of phase change.
I think I might try buying bagged ice at the barn market (if they have it) and take it back to my car and keep it in the cooler for several days. And each morning take about 2-5 pounds in my insulated pouch for the day.
Kind of inconvenient. But if the alternative is not attending at all because of possible extreme heat, it remains an option.

[steve]

I'm usually not thinking about health food when I go to SOS Bros ....

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Although the 1/2 a roasted chicken and coupla cold ones sure did go down nice one evening last year.

[robert l]

There is no shortage of cold water at AirVenture. You will see plenty of "Stands" selling water and groups of High School students selling cold water to raise money for one project or another. Yes, it's a big place and it's hot and you will walk a lot but it's not like you're stranded in the desert.
Bob

[Bill Berson]

Sure, they sell water bottles everywhere. The question is: where do they sell 32oz of ice with the water?

The food vendors could sell 2 or 5 pound bags of ice for $1 or $1.50 like this:
http://www.startribune.com/cheapest-most-convenient-bags-of-ice-in-town-fast-food-drive-thrus/125806743/

[MtnMarcus]

There is free ice cold water and lemonade and sometimes ice tea available at the International tent and free water at the C-Plan Canada tent next to it. We'll even give you temporary, honorary Canadian residency to access it, no questions asked, no walls. Also, most exhibitors in the central area have water coolers in their exhibits. Except Icon, they give nothing for free, except unfulfilled promises and expectations.

Do I have to accept the temporary Canadian residency to access the tent? Not sure I can bring myself to do that?

[DaleB]

The real inconvenience is being tackled, shackled, and strip searched when you try to leave the tent.

[Floatsflyer]

Do I have to accept the temporary Canadian residency to access the tent? Not sure I can bring myself to do that?

Not a problem. You probably couldn't meet the very high admittance standards.