"McCormick & Schmick's to try first airport restaurant at PDX"

Monday, February 10, 2003

McCormick & Schmick's to try first airport restaurant at PDX
By Robert Goldfield   
The Portland (OR) Business Journal


If Port of Portland commissioners approve the lease on Wednesday,
Portland-based restaurant company McCormick & Schmick's will open a location
in Portland International Airport. 

The arrangement calls for airport concession company Anton Airfood Inc. to
operate McCormick & Schmick's Grill under a licensing agreement with the
restaurant company, according to a summary document prepared by port staff. 

The grill will occupy 6,600 square feet in the recently completed expansion
of the airport's south terminal. 

Construction on the $2.6 million capital project would start this summer,
with opening anticipated for November. 

In 2001 the port issued a request for proposals for a food service operation
in that area of the airport. A committee reviewed the five proposals and
selected Anton/McCormick & Schmick based on Anton's airport experience and
the local flavor of McCormick & Schmick's, the report states. 

Staff concluded that security measures added at the airport since the RFP
was issued would not prevent a restaurant from succeeding at the location. 

If built, the restaurant would mark the first airport location for McCormick
& Schmick's, which operates 38 restaurants across the country.


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