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Lounges with kosher food (specific lounges and travel class allowed varies):

US airports:
ATL Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request.
BOS Air France Lounge (used by LY) has sandwiches.
BOS Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request. A18 Skyclub Spring Valley beef/chicken options (OU)
DTW Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request.
EWR Terminal B SAS lounge during El Al flight times - wraps, cakes etc.
EWR United Polaris Lounge. Kosher wine. Fresko hot kosher food upon request.
EWR United Club kosher snacks upon request.
FLL United Club kosher snacks upon request.
JFK AA/BA Chelsea Lounge, Soho Lounge, and Greenwich Lounges Fresko hot kosher food upon request.
JFK  British Airways - some reports of being able to preorder KSML. Lounge is located in terminal 7.
JFK  Delta SkyClub (Borenstein). Lounge is located in terminal 4.
JFK  King David Lounge. Lounge is located in terminal 4.
JFK  Virgin Atlantic ClubHouse (FresKo). Lounge is located in terminal 4.
LAX  AA club has hot kosher meals for purchase.
LAX  AA Flagship dining has hot kosher meals.
LAX  Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request.
LGA  Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request. My Own Meal (KS-Soloveitchik)
LGA  United Club kosher snacks upon request.
MIA AA Flagship Dining
MSP Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request.
SEA Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request.
SLC Delta hub lounges all have hot kosher meals upon request.

Non-US airports:
ATH - Priority Pass Skyserv Lounge
BCN - Priority Pass SALA VIP COLOMER T1 had kosher meals on request (salami sandwiches, pasta salad, cake) with local Hechsher.
BER El Al Templehof before passport control: Kosher airline meals from Amsterday caterer Langerhuize
BUD Plaza Premium Lounge (non Schengen) has kosher options for additional fee
CDG El Al contract lounge EXTIME
CPT Bidvest Lounge - Kosher cheeses, crackers(note Provita are Dairy), crisps and nuts (check for BD Hechsher) 
DUR Bidvest Lounge - Kosher cheeses, crackers(note Provita are Dairy), crisps and nuts (check for BD Hechsher) 
DXB Emirates Business/First Lounges, have a seat in the dining area and ask a server for a Kosher Meal. They usually have Shakshuka or Chicken
FRA KSML available with pre-request to Lufthansa. And here. Email doco.frankfurt@doco.com or tlvgpmiles@dlh.de to request, or DM Lufthansa.
HKG Cathay Pacific Lounges (Hermolis). Call to request at "The wing +852-2747-7972," "The Pier +852-2747-3939".
IST Kosher food available at IGA Lounge and Miles and Smiles lounge
JNB  Bidvest Lounge - Kosher cheeses, crackers(NOTE Provita are Dairy), nuts and ice-coffee chilla.  Aspire (International terminal) - sandwiches and cakes during El Al flight times.
LHR British Airways -
LHR BA Lounges - Kosher food is available at BA's lounges as follows:
T5/T3 Galleries Club: Bagel/panini and/or soup.
T5/T3 Galleries First: Main course, usually a choice of salmon, chicken stir fry or meat balls (sometimes changed to spaghetti bolognaise).
T5 Concorde Room (CCR): Same as First, but they will also bring soup from the Club lounge if asked, and can also do a plate of plain smoked salmon (with a slice of lemon) on request. Just make sure you stress that you ONLY want the smoked salmon, otherwise they will bring cooked cherry tomatoes or other stuff with it. They will also mix cocktails using Grey Goose vodka instead of the non-kosher Ciroc (Bloody Mary and Cosmopolitan) if asked. The staff in the CCR are very helpful.
Galleries First and the CCR also have a kosher breakfast option: omelette or 'frittata' with stuff which is supposed to make it look like a "full English Breakfast" - meaning it has a couple of rather poor Tivall sausages included. But the rest of the stuff is OK.
The arrivals lounge only carries the kosher breakfast.
Plain salted Kettle chips are kosher. If you want any for the flight ask at the lounge as they only carry two non-kosher flavored version on the aircraft. Also, in the CCR you need to ask at the bar for them in the packet otherwise they will (helpfully) open the bag into a pretty china bowl for you.
To get a kosher meal in the Galleries lounges you need to get one of the servers and ask them to check what kosher meals are available. In the Concorde Room (CCR) you go to the dining area reception desk and ask there, or you can ask at the bar, or indeed ask any of the staff who tend to float around. If you want soup in the CCR they may well tell you that they don't have kosher soups - they are not 100% wrong there because they don't store any of the kosher soup in their kitchen (which is shared with Galleries First). However, if you ask them to check with their supervisor whether they can bring it for you from the Galleries Club lounge they will always manage to arrange it.
LHR El Al contract lounge: BLUSH
LHR Virgin Atlantic ClubHouse, Hermolis meals and kosher wine
MAD Priority Pass T4S Neptuno had kosher meals on request (salami sandwiches, pasta salad, cake) with local Hechsher.
MUC KSML available with pre-request to Lufthansa.
SIN Singapore Airlines Private Room (Hermolis). KSML is available here only if requested 4 hours in advance per the waiter.
SYD Qantas First Lounge - available on advance request (Lewis KSML). Call CS and ask to be put through to the F lounge.
TLV Dan Lounges (not mehadrin/heter mechira).
TLV King David Lounge (mehadrin/shmita l'chumra).
YYZ KLM Lounge (terminal 3). Gradzinski Sandwiches are available before LY flights on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. And in Air Canada Signature lounge (terminal 1) hot kosher meals from Toronto Kosher are available but they need about half an hour to heat them up.


Non-lounge kosher food:

US airports:
EWR Chinese you can have delivered free to EWR from New Kosher Special, 163 Elmora Ave, Elizabeth, NJ, 07202, (908) 353-1818,  with $40 min. purchase. Download the "Beyond Menu" app to order with a credit card.
Delivery available from Wok Tov (516) 295-3843 and Sushi Tokyo (516) 882-2244 to JFK.
-Free delivery on $30+ orders from Jerusalem Pizza
-Fresko Sandwiches (tuna, egg salad, chicken, others) are available for sale in random kiosks/marts in different terminals for ~$10.  Look for Market Fresh stores near gate A21 and by gates C-124 through C-138
JFK: Salads, sandwiches (shnitzel, tuna, egg, etc), and cholov yisroel yogurt at CIBO stands in JetBlue terminal and at CIBO stands throughout airport.
-Delivery available Wok Tov (516) 295-3843 and Sushi Tokyo (516) 882-2244.
LGA: -Salads, sandwiches (shnitzel, tuna, egg, etc), and cholov yisroel yogurt at CIBO stands in the central terminal, concourse C post security and at CIBO stands throughout airport.  Look for the food with the Green Label (indicating Star-K hechsher)

International airports:
DXB: Terminal 3 COSTA Coffee Various snacks including Reuben sandwiches and babka
EZE: Cholov Yisroel Alfajores and other cookies available throughout airport.
IST: Vending machine with sandwiches, snacks, and desserts in between Concourse A and B in front of Starbucks
LHR: DD Sandwiches (egg salad, lox and cream cheese, deli, beef, chicken, others) are available for £3-6 in random kiosks/marts in different terminals - see here for locations.
LTN: DD Sandwiches (egg salad, lox and cream cheese, deli, beef, chicken, others) are available for £3-6 in random kiosks/marts in different terminals - see here for locations.
TLV: -Pizza Hutt (before gate entry)
-Aroma Espresso bar (Dairy Mehadrin)
YYZ: -Sandwiches and wraps from Grodzinski’s (COR certified, roast beef, pastrami, brisket, cream cheese, tuna, roasted vegetable and hummus ) Additionally, you can find kosher danish pastries, muffins, granola & yogurt parfaits, and more all provided by Grodzinski’s:
Terminal 1:
Cibo (Gate F61)
Fetta (Gate E72/F72)
Heirloom (Gate E74)
Vinifera (GateE76)
Marathi (Gate E79/F79)
Terminal 3:
Nobel (Gate B14)
Corso (Gate C29)
Heirloom (Gate C30 ELAL)
Acer (Gate C36)
KLM Lounge
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Re: Airports With Kosher Food
« Reply #360 on: August 31, 2015, 11:15:19 AM »
CIBO is pretty inconsistent unless you are there before 11 am or so

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Re: Airports With Kosher Food
« Reply #361 on: August 31, 2015, 11:47:00 AM »
In short, check anywhere there is a CIBO.
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Re: Airports With Kosher Food
« Reply #362 on: August 31, 2015, 02:49:45 PM »
He also only listed Terminal C options at EWR, but there are definitely Fresko sandwiches in Terminal A as well.

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Re: Airports With Kosher Food
« Reply #363 on: August 31, 2015, 02:51:33 PM »
He also only listed Terminal C options at EWR, but there are definitely Fresko sandwiches in Terminal A as well.
He's missing stands in LGA as well.
Answer is basically look for CIBO at EWR/JFK/LGA. Done.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #364 on: September 20, 2015, 07:18:10 PM »
Any Kosher food in delta sky lounge in jfk?

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kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #365 on: September 20, 2015, 07:43:30 PM »
Any Kosher food in delta sky lounge in jfk?
Last time I was there the cookies, popcorn and some of the sealed dips were.
Eta obviously not taking achrayos please check the hechsher.

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #366 on: September 20, 2015, 08:05:05 PM »
Last time I was there the cookies, popcorn and some of the sealed dips were.
Eta obviously not taking achrayos please check the hechsher.

I was there in June; didn't see anything sealed except for beverages.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #367 on: September 20, 2015, 09:57:35 PM »
I was there in June; didn't see anything sealed except for beverages.
I was there June 30th IIRC

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #368 on: September 30, 2015, 07:36:49 PM »
How do I order KSML on CX F HKG lounge, do I contact the airline or the lounge?

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #369 on: September 30, 2015, 07:40:23 PM »
How do I order KSML on CX F HKG lounge, do I contact the airline or the lounge?
Call the lounge.

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #370 on: October 11, 2015, 06:46:21 PM »
Any Kosher food in delta sky lounge in jfk?

Posting from the great SkyDeck, there's Kosher dipin chumus. Unfortunately the pretzels and nuts in the lounge aren't sealed anymore... :(

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #371 on: October 15, 2015, 01:22:32 AM »
Is there anything sealed with a good hashgacha in Newark art and lounge that can be heated up? 
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #372 on: October 15, 2015, 09:12:33 AM »

Is there anything sealed with a good hashgacha in Newark art and lounge that can be heated up?
They have double wrapped food. I don't remember the hashgacha. Ain't nothing to write home about, pretty much bland food, a bit better then standard airline food.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #373 on: October 15, 2015, 09:14:26 AM »
They have double wrapped food. I don't remember the hashgacha. Ain't nothing to write home about, pretty much bland food, a bit better then standard airline food.
Thanks. I want something to fall back on if i don't get a KSML.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #374 on: October 15, 2015, 09:42:02 AM »

Thanks. I want something to fall back on if i don't get a KSML.
Then bring your own meal onboard.
If your anyways going to take food on onboard, why take some garbage from the airport lounge, when you could bring your own food.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #375 on: October 15, 2015, 09:45:28 AM »
Then bring your own meal onboard.
If your anyways going to take food on onboard, why take some garbage from the airport lounge, when you could bring your own food.
I'm bringing cold food, but i want to know if there's anything hot in the lounge. I always bring extra food on the plane for long trips.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #376 on: October 15, 2015, 03:51:00 PM »
there was a list in the wingtips lounge in terminal 4 in JFK which said which food items were kosher yet it didn't say who was certifying the list does anyone know if it is reliable? or if some of the food there is fine to eat?

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #377 on: October 18, 2015, 09:47:44 AM »
Sitting in Art & Lounge at EWR.  Asked about Kosher options.  The lady told me that it's all Kosher (i.e. hot food in trays), and brought by "the same Rabbi" who brings the packaged stuff, but the packaged stuff is "blessed Kosher."   

Please tell me this is true ...

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #378 on: October 18, 2015, 09:52:53 AM »
Sitting in Art & Lounge at EWR.  Asked about Kosher options.  The lady told me that it's all Kosher (i.e. hot food in trays), and brought by "the same Rabbi" who brings the packaged stuff, but the packaged stuff is "blessed Kosher."   

Please tell me this is true ...
How would it help? You trust them

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #379 on: October 18, 2015, 10:00:40 AM »
How would it help? You trust them

It would help in the sense that if someone on the forums knew something I didn't (i.e. this place just got a hechsher)...?  Or maybe it's known that the bagels are kosher or something?