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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: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #780 on: August 14, 2018, 07:32:09 AM »
Anyone try ordering Kosher food to the Cabana in the concord room at LHR T5?
Shouldn't be a problem. You can get kosher food in the Concorde Room at T5. They will even bring you soup (although you need to tell them that they need to fetch it from the business class lounge upstairs). I can't see why they wouldn't bring a kosher meal to a cabana. Any problems ask to speak to the restaurant manager.

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #781 on: August 14, 2018, 09:40:54 AM »
Shouldn't be a problem. You can get kosher food in the Concorde Room at T5. They will even bring you soup (although you need to tell them that they need to fetch it from the business class lounge upstairs). I can't see why they wouldn't bring a kosher meal to a cabana. Any problems ask to speak to the restaurant manager.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #782 on: August 14, 2018, 03:56:15 PM »
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You can also ask for a plate of plain smoked salmon with a slice of lemon - if you want they will bring you kosher plastic cutlery for that (they always bring it for the hot kosher meals). If you want any cocktails be warned that they usually use Ciroc vodka which is not kosher, but they are quite happy to use Grey Goose instead. Their Cosmopolitan is pretty good! All the staff there are super helpful.

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #783 on: August 14, 2018, 09:18:59 PM »
Hechsher?

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #784 on: August 15, 2018, 12:56:55 AM »
Called the Wing yesterday to request KSML in the Pier for my flight tomorrow. The guy even proactively asked me if I had a preference for which meal I wanted, I requested the lamb. Let's hope they actually pull through.
They had it waiting for me when I got there, should have gotten something other than the lamb though, it was the same dish I ended up having on the flight.
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #787 on: August 20, 2018, 01:28:23 PM »
I was at the Art & Lounge in Newark today and the kosher food refrigerator was locked. They refused to open it for me because I wasn't talking an El Al flight. I didn't have this problem a few months ago (there was no lock on the fridge at the time). Is this a new policy? Does El Al sponsor the kosher food at this lounge? If not then this seems like a good intended policy gone wrong.

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #788 on: August 20, 2018, 01:50:30 PM »
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #789 on: August 21, 2018, 07:50:07 PM »
AF lounge this evening in BOS, awaiting LY16. Tuna sandwich.
 

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #790 on: August 29, 2018, 07:49:30 PM »
Any lounge with kosher food in WAW?
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Polaris SFO
« Reply #791 on: August 31, 2018, 11:27:54 AM »
Nothing kosher at all in beautify Polaris SFO lounge at dinner time! No kosher meals, all food is freshly prepared. No packaged snacks etc. No yoghurts available etc etc.
The only thing I found apart from drinks was an apple and a banana. In the end I ducked into the regular UA club to get some kosher cookies...

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #792 on: August 31, 2018, 11:46:30 AM »
Nothing kosher at all in beautify Polaris SFO lounge at dinner time! No kosher meals, all food is freshly prepared. No packaged snacks etc. No yoghurts available etc etc.
The only thing I found apart from drinks was an apple and a banana. In the end I ducked into the regular UA club to get some kosher cookies...
Tell the lounge manager to get KSMLs?
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #793 on: September 01, 2018, 01:31:13 PM »
Tell the lounge manager to get KSMLs?
I requested and they said they aren't avaialble in SFO. Was there with family (x4).

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #794 on: September 12, 2018, 02:26:40 AM »
The automatic pancake dispenser machines are all kosher for domestic alaskan lounges. They all use the same OU batter, (its the only batter that work so they cant put any other food inside it. Enjoy :)

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #795 on: September 12, 2018, 09:50:47 AM »
The automatic pancake dispenser machines are all kosher for domestic alaskan lounges. They all use the same OU batter, (its the only batter that work so they cant put any other food inside it. Enjoy :)
No oil or release agent?
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #796 on: September 12, 2018, 10:00:40 AM »
Nope. Nothing. Just the batter and the conveyor belt. Maybe you have an issue of tovel because its metal but since it belongs to a goy I think its fine

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #797 on: September 12, 2018, 11:22:23 AM »
Nope. Nothing. Just the batter and the conveyor belt. Maybe you have an issue of tovel because its metal but since it belongs to a goy I think its fine
How can there be no release agent? Why doesn't it stick?
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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #798 on: September 12, 2018, 11:23:11 AM »
Nope. Nothing. Just the batter and the conveyor belt. Maybe you have an issue of tovel because its metal but since it belongs to a goy I think its fine
Are there any parts which would be washed (in a dishwasher or otherwise) at any point?

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Re: kosher food in airport lounges
« Reply #799 on: September 12, 2018, 11:56:41 AM »
I was at the Art & Lounge in Newark today and the kosher food refrigerator was locked. They refused to open it for me because I wasn't talking an El Al flight. I didn't have this problem a few months ago (there was no lock on the fridge at the time). Is this a new policy? Does El Al sponsor the kosher food at this lounge? If not then this seems like a good intended policy gone wrong.
Here now, fridge open with no lock, though might be because it's in the timing of Elal flight.