Amtrak dining and cafe service

[me_little_me]

These seem to be the #1 Complaints by most Amtrak fans.

Better tasting, higher quality meals with Lower Sodium and Sugar ( and probably no Garlic or Peanuts)counts is the way to go when current contracts expire!

No Garlic? Does that mean I have to carry a cross on the train with me to keep away the vampires?

 

[JeanA]

Someone finally managed to get a photo of the ingredients labels for three of the new packaged meals. (I've been trying to figure out how to get Amtrak to publish their ingredients for years.)

Would you be comfortable listing the ingredients? Just the additives? I'm allergic to a few, also.

 

[joelkfla]

These seem to be the #1 Complaints by most Amtrak fans.

Better tasting, higher quality meals with Lower Sodium and Sugar ( and probably no Garlic or Peanuts)counts is the way to go when current contracts expire!

I didn't know garlic is a common allergy concern.

Garlic is said to have many health benefits. And it really improves the taste of foods IMHO. In Gilroy CA, self-proclaimed garlic capital of the world and home of the annual Garlic Festival, the slogan is, "Garlic is like a second mother."

 

[Bob Dylan]

I didn't know garlic is a common allergy concern.

Garlic is said to have many health benefits. And it really improves the taste of foods IMHO. In Gilroy CA, self-proclaimed garlic capital of the world and home of the annual Garlic Festival, the slogan is, "Garlic is like a second mother."

Lots of folks are allergic to Garlic.

 

[PVD]

For the cheesecake folks: Who remembers Nuns of the New Skete Monastery Cheesecake on Empire Service trains some years back?

 

[SP&S]

I didn't know garlic is a common allergy concern.

Garlic is said to have many health benefits. And it really improves the taste of foods IMHO. In Gilroy CA, self-proclaimed garlic capital of the world and home of the annual Garlic Festival, the slogan is, "Garlic is like a second mother."

Although I can understand some people not liking garlic, let's not get rid of it altogether. As was said at a local garlic gestival "Eat Garlic Fight Mouthwash".

 

[CameraObscura76]

Glad I'm not the only one ...

Nope, I’ve been this way as long as I can remember. My last airplane ride ended with me in a complete panic, unable to leave my seat-even to go to the bathroom. I haven’t travelled on an airline since.

 

[caravanman]

The important thing about food allergies is that they are not at all about "disliking the taste", they are about staying alive for those folks with severe issues.

 

[pennyk]

Lots of folks are allergic to Garlic.

Many individuals develop a garlic allergy later in life. All of the flex meals contain garlic (last time customer relations checked on my behalf).

 

[Railspike]

January 2020. Sunset Limited. Nuff said!

 

[20th Century Rider]

Better to bring your own food than to eat that carcinogenic, sodium and fat filled lethal deadly inedible stuff they are now serving... day after day and everywhere on the system. Amtrak food service is a sham and a disgrace to the traveling public... who are forced to pay for it when traveling in sleepers.

The flex dining concept is wrong wrong wrong... and very harmful. It must be changed!

Below: Wel'p... here we are again staring at the same old boring meal served day after day throughout the Amtrak system.

b o r i n g !!!!

 

[20th Century Rider]

January 2020. Sunset Limited. Nuff said!

Yes... but those pics are a real tease!

 

[Sidney]

I did a couple of circle trips in January and February of last year just before the pedemic hit and full service dining was put on hold. I recall riding the Capitol Limited to Chicago which had and still has flex dining and looked forward to the full dining experience. Since then,I have ridden a few times and my anticipation went away.

I've had that steak dinner many many times over the last thirty years of riding and every time it was cooked to perfection. I loved the mussels and later ribs for lunch and the omelettes for breakfast. It's mind blowing how the quality of food has sinked to this.

I booked a trip for May 22,the date full dining should return. Wishful thinking but with most people having vaccinations by then,it might happen. Then again,maybe Amtrak has no intention of returning full dining. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Palmetto]

Better to bring your own food than to eat that carcinogenic, sodium and fat filled lethal deadly inedible stuff they are now serving... day after day and everywhere on the system. Amtrak food service is a sham and a disgrace to the traveling public... who are forced to pay for it when traveling in sleepers.

The flex dining concept is wrong wrong wrong... and very harmful. It must be changed!

Below: Wel'p... here we are again staring at the same old boring meal served day after day throughout the Amtrak system.

b o r i n g !!!!

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I don't think I've ever seen green beans quite that long.

 

[20th Century Rider]

I don't think I've ever seen green beans quite that long.

Due to cost cutting they're probably half the size now!

 

[caravanman]

I did a couple of circle trips in January and February of last year just before the pedemic hit and full service dining was put on hold. I recall riding the Capitol Limited to Chicago which had and still has flex dining and looked forward to the full dining experience. Since then,I have ridden a few times and my anticipation went away.

I've had that steak dinner many many times over the last thirty years of riding and every time it was cooked to perfection. I loved the mussels and later ribs for lunch and the omelettes for breakfast. It's mind blowing how the quality of food has sinked to this.

I booked a trip for May 22,the date full dining should return. Wishful thinking but with most people having vaccinations by then,it might happen. Then again,maybe Amtrak has no intention of returning full dining. I hope I'm wrong.

Good luck for your trip on 22/5 that is my birthday! Let us know how your trip goes...

 

[me_little_me]

I don't think I've ever seen green beans quite that long.

Only where the train goes by a nuclear power plant.

 

[jiml]

January 2020. Sunset Limited. Nuff said!

That was my exact meal on my last LD Amtrak trip.

 

[Cal]

January 2020. Sunset Limited. Nuff said!

Oh how I loved getting a steak... Was my meal for every dinner,

 

[tim49424]

Oh how I loved getting a steak... Was my meal for every dinner,

Mine too. Being that it's not coming back soon, if at all, I'm missing it all the more!

 

[Cal]

Mine too. Being that it's not coming back soon, if at all, I'm missing it all the more!

Yep..

 

[TrackWalker]

...Meh.

LOL. Just finished watching "The Emoji Movie" an hour ago. "Meh" is this one and the lead character/emoji.

 

[20th Century Rider]

LOL. Just finished watching "The Emoji Movie" an hour ago. "Meh" is this one and the lead character/emoji.

So... what came first, the term 'Meh' - or Amtrak Flex dining???

I'll bet the scholars will be up late tonight contemplating this one!!!

 

[20th Century Rider]

As a long-time customer of food trucks, I can assure you that they are not good for social distancing, as you need to stand in line for a long time while your food is prepared.

For long distance trains during this pandemic, the best type of food service is probably a tray meal served in your room or at your seat. In other words, flex dining.

I'll take a PB & J on some really good nut bread brought from home any day before I'd nauseate on a flex meal.

 

[20th Century Rider]

Only where the train goes by a nuclear power plant.

Actually the pic with the big string beans was probably 'done up special' for the media and the press but not very much like pics of the real thing that flex meal victims are posting. In those the veggies are wilted and gray.