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Todd English's Bonfire Sets Logan Ablaze

No one's going to fault Boston's Logan International Airport for being too flashy; the whole place exudes a comfortable shabbiness akin to an aunt's living room. Chef Todd English must have flown through there one too many times when he decided to put a steakhouse there, but is it more prime rib or Salisbury steak?

Located through security in terminal B near the American Airlines gates, Bonfire is the namesake of English's well regarded Back Bay restaurant attached to the Park Plaza Hotel. English started his career with Olives in nearby Charlestown and is Eva Longoria's partner in Beso, her Mexican-American restaurant in Los Angeles.

Beyond the audacity of putting a steakhouse in what's normally the plastic-knife zone, Bonfire's reviews are definitely mixed, with one Yelper asking: "Why would you purchase a large space at the airport and then fill it with such terrible food, Todd?" Still, Bonfire was successful enough that English opened another location at New York's JFK Airport in Terminal 7 (the United terminal) last fall.

Have you eaten at either of these fancy flight fooderies? We'd love to know your review.

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[Photo: Boston.com]