Airports haven’t typically been known for their haute cuisine. Maybe the high prices, but not high-quality food.

And that sucks when you’ve got a long layover or your flight is delayed. It adds insult to injury when your best option is a soggy prepackaged sandwich or the free pretzels they handed out on the plane. Maybe that’s why so many people drink in airports: to distract themselves from their gnawing hunger, or the stale slice of pizza they were forced to eat.

Fortunately, the food selection at many airports has improved in recent years. Believe it or not, some people even look forward to layovers just so they can hit up their favorite airport restaurant. OK, we were skeptical too, but after extensive research, we here at Wanderu are convinced.

Employing a specific methodology, we tallied:

the total number of restaurants in the 50 busiest U.S. airports,

the number of restaurants in each airport that earned a rating of more than 3 stars on Yelp (out of a possible five),

and the top-ranked restaurant for each airport.

From there, we ranked the airports based on their total number of high-rated restaurants. (For airports that tied, we gave the edge to those with fewer total restaurants, as it meant they had a higher overall percentage of good food.)

The section below features the top 10 food-friendly airports, followed by an expandable table with our full rankings to 50.