It’s weird to think that I may have found a tiny vegan mecca at O’Hare, but I totally did. In a place where true vegan options are limited to icky-looking salad and… well, that’s it, I was thrilled to find Cibo Express in Terminal 3. I discovered it while walking out of the terminal after my flight home yesterday. It’s a bit tucked away in an area with less traffic, which is why I didn’t see it before. I wish I had seen it when I was stuck in the airport for two hours last Friday!
In addition to a wide variety of snacks, treats, fruit and drinks, Cibo Express has several prepared vegan foods by Soul Gourmet, a company whose prepared foods you can often find in local Whole Foods stores. There was a Jerusalem Steak sandwich, Buffalo Tofu, Vegan Root Salad and several other vegan options. There were also non-vegan options like your usual turkey and tuna sandwiches, which looked really great. I went with the Grilled Southwest Tofu Wrap, pictured above.
Whoa. This was tangy and delicious (and fatty, but I could only handle half in one sitting). The tofu had a great texture and didn’t have that tofu taste. In fact, I think this could have fooled a carnivore. I’m pretty weary of airport foot in general, but I found the wrap and its innards to be really fresh (and I picked it up at about 8pm). I also picked up the Vegan Eggplant Parmesan. The best by date on is May 9, which is a little scary, but I’m also confident that it will still be in top shape when I try it tomorrow (and I will certainly report my thoughts on this here blog). I was just super jazzed to find this place. If I hadn’t, I would be blogging about how I ate super size fries for dinner last night.
I picked up some other treats both in the airport and in Toronto, which is where I was over the weekend. I can’t wait to try all my new vegan goodies and share my thoughts with you!
What vegan-friendly gems have you discovered in an airport? Let me know! –Melissa
Turning Veganese 
Luckyyyy. And good to know! I couldn’t find jack in the vegan department at Midway during my recent travels. I subsisted entirely on cliff bars which have that pesky little disclaimer about dairy. I still have one in my purse, in fact…mmmm. cliff bars.
Most airports suck at providing vegan anything, so good score!
This is great as I’m headed to Chicago later in the year – thank you – I will be checking this place out for sure!! 🙂
I discovered ciba express with the soul gourmet offerings yesterday. An awesome traveling, unexpected treat. I had the greens salad full of parsley, lake and other greens – excellent! Too bad my flight home skips O’Hare on Friday.