Luckily, our original plane to Vegas lost a wing (or perhaps it was a less serious mechanical issue, I wasn’t paying attention) and our flight was delayed almost two hours while they glued it back on/found a new plane. The delay allowed me to try the vegan soft-serve ice cream at B-Smooth Smoothies. It’s connected to Burrito Beach (which has decent veggie burritos and burrito bowls). B-Smooth’s vanilla non-dairy soft-serve can be served in a cone or blended into a smoothie. It was delicious. I hate the compliment “it’s so good, you don’t even know it’s vegan,” as if vegan food is bland and boring. But I fell into that thinking last week. The ice cream was so good that I was worried it wasn’t vegan, so I wrote an email to Burrito Beach. The VP of Operations kindly replied to my email:
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in B-Smooth! Our non-dairy ice cream mix is in fact vegan, as are the fruit smoothies.
Thanks for being patient!
Best,
Jeff
Thank you, Jeff! And B-Smooth for providing vegan treats!
B-Smooth is located in Terminal 3 in a food court between the H and K gates.
Posted by Emma (@Emmakat79) on October 24, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Oooh, this is good to know. I’m flying into Chicago next month, but it will be Midway. Still, I’m bound to end up at the craziness that is O’Hare at some point in the future, and vegan ice cream will surely help me cope! Thanks!
Posted by Kristen on October 25, 2011 at 8:35 am
Midway doesn’t offer much in terms of vegan food, but it is an easier airport to fly in & out of. There are fewer delays. Hope you enjoy your stay in the windy city.
Posted by Heather Blackmon (@betterwithveg) on October 25, 2011 at 10:04 am
Vegan airport ice cream – now that is something I would have never expected. Great find!
Posted by Fattopotamus on October 29, 2011 at 9:12 am
Hol-e shit! This is AWESOME! We are coming to the US for three weeks (from Australia) in December and are flying into O’Hare! SO SO SO SO EXCITED. If their icecream machine is broken I will cry.
Posted by Dan on March 12, 2013 at 11:03 am
Sorry to burst everyone’s bubble, but this product is NOT vegan. I checked yesterday and they are using the Frostline non-dairy brand which contains Caseinate (milk protein).