Silver Diner is the only locally owned and operated restaurant in the Southwest terminal at BWI airport
NEED TO KNOW
- Silver Diner restaurant faces potential closure at BWI Airport due to a legal dispute over costly renovation demands, according to a Sept. 23 press release
- The Maryland-owned restaurant has operated since 2007, offering farm-to-table meals and local culinary traditions
- Over 1,000 supporters have written to state officials urging them to extend the lease without multimillion-dollar renovations
Supporters are fighting to keep a popular Maryland airport restaurant open following a legal dispute that allegedly threatened the business’s livelihood.
A spokesperson for Silver Diner, the only restaurant in the Southwest terminal at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) that is not a franchise, called out concessions developer Fraport over a contract that could put the restaurant out of business in a Wednesday, Sept. 23 press release.
Earlier this month, Silver Diner filed a lawsuit against Fraport, claiming that the company breached its 2022 contract with the restaurant by enforcing costly renovations at an significantly higher price than initially agreed…