Airport Tavern, a Lansing mainstay, to get new owner as Sinadinos retires

LANSING – In the century that the Airport Tavern and Steakhouse has stood at 5000 N. Grand River Ave., not far from Capital Region International Airport, some things have stood the test of time.

The off-white building, with turrets on either side of its slanted brown-shingled roof, still reminds people of a castle, and 100 years later, it’s still a restaurant. People have never stopped sharing meals there, and steak has been a showcase on the menu for decades

But the restaurant’s name has changed many times over the years. The Airport Inn in the 1930s, Olga’s Airport Inn in the 1950s, Paul’s Airport Bar by the 1970s, when Paul Sinadinos bought it, and today it’s the Airport Tavern and Steakhouse, under Paul’s son Pete Sinadinos’s leadership…

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