PIA’s Main Terminal has one wildcard: The Hangar Too.
This place sits past security in the Main Terminal at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, and information on it is unusually thin. The airport lists The Hangar Too as its restaurant option, but third‑party reviews are basically a blank page. The only hard public datapoint is a lone 1‑star rating with no detail attached, which doesn’t help much when you’re standing at the only bar in reach of your gate.
Figure on standard small‑airport bar pricing: think $10–$14 for a basic burger or chicken tenders and $7–$10 for a beer, in line with what you’d see at similar regional airports in Illinois. It’s a sit‑down setup in the Main Terminal, so this is your shot at a hot meal if you’ve already cleared TSA and don’t want to backtrack to the pre‑security vending and limited snacks. Expect a short, airport‑typical menu rather than anything elaborate.
Hours are not clearly published. Peoria’s first departures often push at 5:00–6:00 a.m., and smaller airports sometimes don’t open their bars until closer to the 10:00 a.m. mark, or they close by the last bank of departures around 7:00–8:00 p.m. If you’re on an 8:30 p.m. flight to Chicago or Dallas, don’t assume you can grab dinner here without checking in person once you clear security.
With no real crowd wisdom, treat The Hangar Too like a coin flip: useful if lines are short and your boarding pass shows a 45‑minute buffer, risky if your connection time at PIA is tight. One practical move: eat in town before you reach 6100 W Everett McKinley Drive, then use The Hangar Too for a quick drink or fries only if you see open seats and can watch your boarding group line form from the barstool.