The train ride is long, Wi-Fi is spotty, and if the food is enticing, people will be compelled to close their laptops, walk to the dining car, and eat. Mike Diago is a social worker, writer, and ...

Another couple traveling from San Diego back home to Warren County, Ohio, brought their own food but also sometimes hit the dining car. “We think the food on the train is pretty good,” they ...

To Elizabeth, the food in the Amtrak dining car was good, but she preferred her own. When I asked them why her family grows their own food, Elizabeth said, “We help each other in our community ...

The train serves a beer called Royal Gorge Route Rogue, brewed in the nearby San Luis Valley. "What we do on the train revolves around food," he said. A first-class lunch ticket costs $119 for a ...

“Bad food can make a trip miserable,” says Amanda Hatrick, 20, whose parents own the vintage rail car Overland Trail, also based at Union Station, which can be booked for custom charters.

I recently spent 57 hours on Amtrak trains from Whitefish, Montana, to New York City. As a vegetarian, I was worried I wouldn't find enough to eat while on the train.