I appreciated your comments about food while traveling on Amtrak. It could be so much better especially for the price. I will try your suggestion of using bagels instead of bread.

• The Amtrak website and app indicate that your train route has a cafe car.
• And you can buy single serving tuna in pouches, already seasoned.
• However, I may put snacks in a reusable bag to pack away before getting off the train.
• There are lobster crab cakes with farro, a grilled Atlantic salmon in miso soy beurre blanc sauce, and the train’s signature flat iron steak all served on proper dishes with real glassware.
• When I pulled them out of the pouch they were in great shape still.

There are a few tables available for passengers who purchase food or drinks, but you can also bring items back to your seat. Per health and safety regulations, consumption of personal food is not permitted in the Café Car. When you are in a roomette, you have 3 meals included a day, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner and all non-alcoholic drinks. All meals are served on 1 tray, and you can continue to ask for beverage refills throughout your journey. In Acela first class, all drinks, including alcohol, are complimentary and unlimited.

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A checklist of what are the best foods to bring on an Amtrak train trip. Also find out what food you can buy aboard the train. We serve alcoholic beverages onboard trains in most Dining, Lounge, and Café Cars. Each table seats four people, and before the pandemic, Amtrak aimed to fill each spot. That meant if you were traveling alone or in a group of two or three, you were likely to have a table-mate for some or all of your meals.

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Some fresh fruit is also great to have on the trip. Some fruit doesn’t travel all the well like bananas and berries. Nut or seed butters like sunflower butter, peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, etc. are a great way to fill your belly. You can buy single serving pouches or bring along a jar. Don’t worry if you forget a spoon or knife they have plastic ones in the cafe car. Okay, so this pasta wasn’t exactly something that would wow Scott Conant on Chopped, but I’ve certainly experienced worse when it comes to pre-packaged pasta salads.

You may feel disappointed if you think eating in Amtrak dining cars is like what you see in the old movies. I just took the capital limited from DC to Chicago….. I packed flavored waters cheezit snacks and pre packaged fruit bowls that satisfied me for my 17 hr plus journey.

I was journeying with another person, so we often paired up with another individual or duo. One night, we were seated with an elderly woman who said seeing the country by train had always been a dream of her late husband’s. They spent years planning the journey together, but he became ill and passed before they could see it realized. She decided to take the trip alone to honor his memory, and their friends came together and pitched in money to make it a more feasible reality. In addition to the Café, longer haul train trips will also feature a traditional Dining Car, — a restaurant on wheels.

In it will be cooked pasta that I had put in the freezer then packed right before I leave NJ. Ground carrots and washed broccoli cut in small pieces, the veg. I will also bring a can of chick peas and jar of Trader Joe’s bruschetta that was put in the fridge.

Amtrak still operates what they call “flexible dining” on routes east of the Mississippi, featuring to-go-style meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You can either eat these items in the dining car or have them brought to your private room for consumption. Taking my first auto train from VA to FL but driving from NJ first.