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I'm Alex. Family man, frequent flyer, food obsessed.
I live in the Chicago suburbs with my wife Vika and our two teenagers. We travel a lot, sometimes for work, often for fun, and we eat well wherever we go.
Every review on this site is something I actually paid for, sailed on, slept in, or ate. If a room is small, I tell you. If the food is incredible, you'll hear about it. If something isn't worth the money, I say so.
If it sounds like a friend telling you about a trip over dinner, I did my job right.
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The O'Hare United Club I'd Plan a Layover Around | Gate B6 Full Tour
If you're flying United through Chicago O'Hare with time to kill in Concourse B, this is the United Club by Gate B6, and it's the one I'd plan a layover around. More than 17,000 square feet, two food bars, a bartender who actually makes your drink, and four private phone rooms. The honest part: at lunchtime it fills up, and there are no showers. Worth knowing before you go: you check in down at concourse level and ride the escalator up, so look for the desk on your left by Gate B6. And if your flight goes sideways, the customer service desk upstairs saves you the line downstairs.