Water at O'Hare
Mar 24, 2009 | 4:36 pm
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Water at O'Hare
Does anyone know of any place within Terminal 3 (AA) that sells bottled water besides Dasani/Aquafina/Vasa? I know its so trivial, but I hate those waters - may as well fill up something out of the water fountain. There's a place in one of the restaurants that has Panna sparkling water, but it has a poptop and therefore un-resealable....
Mar 24, 2009 | 8:34 pm
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IMHO Chicago water fountain water is as good as any bottled water. I always just bring an empty bottle and fill it up airside.
Mar 25, 2009 | 4:00 pm
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I take our excellent Lake Michigan fed tap water for granted too many times, get to another city, grab a glass of tap water and BLECH !!
Mar 25, 2009 | 5:14 pm
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Mar 26, 2009 | 2:47 am
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But then maybe I've been warped by Dallas water. That's quite possible.
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Mar 26, 2009 | 10:59 am
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Well, hotpot1, it appears that no one knows the answer to your question, but in the grand tradition of FT, you have received at no added cost a variety of opinions on the general issue of tap water versus bottled water. 
FWIW I'm part of the "fill up the empty bottle from the water fountain" crowd. Cheap and easy.
FWIW I'm part of the "fill up the empty bottle from the water fountain" crowd. Cheap and easy.
Mar 26, 2009 | 3:09 pm
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Maybe the Wolfgang Puck place that is jus beyond security would have something like Fiji or Vittel in a re-sealable bottle?
Mar 26, 2009 | 3:31 pm
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I think they sell Dasani because they sell Coke products. But, I agree that Chicago tap water is better than just about anything but Fiji, Vittel or Evian.
Mar 26, 2009 | 3:56 pm
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maybe you are drinking from a gray water tap?
Mar 26, 2009 | 10:28 pm
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Mar 27, 2009 | 1:57 am
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Maybe one of the duty free places that have been springing up lately at least in T1 would have something along this line (not that I have any idea why you would want to export a bottle of water, but...).
I've never seen anything other than generic bottled stuff that tastes like Lake Michigan Tap.
I've never seen anything other than generic bottled stuff that tastes like Lake Michigan Tap.
Mar 27, 2009 | 9:43 am
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http://www.flychicago.com/ohare/conc...Waterworks.htm
It is located in the Rotunda of the G concourse
There is also another consession in the connector between T3 and the G concourse (across from the windows) that sells Panna still in a plastic bottle. IIRC, it was $3 a bottle or so.