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NEWARK AIR TRAVEL
With a backdoor entrance inside a Terminal C restaurant, Classified offers a sanctuary from airport dining—at a cost.
BY RACHEL CHANG
October 19, 2023
United Airlines has a secret. And despite being loyal to the airline for years, I was unaware that it was practically right under my nose at Newark Liberty International Airport. Then last year, a friend asked me if it was worth going to the “invite-only” restaurant in Terminal C.
Clueless (and embarrassed since she asked me as travel pro!), I asked what she was referring to—and that’s when I learned about Classified, an OTG-operated United restaurant hidden behind a secret door near gate C120, reserved for those who score a coveted invitation. Making its debut in 2017, the dining experience closed during the pandemic and reopened last year. Having once spent nearly 24 hours (because of flight cancellations) at Newark terminal’s Polaris lounge, I thought I had already seen the best of United’s offerings in Jersey, so I filed the information in my back pocket.
But then—in the most Hogwarts letter-like moment of my life—three days before my United flight from Estonia back to EWR airport in August, my inbox glowed with the subject line: “Here's the secret password—you're invited to Classified.” The message went on to say that, as one of the carrier's “most valued customers," I was “one of the select few” to receive an invite to the “contemporary" restaurant, which they described as an “upscale dining space, tucked away from the crowds in Terminal C, offers a seasonally influenced menu featuring fresh, locally-sourced ingredients.
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