Ice from canceled event re-purposed for St. Paul ice bars

A one-mile stretch of ice bars is coming to downtown St. Paul this weekend. The bars will be installed at 10 locations in the downtown and West Seventh neighborhoods. Minnesota Ice is currently carving the bars using ice from the canceled Minnesota Ice Festival. The original plan was to construct the largest ice maze in the world. The ice was delivered to TCO Stadium in December but then warm temperatures doomed the event before it started. It was called off and the ice was put into storage until now. The ice bars will be in place from Friday Feb. 9-11 and it all ties in to the Red Bull Heavy Metal event on Saturday on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol Building. The ice bar locations include: Apostle Supper Club, Burger Moe’s, Herbie’s On The Park, Loon Cafe St. Paul, Meritage, Momento, Pillbox Tavern, Smorgie’s, Tom Reid’s Hockey City Pub and Wrestaurant at the Palace.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Restaurants in St. Paul are taking advantage of the unseasonably warm winter by hosting outdoor ice bars at 10 establishments this weekend.

On Feb. 9-11, the Capital City Ice Bars will span one mile in the downtown and West 7th neighborhoods. The outdoor bars will have a variety of special drinks at each location.

Locations include:

Apostle Supper Club: Friday, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday, noon-3 p.m.
Burger Moe's: Friday 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Saturday, 6 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Herbie's On the Park: Friday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Loon Cafe St. Paul: Friday, 4:30 p.m.-7 p.m., Saturday, 3 p.m.-9 p.m.
Meritage: Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
Momento: Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.
Pillbox Tavern: Friday, 3 p.m.-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon- 8 p.m.
Smorgie's: Friday and Saturday, 1 p.m.- 8 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub: Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wrestaurant at the Palace: Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Sunday, noon- 4 p.m.

The Red Bull Heavy Metal street snowboarding contest will be taking place nearby, on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol Building, on Saturday.

For more information on Capital City Ice Bars, click here.