Just like the Polar Vortex, the Third Ward’s ice bars came and went. And as bitter cold as it was to step outside was last week, the sculptures themselves were pretty cool, too.
But all three ice bars were removed from in front of their respective restaurant Sunday night after the arrival of spring temperatures started to melt the ice.
The bars opened on Jan. 18, lasting only three weekends.
Brandon Rivas, one of the managers at Cafe Benelux, said the ice bars come once a year. Therefore, they won’t be returning.
Max Zuelta and his team at Racine-based Art Below Zero sculpted the bars and related ice sculptures. Art Below Zero holds the Guinness World Record for the longest ice bar, at 209 feet, according to its website. The bar was in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2011.
The team also took out the ice when the temperature rose 70 degrees after the vortex left the Midwest alone.
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