Slog - Comments on Ice Bar: Bullshit or What? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what Kurrent, with its backwards-"k" logo and much-anticipated "ice bar," is now open on Pine Street. The ice bar proves to utilize the same technology as deployed at The Parlor, an upscale billiards hall on the second floor of Lincoln Square in Bellevue (reviewed, sort of, here)—it's not a bar made of ice, nor a bar that is ice-topped, but a bar with a stripe of ice running its length. But does resting your drink upon a stripe of ice produce the intended effect of optimal drink chill, or is it a bullshit gimmick? As part of The Stranger's tireless effort... Copyright 2008 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:45:15 -0800 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:54:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle The only real ice bar is one made out of ice. Entirely.

Like in the ice hotel at Quebec City, or the one in Norway.

We used to set up a bar on an ice shelf when I was in the Army, and man our drinks were cold.

But I think our enjoyment of them had more to do with the fact we had been going without sleep for a long time, and were near exhausted, so it just "tasted" better.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773058 Nightlife Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:19:20 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The steel martini glass is stupid, since the drink it contains is going to warm faster, unless you're in a freezing cold room. Ice strip? Great. The base will be very cold. What about your hand?

The important feature of the ideal martooni glass is that it is SMALL. Those 16 ounce jobbies you got at Crate and Barrel are worthless. Your drink will be room temp by the time you finish it.

It's also important to remember that the perfect martooni IS NOT the absolutely coldest one; you WANT some of the ice to melt into the booze. That's why you don't freeze your gin; you swirl it vigorously through cracked ice. Freezing the glass is OK, for the frosty look, but really it's straddling that freezing point you want, not 0 degrees Kelvin.

I don't see the point of the ice strip, myself.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773087 Nightlife Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:38:16 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Sounds like you're mixing up a batch as you speak.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773114 Nightlife Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:59:20 -0800 Comment by In Da 'Hood Speaking of bars...

What's goin' in across the street, in the old Backstage Thrift storefront?...

This liquor license application is in the window, along with the giant Urban Beach Walk installation... http://www.flatchestedmama.com/

Notification Date: 7/12/2007
Business Name: GREY
Business Location: 1512 11TH AVE, SEATTLE, WA 98122-3904
Applicant(s): SLOW AND STEADY, LLC; GUTTRIDGE, ERIK TALLEY
Liquor License Type: SPIRITS/BR/WN REST LOUNGE +
Application Type: NEW APPLICATION
License Number: 402005

Is it the same Erik Guttridge as this?
http://www.friesengallery.com/

What is GREY?!

]]> In Da 'Hood http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773257 Nightlife Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:18:07 -0800 Comment by Gitai Any bar so dead that you can actually set your glass down isn't worth going to.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773327 Nightlife Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:37:04 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley I would be concerned, using a stainless steel glass that's been siting on ice, that my tongue/lips to stick to it.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773404 Nightlife Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:14:34 -0800 Comment by Bethany Jean Clement Grey is going to be a gallery space/bar, and yes, the owner used to work at Friesen Gallery.... don't know when they're opening, but they've been working away.

]]> Bethany Jean Clement http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c773553 Nightlife Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:20:43 -0800 Comment by Ryan I made that print with a digital image that was 1.8 megs, 180dpi and max size 8.5x11. It took a lot of photoshopping, a box of Cheeze-It's, nearly 50 yards of clear vinyl, around 180 yards of cmyk foil and the help of Dave Bloomfield on the first night of the Block Party. I look forward to the opening of Grey. It should be a neat spot.

-R

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c780673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c780673 Nightlife Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:16:51 -0800 Comment by xqmglsbh nvxgjh tsqacgfhn vrzcpbw lcbje cxnplmufj dgbxeqf djbsnpy ozkbjn

]]> xqmglsbh nvxgjh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c781870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c781870 Nightlife Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:14:30 -0800 Comment by zksj zmyraj cqvktm vxlgbyci egnbrmct tjgyf avqcl hjmyxt mgufbsp http://www.jwvzcflo.dvyozlwju.com

]]> zksj zmyraj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c781872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c781872 Nightlife Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:16:11 -0800 Comment by zksi zmyraj Sorry about my last 2 posts. I was really really high on meth and speed.

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]]> zksi zmyraj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c783655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/ice_bar_bullshit_or_what#c783655 Nightlife Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:54:50 -0800