The Ice Bar cometh, and it's twice as grand as last year. The Rusty Nail Bar and Grille, a landmark bar and restaurant in Stowe, VT, has created its novelty attraction for the second year in a row - an outdoor bar sculpted entirely of ice. The Ice Bar opened Christmas weekend and will be visible this year from the dining room of the restaurant.

Ice Works, a Pennsylvania company, used more than 20 tons of ice in constructing the bar and furniture, which includes a two-person ice throne, tall ice tables and a 25-foot ice bar with two liquor luges. Inspired by the ice bars of Quebec's winter carnival, the spacious 800-square-foot area is enclosed by 8-foot-tall ice walls.

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You haven't lived until you've luged.
The 12-foot long ice bar is complete with an ice shot luge. Need we say more? Best time to visit.
The only one of its kind in the Northeast, the Ice Bar opens at 3:00 p.m. daily, weather permitting.