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  • In the cold white north of Minnesota, there's a place that will get you warm after a long day on the ice.

  • You can do some fishing.

  • Or have a tasty beverage.

  • And it's something of a dream for Josie.

  • I've always wanted to own a neighborhood bar, and we finally do.

  • Mine is just sitting on a frozen lake.

  • Ice fishing is a way of life around here for people.

  • It gets so cold, below zero temps quite often, which allows us to drive and put houses out and drill holes in the lake and fish.

  • When it gets cold enough in the early winter, Josie's husband goes out and tests the ice to make sure it's thick enough.

  • If it is, they can put the bar together and then the ice hole can open.

  • The ice here is so thick that this bar sits on top of it.

  • To come to our bar on the lake, you just drive your car out on the ice and park.

  • We don't have a parking lot, you just park wherever you want, walk in and have a beer.

  • People like to fish and drink beer.

  • And from our bar here, you can do that all at the same time.

  • The local favorite drink is called the minnow shot.

  • People will actually take a live minnow, which is fishing bait, and put it into their shot and drink it.

  • Oh boy.

  • Oh yeah.

  • He wiggled a little bit.

  • Yeah.

  • As delicious as that seafood beverage sounds, people come just because the fact that the bar exists is pretty amazing.

  • People's reactions to this bar are from crazy to they don't understand it, to it's the coolest thing ever.

  • They come from all over the world to see it.

  • It's very seasonal, we're only opened 20 days.

  • If you're ever near Lake Lida, drive out on the ice, park, come into the bar and grab a pole.

In the cold white north of Minnesota, there's a place that will get you warm after a long day on the ice.

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