I spent a wonderful saturday afternoon strolling through Ice Fest. It was busier that I thought with a lot of families walking around watching the ice sculptures come to life.
Ice Fire Pit
Ice Apartment
Ice Fest has been running for seven years and this year was the first time I went up to Yorkville to check it out. I arrived, with coffee in hand, just in time to see the on-street skating performance by “Glisse on Ice”. A mini skating rink was set up for the three skaters to do their performance. There was a large crowd gathered round the rink. I stood off to the side at the top of nearby staircase to watch some of the performance.
Glisse on Ice
After taking in the performance, I moved on to take look at some of the sculptures. Some people were still working away at their pieces. There was a ice log cabin which was pretty cool with an ice fire pit.
At Work
Ice Sculpture Tools
There was also a selection of the neighbourhood’s restaurants, serving delicious looking dishes like soups, crepes, and mac n’cheese. Some of the food stalls that I walking by included Crêpes à GoGo, Sassafraz, and Jacques Bistro du Parc. In front of Sassafraz, an ice bar was also set up serving an apple vodka cocktails.
Absolut Ice Bar
