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Curling Rinks Open for Winter Season in Kaiser Tiger Beer Garden

By Stephanie Lulay | December 4, 2015 10:18am | Updated on December 7, 2015 8:53am
 The owners of Kaiser Tiger have transformed the bar;s beer garden into ice curling rinks.
The owners of Kaiser Tiger have transformed the bar;s beer garden into ice curling rinks.
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Chris Latchford, Kaiser Tiger

WEST LOOP — The owners of Kaiser Tiger in the West Loop have once again given their beer garden a winter makeover.

The sausage and beer bar, located at 1415 W. Randolph St., opened their ice curling rinks for the winter season this week.

The bar offers ice curling Monday - Thursday 3-10 p.m. and Friday - Saturday Noon-11 p.m., according Kaiser Tiger's Facebook page. Lane rental for up to eight players (four per team) is $40 for 30 minutes of play.

After drawing crowds last year, Kaiser Tiger has imported curling stones from Canada and added a chiller this season, which will allow the bar to offer curling as long as temperatures are 45 degrees or below, said co-owner Chris Latchford.

"There are now three curling lanes which are bigger than last year," Latchford said Friday.

The courts are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Large parties can potentially reserve a court by e-mailing Latchford at events.kaisertiger@gmail.com.

During the winter months, Kaiser Tiger serves hot whiskey in the beer garden to warm enthusiastic curlers. Patrons can cook their own bacon s'mores at the bar's outdoor fire pits, too.

The ice curling plan was born after a particularly brutal winter in 2013-14, Latchford said last year.

"So we thought, if you can't beat the winter, then join it," he said. "What a better way to spend time outside than to have a bonspiel at the curling rinks?"

Kaiser Tiger opened in May 2014. The bar offers bocce ball in the beer garden during the summer months.

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