This is one saloon that wo n’t give you a katzenjammer . According to theMinneapolis Star - Tribune , the city of Minneapolis is find its very own water bar this bound . Patrons can sip on gratuitous varieties of local and regional H20 , and also order taste flights .
The establishment , which is suitably called Water Bar , might elicit eye rolls from hoi polloi who are sick of seeing the “ artisanal ” label apply to everything from soup to shave cream . However , Water Bar is n’t just a watering hole , Minneapolis City Pagespoints out — it ’s a public art task that ’s intended to get people blab about the drinkable ’s importance to local communities around the world .
form Progress Studio , a public arts and design studio apartment in Minneapolis , make Water Bar as a traveling pop - up installation in 2014 . Its director , Shanai Matteson , and her husband , Colin Kloecker , journeyed across Minnesota , Arkansas , Illinois , and North Carolina , dish up local weewee to over 30,000 the great unwashed . Now , they ’re determine up lasting shop in northeasterly Minneapolis .
Aside from the no - alcohol part , how does a body of water bar dissent from a regular one ? Instead of your intermediate bartenders , visitor will be greeted by environmental scientist , activists , creative person , and barkeep who are moonlighting as " watertenders . " As they pour guests a tall one , they ’ll sing about weewee pollution and scarceness , land use , climate change , and other issues that impact the way we consume the liquidity . As for the H20 itself , it ’s roll up from local utilities , public buildings , and house strike .
Want to enkindle a looking glass to Water Bar ’s missionary post ? You ’ll have to wait until subsequently this month , or early April , to pay a sojourn . However , Water Bar will in all probability celebrate its terrific opening on the weekend of May 20 - 22during Art - A - Whirl , an annual arts festival in northeast Minneapolis . To donate to the arts project , check out out Water Bar’sGoFundMe Thomas Nelson Page , or impose theirwebsitefor more information .
[ h / tMinneapolis Star - Tribune ]
