Drinkhouse Fire& Ice, Vodka Ice Bar and Fire Lounge to open in May on South Beach

Miami Beach is one hot metropolis, but it will get cooler when the city's first vodka ice bar opens across the street from the Delano in May.

Drinkhouse Fire & Ice (1672 Collins Ave, Miami Beach) is part ice bar, part fire lounge. It seeks to bring an experience to Miami unlike anything else around. "If you've ever been to an ice bar, be it in Amsterdam, New York, or Vegas, you know how touristy they can be," says cofounder Nicole Pritchett. "You walk through a room where you can buy hats and scarves typically, and it's very Disneyland. We're flipping that model on its head."

An experiential fire cocktail lounge will be a place where you can try handcrafted and bizarre libations with, yes, real fire components.  The ice bar, will be a bit more tourist-driven. " Here, you'll be able to sip cocktails from unique and cool (pun intended) glassware in a smoky and mystical setting that will also boast original photography by world-renowned landscape photographer Peter Lik, whose most expensive print sold for a whopping $6.5 million.

Reservations will be available every 30 to 45 minutes, and admission for the ice-bar experience alone costs $17 or $34 with two drinks (other packages will also be available). Dancers and performers, like the queen of PLUR, Lady Casa, will make the experience interactive while evoking the same spiritual feel that Pritchett and Drinkhouse are going for. "By no means are we trying to shove this down anyone's throat, but it's just what we believe in and want to be able to share that with the world. 

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