Name: The Ice House
Item: The Ice House
Author: Jeff

One of the things that makes South Dakota perhaps the most underrated state in the Union — aside from its terrifying hail storms and deep-fried beef — is its wealth of dive bars. But none is more iconic and magical than the Ice House, formerly the Pure Ice Company. While most bars keep their patrons’ legacies alive via names carved in tables and a printout of people banned from entry, Ice House’s legacy lives in the form of thousands and thousands of bottled shattered underneath the loading dock. Before they become literal shattered memories, those bottles are served in buckets of the bar’s ice, and the bartender will even bring them to your car (South Dakota, like we said, is a magical place) so you can gaze at the beautiful Missouri River in comfort before adding to the jagged pile yourself. It’s tradition for everybody, whether you’re John Q. Cattleman or Yankton’s proudest son, Tom Brokaw, who’s got the pieces of a Budweiser or 10 chilling underneath the dock.

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