Each stay in an igloo comes a $20 sanitation fee, so that the dome can be cleaned between each use, said Keating. There s a 15- to 30-minute sanitation period between visitors, which includes wiping everything down with sanitation wipes, spraying with Lysol and Microband 24-hour disinfectant sanitizing spray and airing the tents out, she said.
The igloos also have the ability to hold up to 30 pounds of snow, she said, which means patrons can still eat outside when it s raining or snowing.
Time slots currently offered at the restaurant include noon, 1:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The restaurant decided to order the igloos two weeks ago, said Keating, mainly out of survival.
updated on February 1, 2021
As Massachusetts residents seek socially distant ways to dine and hang out this winter amid the coronavirus pandemic, restaurants and other venues have answered the call by offering private igloos and fire pits.
For example, diners at Patriot Place in Foxborough can eat in heated outdoor igloos at five different restaurants, guests at Alcove in Boston can relax around fire pits with a view of the Zakim Bridge, and Trustees of Reservations visitors are having fire pit experiences at historic properties across the state.
“When we ordered them in September, there was a four- to six-week wait for shipping, and since so many places around the country and the world, too were trying to get them, the price had almost doubled since the previous year,” Nicholas Walther, founder and brewer at Turtle Swamp Brewing, told Boston.com. “But we decided to go for it anyway.”