Paper or plastic?
Just so beer's not in smashable glass, city advises bars
A frosty mug or a cold bottle? Sorry, Super Bowl revelers.
Chicago officials are urging bar owners to serve beer on Super Bowl Sunday in plastic or paper cups.
If you don't have a glass mug or bottle, some reasoned Friday, you're less likely to smash it to the ground or into, say, a Colts fan.
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"At events like the Super Bowl, people tend to drink more, and they get a little more clumsy," said Leldon Norton, a bartender at the Cubby Bear in Wrigleyville.
"Plastic cups are more convenient. They're a lot more durable."
"It would be safer," Lodge Management Corp.'s accounts receivable coordinator, Cari Kubica, added.
Lodge Management, which runs nine bars, mostly in the Rush and Division area, including the Original Mother's, Bootleggers and Shenannigans, has always resorted to using disposable cups during championship series for other sports and events that draw the masses.
"We did it for the Bulls way back when," Kubica said.
Some establishments, like Beverly's Cork & Kerry, don't really have to change their game plans for Sunday, since paper cups are used on a daily basis.
Kroll's South Loop owners were still deciding Friday afternoon whether they would take the city's advice. During home Bears games this year, paper products were used for alcoholic beverages in the eatery's bar, but bottled beer was also available.
Top Chicago Police officials met with about 100 bar owners from the 18th District on Thursday to discuss non-glass cups and other security concerns surrounding the popular venues, which are expected to have heavy police presence during and after the game.
Bars owners have not been asked to close early Sunday.