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NS CROSS general manager and chef Milos Indic takes a break on the pub's recently opened patio which
sipned fo keep putrons warm on chilly evenings through a heated floor and a unique hot air-blowing band-
rail structure.

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at the Queens Cross Neighbourhood Pub. FALCON TRAVELS

The newly opened patio addition By PEGGY WHITTA Pemberton Plaza {inside VanCity)

features revolutionary heating ; Chronicle Reporter
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to keep pub patrons comfortable
after the sun goes down and the air
gets chilly.
“Tvs the first that | know of in
the world,’’ said pub general man-
ager and chef Milos Indic of the
heated handrail. *‘We invented it."*
Fans blow air through duct work
into the hollow metal handrail
which is approximately five inches
in diameter. Running through the
rail is what Indic calls a
temperature-controlled
*taeronautical cable" that heats the
air around it. The air being blown
around the cable and heated is
then forced out through smail
holes underneath the rail, sending
a ‘warm mist of air’ towards
patio diners. ,
Indic also says that the patio
floor is “not an everyday: floor,
even though it looks like. one.”’
Similar heating «ables run
underneath the flooring, allowing
pub staff to bring the surface
temperature up to 99 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Indic says that the pub’s goal is
to make the patio useable all year
round..To that end, plans for a
retractable awning are in the
works. *
“(The patio: has) all the good 7 a
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Indic, who shops every inorning § Statione
for fresh food for the pub's kitch- Queen ry
en, says the patio will feature a

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