The Kilt and Clover is a restaurant and bar located at 17 Lock Street in
Port Dalhousie, Ontario
Port Dalhousie is a community in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Known for its waterfront appeal, it is home to the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta and is historically significant as the terminus for the first three (19th century) routes of the ...
, a district within the City of
St. Catharines, Ontario on the shores of
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border ...
. It is known for its annual frozen chicken chucking competition. The act of chicken chucking consists of pitching or sliding frozen
chickens along the ice covered Martindale Pond similar to
curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
and
shuffleboard
Shuffleboard (more precisely deck shuffleboard, and also known as floor shuffleboard) is a game in which players use cues to push weighted discs, sending them gliding down a narrow court, with the purpose of having them come to rest within a ma ...
.
Chicken chucking competition
Every January, the Kilt and Clover hosts the International Chicken Chucking Championships.
[Walter, Karena (January 17, 2009)]
Time for a poultry-pitching party"
, The St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved December 27, 2009. The contest is a community event that fundraises for local charities including the community food bank. In 2009, the 9th annual Chicken Chucking with 38 teams raised over $2000.00 for charity.
[Downs, Peter (January 26, 2009)]
Chicken chuckers collect chunk of cash for charity
, The St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved December 27, 2009. In past years, teams have come as far away as the United States and Europe. The 2010 event was fowled with over $2,100.00 being raised for
Hospice Niagara.
[Van Dongen, Matthew (February 1, 2010)]
Fowl play in Port"
The St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved February 2, 2010. That same year, the frozen chickens were used as dog food after the competition.
As of 2019, the chickens were given away as tiger food.
The event has been criticized by At War For Animals, which is a local animal rights group. In 2020, phone calls and social media outreach was used by the group with the aim of preventing the event.
Legal issues
In August 2006, the Kilt and Clover was charged under the Smoke Free Ontario Act when by-law officers observed four patrons smoking
cigarettes
A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opp ...
on the uncovered west side of its patio.
[Walter, Karena (January 9, 2008)]
Court hears appeal of patio smoking case
, The St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved December 27, 2009. The Niagara Regional Government and the Ontario Ministry of Health argued that if a roof covers part of a patio, smoking is prohibited on the entire patio. In July 2007, a
justice of the peace ruled in favour of the Kilt and Clover.
[Walter, Karena (January 8, 2008)]
Region, pub await ruling in smoking case
, The St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved December 27, 2009. The decision was appealed to the
Ontario Court of Justice
The Ontario Court of Justice is the provincial court of record for the Canadian province of Ontario. The court sits at more than 200 locations across the province and oversees matters relating to family law, criminal law, and provincial offence ...
in February 2008. In a precedent-setting case, Justice Ann Watson ruled the pub was not breaking the law by allowing smoking on an uncovered portion of its wraparound patio.
[Walter, Karena (February 26, 2008)]
Patrons can keep puffing on Port pub's patio; Region loses smoking appeal
, The St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
On March 29, 2010, the Ontario Government passed Regulation 48/06, revamping the application of the Smoke Free Ontario Act to specifically address the prohibition of tobacco smoking on covered and partially covered restaurant and bar patios. This statutory change has overtaken the case law made by the Kilt and Clover.
[, Retrieved June 9, 2010.]
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://kiltandclover.ca/
Drinking establishments in Canada
Buildings and structures in St. Catharines