Outdoor dining continues despite sub-zero temperatures Outdoor dining continues despite sub-zero temperatures It isn't your typical outdoor dining weather, but even with temperatures dipping below zero, Wisconsin restaurant owners are finding ways to keep outdoor dining alive. It isn't your typical outdoor dining weather, but even with temperatures dipping below zero, Wisconsin restaurant owners are finding ways to keep outdoor dining alive. Kate Teipel and her family left the warm Hubbard Park Lodge on Friday, entering the below-freezing outdoors. But they weren't cold for long. The lodge purchased four domes for dining this fall. "When we sat there and thought about how we’re going to survive the winter, this came out to be one of the best ideas that we had," said Daniel Vaneck, general manager of Hubbard Park Lodge.