What better publicity for New England’s first ice bar than to be constructed in the middle of a heat wave?

The frosty phenomenon that started in Scandinavia and spread around the world, including to Orlando, Las Vegas, and New York, is set to hit Boston in mid-August when a bar constructed almost entirely of ice – walls, bar stools, even cocktail glasses — opens in Faneuil Hall.

Ice construction specialists from Ontario unloaded a truckload of frozen blocks before dawn Thursday and started putting together the ice in a well-insulated former law office above American Eagle Outfitters. By the time they finish next week, more than 50 tons of ice will have been used to create what its owners say is the world’s largest permanent indoor ice bar.