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− | [[McGuire's Irish Pub]] is a popular Pensacola restaurant and local [[:Category:Landmarks|landmark]]. | + | [[McGuire's Irish Pub]] is a popular Pensacola restaurant and local [[:Category:Landmarks|landmark]]. McGuire's moved to its current [[Gregory Street]] location in [[1982]]. It is known for its on-site brewery and patron traditions, like kissing a stuffed moosehead and stapling autographed dollar-bill "tips" to the ceiling. A second location has also opened in [[Destin]]. |
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
− | McGuire's Pensacola location, at 600 East [[Gregory Street]], is located in a 1927 building which was originally a [[1927 firehouse|firehouse]] and later the [[Old Firehouse Drive-In]]. The 20,000 square foot building has 400 seats in various themed rooms such as the Pipers Den, Notre Dame Room, The Irish Links Room and the Ruprecht O'Tolf Wine Cellar.<ref name="site">[http://www.mcguiresirishpub.com/ McGuire's Irish Pub website]</ref> | + | McGuire's Pensacola location, at 600 East [[Gregory Street]], is located in a 1927 building which was originally a [[1927 firehouse|firehouse]] and later the [[Old Firehouse Drive-In]]. The 20,000 square foot building has 400 seats in various themed rooms such as the Pipers Den, Notre Dame Room, The Irish Links Room and the Ruprecht O'Tolf Wine Cellar.<ref name="site">[http://www.mcguiresirishpub.com/ McGuire's Irish Pub website]</ref> |
A second location opened in [[Destin]] in [[1996]]. | A second location opened in [[Destin]] in [[1996]]. | ||
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==Food and drink== | ==Food and drink== | ||
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McGuire's has a number of prominent traditions: | McGuire's has a number of prominent traditions: | ||
===Dollar bills=== | ===Dollar bills=== | ||
− | Stapled to the walls and ceilings of McGuire's Pensacola location are more than | + | Stapled to the walls and ceilings of McGuire's Pensacola location are more than 550,000 one dollar bills. According the restaurant, when Molly McGuire received a dollar bill as her first tip, she tacked it up behind the bar for good luck. Other patrons "added to the collection" and it soon became a McGuire's tradition. |
===Kissing the moose=== | ===Kissing the moose=== | ||
First-time visitors and special guests are encouraged to kiss a large stuffed moose head mounted near the music stage. | First-time visitors and special guests are encouraged to kiss a large stuffed moose head mounted near the music stage. | ||
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==Restroom signage controversy== | ==Restroom signage controversy== |