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Since McGuire's first opened in Pensacola in [[1977]], its restroom signage has been playfully misleading; for instance, the sign on the women's restroom door states "Men's Room" with the small text "This way to" above, as well as a hand pointing toward the adjacent men's restroom, and vice-versa. Many patrons do not notice the smaller text or hand and hence walk into the incorrect restroom. The signs are widely recognised as a long-running joke and tradition. Similarly misleading signage was installed in the Destin location upon its opening.
[[Image:McGDestinsignage.jpg|thumb|left|The Destin restroom signage, now removed]]In early On [[April 24]], [[May 2007]], someone using the name "[[Chris Hall]]" filed a complaint with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), claiming a man walked in on his fifteen-year-old daughter while she was in the women's restroom. Shortly thereafter, the Destin McGuire's was ordered by the DBPR to remove the confusing signage.<ref>[http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770517026 "McGuire's forced to change bathroom signs"] - ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 17, 2007.</ref> The ''News Journal'' later reported that more than 3,000 patrons of the Destin location signed a petition asking for the return of the old signage within a 10-day period.<ref>[http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007705180338 "Girl's father finds little humor in landmark's infamous restroom signs"] - ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 18, 2007.</ref> General Manager Billy Martin defended the signs, saying "“We’re not trying to be malicious. It’s an Irish joke kind of thing.”<ref>[http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/5298 "State forces McGuire’s to remove 'joke' restroom signs"] - ''Northwest Florida Daily News'', May 16, 2007.</ref>
The story was picked up by the [[Wikipedia:Associated Press|Associated Press]] and was published in various newspapers including the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', as well as other national news outlets and online blogs and web sites.
