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On [[May 26]], [[2007]], the ''News Journal'' reported that McGuire's attorney Jim Reeves has recommended to owner [[McGuire Martin]] that he fight the order to remove the signs.<ref>[http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070526/NEWS01/705260329/1006 "McGuire's complainant a mystery"] - ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 26, 2007.</ref> The Department of Business and Professional Regulation and McGuire's eventually came to an agreement that would allow McGuire's to keep their famous signs posted; McGuire's will install installed a second set of swinging doors after the signs but before the restroom areas.
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[[McGuire's Irish Pub]] is a popular Pensacola restaurant and local [[:Category:Landmarks|landmark]]. Founded by [[McGuire Martin|McGuire]] and [[Molly Martin]] in [[1977]], the restaurant was originally located in [[Town & Country Plaza]]. McGuire's moved to its current [[Gregory Street]] location (Pensacola's [[1927 firehouse|original firehouse]] and later the [[Old Firehouse Drive-In]]) 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]].
==Restroom signage controversy==
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.
The order to remove the confusing signage at the Destin location did not apply to the McGuire's in Pensacola. However, on [[May 24]], [[2007]], the ''News Journal'' reported that the Pensacola location had also been ordered to remove its similar signage after a DBPR inspection cited the restaurant for "lack of signage properly designating bathrooms".<ref>[http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070524/NEWS01/705240318/1006 "Losing its bathroom humor"] - ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 18, 2007.</ref> Notably, the Destin restaurant was inspected in January 2007 (as well as many times over the past several years) and was not at any time cited for the signage.Attorney [[Jim Reeves]] recommended to owner [[McGuire Martin]] that he fight the order to remove the signs.<ref>[http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070526/NEWS01/705260329/1006 "McGuire's complainant a mystery"] - ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 26, 2007.</ref>
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