McGuire's Irish Pub has become a famous destination in Pensacola (Florida, USA) thanks to its extremely strange decoration. The entire ceiling and walls of the pub are covered with thousands of bills, totaling up to 2 million USD.
Unique bar outside space.
Sharing with the local news site, the owner of the pub, Martin McGuire, said that he and his wife started the pub in 1977. At that time, Martin worked as a bartender while his wife, Molly McGuire, would write orders and serve customers. When she earned her first $1, Molly celebrated by writing the date on it and attaching a coin to the bar behind for good luck. This attracted the attention of customers when paying, they asked Molly to attach more coins to the bar as a souvenir. From then on, a unique tradition of the pub was started.
As the bar’s clientele grew, the tacky bills grew, even attracting media attention. “The cash was taped to the ceiling and walls,” Martin said in a 1999 interview with the Chicago Tribune. “We counted it every year and had to pay taxes on the amount that increased each year. We considered it an asset that we borrowed from our customers.”
At the time of the interview, Mr. McGuire estimated the amount of money on the racket was worth about $175,000. But according to recent figures, the amount has increased to about $2 million (equivalent to 46 billion VND).
It was a literal fortune from strangers and most of them said they had to resist the temptation to pocket some of that cash.
Obviously, having so much cash around would attract the attention of bad guys. To combat theft, Martin and Molly marked the bills with felt-tip pens and stapled them. This way, any would-be thieves would be immediately caught.
One employee was fined and placed on probation after being caught stealing about $5,000 worth of green “wallpaper.” Others stole money to pay for items purchased at the Pensacola restaurant.
Irish inspired pub.
