McGonigal's Pub - General News and Updates

Press Releases

March 5, 2010: New Irish Pub Racing to Open Before St. Patrick's Day (Daily Herald)

March 2, 2010: Brief mention on our opening day in the News Digest (Barrington Courier-Review)

January 26, 2010: Fox News Chicago features our employment hiring info on their Monday night (1/25) broadcast!

January 9, 2010: Short article featued in the Irish-American News (IAN)

January 7, 2010: Video of progress, courtesy of PioneerLocal.com (Barrington Courier-Review)

October 27, 2009: Two Establishments Closer to Opening

August 5-8, 2009: Pub and Wine Bar to come to Barrington Village Center

Older News

February 10, 2010: Our main hiring process for the Pub's first ever group of employees is about 98% completed, and individuals we've chosen to join our team have already been contacted. This was a very long & tough process, as between the pub and the wine bar we had nearly 500 applicants for a limited number of jobs. Congratulations to those who are now part of McGonigal's Pub - we truly have a stellar group of individuals and believe they will do an outstanding job providing top notch service to our patrons! Again I'd like to thank everyone who applied and expressed interest in working for us. There were so many good people that I wish we could have hired three times the amount.

February 1, 2010: Our Job Fair was this past Thursday (1/28) and Saturday (1/30). Over those two days we had an AMAZING turnout that featured a tremendous amount of enthusiastic & qualified people! On behalf of staff for both the pub and Park Avenue Wine Bar I'd like to sincerely thank everyone who attended. This week our management teams will be processing all the information we've received, and we will be contacting individuals targeted for hiring no later than February 8-10. If you missed our job fair, or applied for a job and do not hear back from us, you are encouraged to check into available employment opportunities that will be featured on our new JOBS page.

January 26, 2010: Fox News Chicago picked up on our recent employment opportunities article & featured it on their Job Shop segment Monday evening (1/25). Nice exposure for sure!

January 9, 2010: We received a bit of nice promotion from Pioneer Press - in the Barrington Courier-Review (January 7 2010) Bryan McGonigal was the cover photo, and on Pioneerlocal.com there was a 2-minute video of the construction progress (from before Christmas & narrated by our managers). We were also featured in the IAN (Irish-American News) based on a brief interview that our manager Damien Dunne provided to the publication. There are some errors in the article (i.e., we're not "McGonigal Family Pub") but not enough to complain, it's still good press!

December 25, 2009: Merry Christmas from McGonigal's Pub! Many pictures of the demolition and subsequent construction were posted on our Facebook fan page. They are also available on this site in the IMAGES section

December 21, 2009: We had a very productive meeting with our general contractors, and by taking into account what we now know about the buildings and remaining projects at hand, we have a new solid timeframe for completion. Final work should be done by the third week of February, giving us an opening target date of March 1st.