All for McCabe 

Home & Guesthouse nightclub in New York City played host to 100 supporters of a good cause and raised just over $36,000 for it. Kevin McCabe, an Ireland native, was tragically paralyzed in an accident and was hospitalized for two weeks in critical condition.

Generosity and giant Martinis go hand-in-hand according to Miles O’Neil, the owner of the Jackalope Lounj located in Milwaukee’s Third Ward.

The biggest tailgate party of 2006 for the Ohio State vs. Michigan game was about much more than football and beer. Mickey’s Hangover Bar in Scottsdale, Ariz. held a massive tailgate party on November 18 with all proceeds benefiting the Homeless for the Holidays campaign for 98KUPD radio station.

Upon opening, the immediate imperative of most bars is to start bringing in revenue all for themselves. That’s certainly a priority, but one Los Angeles venue also found time during its launch phase to bring in money for a good cause, which in turn gave the bar positive publicity in the process.

Russian Vodka 

    The chic Asian restaurant Forbidden City Bistro in Middletown, Conn., teamed with sponsor SV, the Silk Vodka, for the grand opening of its new private dining rooms upstairs. Forbidden City’s elegant second-level private dining rooms cater to business, holiday and special events.

Ever have those days when you feel like you must have pulled that beer tap one million times? Well, at the Denver, Colo., location of Fadó Irish Pub, bartenders will be making the statement in earnest sometime in late spring or early summer of 2007. But there are no complaints for this on-premise crew. Sometime during these months, a patron will order what amounts to that particular location’s one-millionth pint of Guinness. This will be the third location for the chain to make the astronomical sale, and they intend to celebrate and reward both the patron and the lucky bartender who pours it.

E-mail marketing helped ensure that The Burn Lounge was packed with players for recording artist Gwen Stefani’s recent album release party.

When a Schwinn Beats a Harley 

Known in his area of Eugene, Ore., for pushing the envelope on promotions, owner of Diablo’s Downtown Lounge Troy Slavkovsky recently held a promotion that met with a fair share of challenges and a far greater share of profits. The group hosted a poker run bike rally, but instead of choppers and Fat Boys, this excursion was on standard, good ol’ bicycles.