City Receives $6,500 From Bars

The City of Hoboken received $6,500 from a total of 11 local bars to help pay for St. Patrick's Day costs, according to the mayor's office.

The City announced last week that St. Patrick's Day on March 6 .

Anticipating high costs, Mayor Dawn Zimmer asked Hoboken's bar owners during a meeting on Jan. 26 to donate money to a special fund to help the City relieve some of the burden. 

Donating to the fund was not mandatory, but based on a "good faith effort," Zimmer told the bar owners during the Jan. 26 meeting. Zimmer added that she would like to see roughly half of the cost donated by the bar owners. 

Joseph Branco, who owns Room 84 and Scotland Yard, donated $1,000 per bar. Four L's on Washington Street donated $500. 

Daniel Bryan, the mayor's special aide, did not want to say how much money each bar gave, in order to show appreciation for every donation. 

It's still unclear how much money the city made through summonses, because those amounts have to be decided by a judge. 

The office of the mayor reported that Hoboken Police wrote 476 summonses on St. Patrick's Day.

Zimmer made it very clear that the fines—some of which as high as $2,000 this year—need to be a deterrent and are not a way to fund the parade. 

The bars that donated were: Bin14, East LA, Four L's, Hoboken Bar and Grill, Mulligans, Nag's Head, Room 84, Scotland Yard, Trinity, Turtle Club and Willie McBrides.