Down at the pub for St. Paddy's Day: How much do the suds soak into the bottom line?

 
Few pubs do quite as well on St. Patrick’s Day as the ones named after Thomas D’Arcy McGee, the Irish-Canadian politician considered one of the fathers of Confederation.
 
Despite the unusually frigid weather, the lineup at the D’Arcy McGee’s pub along Terry Fox Drive in Kanata started shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday. By noon, the special tent set up to protect would-be patrons from the cold and wind was full to its capacity of nearly 50. All day long, the pub w