A Dana Point bar's promotion for Cinco de Mayo featuring an inflatable border wall and a "Green Card" for drinks backfired after many people found it distasteful and promoting racial stereotypes.

Jeremy Gifford knows how to pack a bar. At DC Reynolds in Petworth, it’s his almost-ludicrous buy-one-get-one-free drink (any drink) deal, six days a week. At Walters Sports Bar, which opens across ...