Reminds me of the 'Buena Vista' in SF, they claim they invented the "Irish coffee drink" I mentioned that to a bartender at ;Fidler's green, on Columbus a few blocks away, He laughed and said: "I'm pretty sure Irish men have been putting whiskey in their coffee long before the BV came around.
Similar could be said about putting cheese on chips.
The Irish Coffee may not have been “invented,” but it was certainly popularized and achieved international recognition at the Shannon Airport during the days of the early trans-Atlantic clipper flights. Passengers crossing the ocean from Newfoundland would be greeted at the airport with a hot coffee with a dash of whisky.