Facebook used to screen patrons at Finnegan's Irish Pub in Stockton A bar in Stockton, California has started using Facebook to screen it's customers. In order to get into Finnegan's Irish Pub & Restaurant past 9pm you need to be friends with the owner - at least on Facebook that is. Owner Tony Mannor noticed that after 9pm, people started drinking more and questionable people started coming into the bar and causing trouble. Friend request: In order to get into Finnegan's bar after 9pm, you need to be on the Facebook guest list Undesirables: As the bar got more popular, owner Tony Mannor noticed that the crowd got rowdier later in the night and he didn't want to attract that kind of clientele 'As we became more popular we also attracted some trouble,' Mr Mannor told CBS Sacramento. 'People don't know how to have a good time.' So he came up with the idea of pre-screening all customers after that hour to keep the establishment safe. In order to get in you need to friend 'Tony Finnegan' and he has to review your profile first before being approved. So far he has 10,000 Facebook friends. 10,000 friends: If you want to get in to Finnegan's, you've got to be approved by owner Tony Mannor, above Internet guest list: A bouncer at the door will make sure you have proper ID and that you're one of the approved friends of the bar A bouncer at the door checks both your ID and your profile to make sure you've been approved. According to the bar's website, Tony Finnegan gets hundreds of friend requests a month and each is reviewed individually. While it takes some time to get approved, the more friends you have in common at the bar, the quicker your guest list request will be approved. The bar has been carrying out this policy for a little more than a year and they don't intend to stop anytime soon. Mr Mannor says Facebook is the best bouncer he's ever had. 'It eliminated nearly all of our troubles,' Mr Mannor said. And guests like the policy too. 'For the most part there's not a lot of trouble here because people know that they can be identified if they do cause trouble,' patron Debbie Walters said.