Why is my menu bar blacked out?

After I wake my MacBook Pro 13" with Retina Display, sometimes the menu bar is black. Restarting fixes it; relaunching the Finder does not. Anyone have this problem? Any solutions?

Hi calyoung and all,
I don't know why it does it, but I can tell you that it only happens if you have the Translucent Menu Bar option checked. I can also tell you that if you open your browser and click on full screen, then click back to normal screen it will redisplay it. Quick and easy.
That's what I do when it happens to me. Also, if you reboot the computer, it will go away for an indeterminate amount of time.
Cheers,
GB

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