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Murphy's Pub

1928 N 45th St
Seattle WA 98103
(206) 634-2110
About Murphy's Pub

On May 18, 1981, a year after Mt. St. Helen's blew, Seattle's first Irish bar opened: Murphy's Irish Pub. That's right. We've been around for more than thirty years. When Chris Barnes and Dan Cowan originally opened Murphy's, it stood where Starbucks stands today, a half a block to the east (a Radio Shack stood on the corner of 45th and Meridian, where Murphy's is today). Dan left shortly after (and went on to open The Tractor Tavern in Ballard), while Chris slowly built a Seattle institution. For years, its stage was host to the nationally syndicated Sandy Bradley's Potluck, a sort of Prairie Home Companion of Seattle, featuring traditional old-time American music, ragtime and blues to movie cartoon sound tracks and novelty songs. Being the first Irish pub, it managed to log a few firsts along the way: the first bar in Seattle to start a St. Patrick's Day tradition, the first bar in Seattle to pour micro brews from the tap (Redhook opened in Fremont in 1982), and first in the hearts of its patrons all the way. On February 12th, 2015, Murphy's Pub reopened under new management and ownership. The new crew is Phil and Chelley Bassett, and Eamonn Davey. After the much needed facelift, you'll find that Murphy's is still pretty much the same: a bar in the Irish tradition, where you can chit chat with friends over a Guinness or Murphy's and other great Northwest beers, dine on great tasting food, listen to some live music a few nights a week (Irish music jam session on Mondays), and just relax after a long day.

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Apr 18 2017
| by Quizmaster James Avery
|

This week we had a tiebreaker for 2nd place between Organic Meet and Dire Wolves who had to answer the question:

"How many individual areas fall under the protection of the US National Park system? This includes, but is not limited to, national parks, national battlefields, national monuments, and national reserves?"

The Dire Wolves came closest to the answer: 417!

It was Baby Cobra, however, who won the night, taking home a grand prize of a $25 gift card to Murphy's!

Join us next week for more noodle-busting trivia, great pub fare and Irisih/Local brews.

Your Quizmaster,

Jimmy

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Baby Cobra 48 9 1.000
2* 10728 Dire Wolves 44 7 0.833
2 Organic Meet 44 7 0.833
4 The Northeners 34 6 0.667
5 Blitz 32 5 0.556
6 Scribbles 31 4 0.444
7 Soups! 30 3 0.333
8 Potato Broombahs 17 2 0.222
9 Team W 12 1 0.111
10 Alcatraz Swimming Team 9 0 0.000
* Won Tiebreaker