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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 Oct 24 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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On Tuesday night Seattle's weather was beautiful, but the performance of this week's trivia players was even prettier. We had a lot of high scores this week, and our top three teams for the evening placed only separated by one point each. Yet again, Tacos, Tacos, Tacos took first place, strutting their stuff with the unibrow round and the first round hodgepodge. 7th Circle of Hello Kitty (my favorite team name for the evening) landed TWO double-or-nothings! Newcomers Peter's Piper's Pickle really came out of nowhere, scoring double-or-nothings in the sixth and 7th rounds. I can humbly say that I would not have done as well in the fonts round, but seven teams scored double-or-nothing, four teams got 10/10, and two teams got 9/10. Incredible. Nice job! As usual, the food, bar, and service staff at Murphy's was great. I love this bar.

See you next week for trivia, and don't forget to wear a costume. -- Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Tacos, Tacos, Tacos 56 13 1.000
2 11603 7th Circle of Hello Kitty 55 12 0.923
3 Peter Piper's Pickle 54 11 0.846
4 11874 Union Gap 52 10 0.769
5 Joe's Birthday Harem 51 9 0.692
6 Diggity Dawg Dubs 45 8 0.615
7 Leftists of the World Unite 43 7 0.538
8 Public Max Debators 41 6 0.462
9 Annexed Region of Murphy's 38 5 0.385
10 Sex Bandits 36 3 0.269
10 Wally Hoodlums 36 3 0.269
12 Masters of none 34 2 0.154
13 10728 Direwolves 27 1 0.077
14 Smells Like Dude 17 0 0.000