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 Dec 12 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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Happy first night of Hannuka! Despite having a Hannuka round, none of the questions are "What are the three accepted spellings of this holiday?" The fire was burning in the central stone fireplace of Murphy's, and the Christmas tree on the stage allowed me to read the questions with in a clear backlight. Our winning team, Trump U, blasted off with two double-or-nothings, one of them being the cartoon villains. I personally loved the math problem in the Hannukah round ("How many candles total are used during the holiday of Hannukah?"). The final round was cool and probably upsetting to 90% of the teams who thought Ariane Grande was in the top-10-earning women in music this year; the big surprises were Barbara Streisand and J. Lo. All in all, it was a pretty tight game until the last two rounds. I had a lot of fun and so did the teams! All the best, -- Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 11603 Trump University: Summa Covfefe 64 15 1.000
2 Pastafarians 44 14 0.933
3 True Blue 43 13 0.867
4 2nd best losers 40 11 0.767
4 Ziggy Starbux 40 11 0.767
6 We're here for the beer 39 9 0.633
6 This team is trivial 39 9 0.633
8 tacos tacos tacos 35 8 0.533
9 10728 Direwolves 33 7 0.467
10 10130 Bed, Bath, and Beyonce 31 3 0.300
10 Inspirationless 31 3 0.300
10 Mayonegg 31 3 0.300
10 We can stumble home from here 31 3 0.300
14 1000 miles to nowhere 27 2 0.133
15 11874 No Moore 25 1 0.067
16 Vegas Bound 18 0 0.000