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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 Feb 21 2017
| by Quizmaster James Avery
|

The beer was flowing and the Irish Pub Fare kept coming at Murphy's this week. Bartenders Brad and Mo charmed the teams with their friendly service.

It was another clean sweep this week by Bed, Bath, and Beyoncé! They went double or nothing and won big in Round 6.

Join us next week for King Trivia at Murphy's, Tuesday at 7:30.

Your Quizmaster,

Jimmy

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10130 Bed, Bath, and Beyoncé 58 7 1.000
2 Alternate Winners 56 6 0.857
3 Trivial Pantsuit 45 5 0.714
4 This Shirt Was Clean 44 4 0.571
5 Taco Tuesday 36 3 0.429
6 Pray for Sweden 34 2 0.286
7 We Like Carbs 29 1 0.143
8 Ballard Millworks 7 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Feb 14 2017
| by Quizmaster James Avery
|

Love was in the air this week for King Trivia at Murphy's. So many couples and singles ready to thrown down their knowledge!

We had a great tie breaker for third place. The question was: what was TOTAL Box Office gross for the move The Break Up? Whatever, David guessed $24 million and Dire Wolves said $10 million. The actual retail price was over $118 million!

Join us next week for King Trivia at Murphy's at 7 PM!

Your Quizmaster,

Jimmy

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10130 Bed, Bath, and Beyoncé 45 8 1.000
2 Irish Gangsters 38 7 0.875
3 Whatever, David 36 5 0.688
3 Dire Wolves 36 5 0.688
5 The Pokemon Trainers 33 4 0.500
6 Canadian Handshake 27 3 0.375
7 The Bromance Plus Barbs 21 2 0.250
8 Swamp Crabs 20 1 0.125
9 O'Malley 19 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Tue Feb 7 2017
| by Quizmaster James Avery
|

Snow came to Seattle this week after a come-from-behind ruckus at The Big Game. The Hawks weren't in it anyways, so no one cared too much at Murphy's. Speaking of birds, that was the Connection in Round 5 this week!

Esteban just edged out BAB for the win this week by going Double or Nothing twice and it paying off big-time!

Join us next week at 7:30 PM for King Trivia at Murphy's Pub.

Your Quizmaster,

Jimmy

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Esteban 58 9 1.000
2 10592 BAB 57 8 0.889
3 Wicked Witches of The NW 50 7 0.778
4 Beer Before Brains 49 6 0.667
5 Dire Wolves 46 4 0.500
5 Team W 46 4 0.500
7 Tiger Time 44 3 0.333
8 Murphy's Dog 35 2 0.222
9 Sam & Paul 34 1 0.111
10 Schneebitchin' 21 0 0.000