The Famous Bar

The Famous Bar

154 S. Brand Blvd.
Glendale CA 91204
(818) 241-2888
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About The Famous Bar

The Famous craft cocktail lounge is located in Glendale's historic Huntley-Evans building, directly across the street from the Americana at Brand. It follows an eclectic and rich pedigree of establishments that have called this building home in the last century, most notably the early Glendale landmark, The Famous Department Store. The Famous, true to its heritage, embraces the classic art of fine craft cocktail creation, invented in the United States in 1856, using bitters, juices, syrups, and infusions, prepared in-house using fresh ingredients from local markets and growers. Cocktails served at The Famous are identical to those served nearly 100 years ago when the building was constructed.

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Oct 17 2019
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Q: What is Forrest Gump's Wifi password?
A: 1Forrest1

As usual, it was a very competitive evening of trivia fun this week at The Famous on Brand in Glendale, with strong performances by many of our favorite teams. And when the dust settled, Electric Moustache emerged from the fray with a triumphant one-point win. That's them right there in photo #1, celebrating as only a single-digit winner can.

But it's not like When in Ramen made it easy for 'em. In fact, the lead changed hands several times throughout the quiz, and the slim margin of victory is clear evidence of this team's trivia prowess. Seventy-five points!? That's using the ol' noodle, Ramen!

There's a Speakeasy in the Bathroom completes our trio of top performers this week. You might think that confusing a urinal for a speakeasy is an indication that they'd had a little too much to drink, but their 69-point third place performance suggests that the team's brain power was undiminished. Still, if one of the speakeasy crew offers you a drink, you might wanna decline!

Yup, another great night at The Famous. And though we had a good sized crowd, there's always room for more. We'll be back next week. Come check it out!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10347 Electric Moustache 76 11 1.000
2 When in Ramen 75 10 0.909
3 17575 There's a Speakeasy in the Bathroom 69 9 0.818
4 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 67 8 0.727
5 17088 BoozeCats 64 7 0.636
6 Gone Erdo Gun 61 5 0.500
6 15581 The Blanches 61 5 0.500
8 17947 Dung on the Stubble 59 4 0.364
9 Home Free 55 3 0.273
10 17296 Talk Nerdy To Me 46 2 0.182
11 Quiditch Pro Quo 40 1 0.091
12 Team CLAIRE-ity 39 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Oct 10 2019
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Q: What can a chef use to mend a broken pizza?
A: Tomato Paste! *

That good-lookin' quartet of happy-lookin' people depicted in photo#1 comprise Home Free, who had a great night last night at The Famous on Brand in Glendale. Indeed, they were home free in first place, winning our weekly quiz competition with a healthy 72 points.

The equally happy (but somewhat goofier looking) trio in photo#2 are The Bad News Barristers, who rode into second place on the strength of two successful double-or-nothing attempts to achieve 69 points. Well done, friends.

And rounding out our top three finishers is Quiz in my Pants (photo #3) who finished the night just one point behind the Barristers to finish with 68! (A little soda water will get that quiz right out of your pants, we've been told.)

And a big thumbs up to Shelby Brothers, Ltd, (photo #9), who may have been the most cheerful guy in the place all night, as he attempted the difficult solo run at the quiz. Good job, Shelby! See ya all next week!

*Dad jokes RULE!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 Home Free 72 9 1.000
2 10296 Bad News Barristers 69 8 0.889
3 18753 Quiz in my pants 68 7 0.778
4 Wiener Nationals 65 6 0.667
5 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 64 5 0.556
6 10347 Electric Moustache 50 4 0.444
7 I Am Sofa King, SIlly! 49 3 0.333
8 Rural Jurors 48 2 0.222
9 17296 Talk Nerdy To Me 27 1 0.111
10 Shelby Brothers, Ltd. 26 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Oct 3 2019
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Q: What's the difference between a Dodger Dog and an Angel's hot dog?

A: You can get a Dodger Dog in October!

The first night of the 2019 MLB playoffs was a raucous affair at The Famous in Glendale, and both the Dodgers and Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink (photo #1 above) had a big, big night, coming on like gangbusters and looking pretty unbeatable.

Let's Get a Brazilian (photo #2) waxed enthusiastically to land in second place, and Karl Hornbauer (photo #3) was a two-man wrecking crew, brushing aside the competition like and inside fastball to finish in third.

You can get a Dodger Dog in October!
Oh, man. That's funny!

See ya next week.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 79 11 1.000
2 Let's Get a Brazilian 61 10 0.909
3 Karl Hornbauer 60 9 0.818
4 15581 The Blanches 57 7 0.682
4 10296 Bad News Barristers 57 7 0.682
6 Hans and Franz 53 6 0.545
7 10347 Electric Moustache 52 5 0.455
8 House Lancers 42 4 0.364
9 17533 And in Last Place... 40 3 0.273
10 RK Bros 38 2 0.182
11 It's Pronounced "GIF" 35 1 0.091
12 MAX 21 0 0.000
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