The Famous Bar

154 S. Brand Blvd.
Glendale CA 91204
(818) 241-2888
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 Mar 1 2018
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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It was a tremendous night of trivia competition this week at The Famous on Brand in Glendale. I mean, look at those final scores! Just one successful (or not) double would have been enough to steal the win for any team!! Wowzah!

Speaking of unsuccessful doubles, a rare failed double attempt in the final round by Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink opened the (Dumble)door for Yer a Quizard Harry to take the win!

(See what I did there? The failed double opened the DUMBLEdoor for the Quizards! Get it?! Quizards! Dumbledoor!! Oh, man! I just crack myself up sometimes!!

See y'all next week!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 81 6 1.000
2 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 75 5 0.833
3 10296 Bad News Barristers 72 4 0.667
4 Merkins United 70 3 0.500
5 10458 The Barrelers 68 2 0.333
6 10347 Electric Moustache 62 1 0.167
7 Two Guys 26 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Feb 22 2018
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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It was a beautiful, chilly, wintry night at The Famous in Glendale last night, as formidable frequent first place finisher Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink once again finished in - you guessed it! - first place.

The real surprise was the Wakandan Olympic Bobsled Team, who took a night off from the slopes to swoop in and take a strong second. But the real competition was for third, where no fewer than four teams vied heavily in a back - and forth...

Okay, listen. I don't know who I can tell this to. But I gotta tell someone, so here goes. Last night, after the quiz, I was on may way home when my car suddenly stalled and a bright, disc-shaped object appeared above me. I was transported up through the roof of my car and into the object above me.

The creatures inside were strangely beautiful, and I somehow knew they meant me no harm. They poked and prodded me in all sorts of ways. You hear a lot about "anal probes" in cases of alien abductions, but I'm not gonna say too much about it here, other than to tell you that the stories are true.

It's all true, and the elongated, gray men (I think they were men, I mean, they don't have the same signifying genitalia that humans do, so they could have been women.) were gentle and kind and when they sent me back I didn't really want to go.

The only sound they made, as they applied the probe, was a word that sounded a lot like "truuuuuuump," followed by what I'm sure was laughter. See ya next week. Truuuuuump!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 89 5 1.000
2 Wakandan Olympic Bobsled Team 66 4 0.800
3 Whiskey Business 49 3 0.600
4 10458 The Barrelers 41 1 0.300
4 10296 Bad News Barristers 41 1 0.300
6 The Electric Mayhem 36 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Feb 15 2018
| by Quizmaster Tim Barkas
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A raucous fight between two of our favorite teams took place this week at The Famous in Glendale. It was loud! There was trash talk! It was wonderful good fun.

Join in the fun next week when we meet again to quiz and kibbitz!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10296 TA Office Hours 84 2 1.000
2 10458 The Barrelers 77 1 0.500
3 Kim and Daniels - The Recruits 35 0 0.000