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 Jul 6 2017
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It was another big night for Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink this week at The Famous in Glendale. Yeah, they won. They won big! They're a formidable team, no doubt about it. (That's them in photo #5 above. You'd think that those big brains would require HUGE heads to hold all that grey matter. But no, they have perfectly normal heads, that contain LOTS of Random Access Memory!)

The real battle last night was between Bad News Barristers (2nd place; 69 points) and The Barrelers (68 points). One point! That was the crucial difference last night. One stinkin' point!!

You might ask how The Barrelers felt about falling short by just one slim point. Well, a picture is worth 1,000 words, and Katie sticking out her yucky old tongue in photo #7 above pretty much tells the whole story!!

Ya don't see any tongue-sticking action from Electric Moustache (photos 2, 3 & 4 above) after they finished out of the top three at #4. That's because they comported themselves with dignity and good sportsmanship. Ya gotta admire that!

Come join the party! We'll be back next week! See ya then!!

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 98 9 1.000
2 10296 Bad News Barristers 69 8 0.889
3 10458 The Barrelers 68 7 0.778
4 10347 Electric Moustache 64 6 0.667
5 10135 Gentle Sweaters 62 5 0.556
6 2 Pitchers, 1 Shortstop 56 4 0.444
7 Gin is my Jam 49 3 0.333
8 VerHexen 47 2 0.222
9 Tall, Dark & Crazy 37 1 0.111
10 Two in the Corner 29 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Jun 29 2017
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It was a big comeback night for The Barrelers (featuring Chris in photo #4 [solo] and #5 [with family] ), who managed to score just one single point in Round 1 and yet came from behind with successful doubles in Rounds 5 and 6 to finish in the money behind Electric Mustache and the formidable Jeopardy crew.

Special mention goes to the crew from Disney Magic - a delightful group of co-workers who came in to check us out, and finished a very close 4th. Hoe close? ONE POINT! That's how close!!

Well done, kids. We can hardly wait until your next staff outing.

See ya next week.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 98 9 1.000
2 10347 Electric Moustache 68 8 0.889
3 10458 The Barrelers 62 7 0.778
4 Disney Magic 61 6 0.667
5 10663 Yer a Quizard Harry 54 5 0.556
6 11017 I Thought This Was A Protest 51 4 0.444
7 2 Pitchers - 1 Shortstop 41 3 0.333
8 Phat 9 38 2 0.222
9 2nd Nook on the Left 36 1 0.111
10 No Cerveza, No Trebajo 17 0 0.000

QUIZ RECAP

Thu Jun 22 2017
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I'm reading a book on the history of glue...
AND I JUST CAN'T PUT IT DOWN!!

Oh man! I just crack myself up sometimes!

Oh what a fantastic, celebrative, orgiastic trivia night this week at The Famous in Glendale! Okay, maybe "orgiastic" is overstating it a bit, but with 16 teams of enthusiastic, competitive and knowledgeable quizzers, we had ourselves a grand ol' time!!

Congratulations to our top three finishers:
1st: 2nd Nook on The Left (71 points)
2nd: Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink (70 points)
3rd: The Shitty Beatles (63 points)

Note the ever-so-slim ONE POINT DIFFERENCE between The Nookers  and Jeopardy! ONE POINT! That's what we mean by competition! (And we love it so!)

Special shout out to Carol, Kathleen and Elysa, the three moms (and a daughter) who comprised the formidable and delightful team of Mom's Always Right. We certainly won't argue with the premise of your team name. After all, Mom IS pretty much always right! But when three moms don't agree on what their answers should be, Moms end up with 47 points! Jus' sayin'!

It's always a good time at The Famous! Good people. Good food and drink. Great fun! See ya next week.

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 2nd Nook on The Left 71 15 1.000
2 10643 Because Jeopardy Won't Let Us Drink 70 14 0.933
3 11640 Thin Quizzy 63 13 0.867
4 10135 Gentle Sweaters 60 12 0.800
5 The Bern 59 11 0.733
6 10347 Electric Moustache 57 10 0.667
7 The Willenials 56 9 0.600
8 The Molly Llama 54 8 0.533
9 10458 The Barrelers 53 7 0.467
10 Mom's Always Right 47 6 0.400
11 Dr, Funkenstein 41 4 0.300
11 11741 Downtown Sasquatch 41 4 0.300
13 Awesome Cat People #1 39 3 0.200
14 Jewish Bulgogi 35 2 0.133
15 Jon Snow 31 1 0.067
16 2 Pitchers - 1 Shortstop 28 0 0.000
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