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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 Aug 1 2017
| by Quizmaster Max Needle
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Twas a great night at Murphy's! We had 11 teams for trivia on one of the hottest days of summer so far in Seattle.

Direwolves and Deako in Every Box got 10/10 in the Toy-Story themed round! Our top three teams are major history buffs, as Deako in Every BoxMarquis du Schnozzel, and No Mooch's Gracias rocketed ahead with double-or-nothings in round 6, for which they matched battles to wars. It was great to see new faces and make new friends with teams like Ready for the Apoc-Eclipse (awesome name, by the way), and Prime Rib Dip.

See you all next week for another game of trivia at Murphy's -- Quizmaster Max

Game Rank Team # Team Name Score Teams Beaten Team Beat Average
1 12059 A Deako in Every Box 59 10 1.000
2 Marquis du Schnozzel 49 9 0.900
3 No Mooch's Gracias 47 8 0.800
4 10948 Emilio Estevengeance 40 7 0.700
5 10728 Dire Wolves 32 6 0.600
6 10022 Whiskey Business 24 5 0.500
7 Ready for the Apoc-Eclipse 23 4 0.400
8 The Naughty Muffin 20 3 0.300
9 Prime Rib Dip 19 1 0.150
9 Go Blue 19 1 0.150
11 Dinklebots 17 0 0.000