The Great Trivia Search Continues

Map of locations

Vote break down from the vote on the 19th

Rating scheme used to rate the bars

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Places we've tried

Joshua Tree
  • Images of U2
  • Really really fucking crowded
  • Shitty Guinness
  • Not great for people who don't live nearby due to 4323812932139131832 green line stops to get there.
Big City
  • Pool
  • We came third
  • A little hard to hear
Coogans (Thursdays)
  • Milk Street
  • mattl fell over here
  • Too many sports questions
  • Very hard to hear
  • Good fucking French fries.
Joe Sent Me (Rating: 70%)

Tuesdays

Pros
  • Good veggie foods
  • Cheap beer by the large bucket-full/pitcher
  • Decent music/computerized scoring
  • Down the street from the Toad
Cons
  • Not close to many people / T
  • Can be hard to hear announcer
  • Gets very busy/crowded
  • Food can take a while
  • Worst. Stella. Ever.
Ratings
Name Rating
Justin 70%
John 65%
Brian 75%
James 67%
Matt 78%
Josh 70%
Brett 65%

Average: 70%

The Green Briar (Rating: 36%)

Tuesdays

Pros
  • You can hear the guy
  • Better beer selection than Joe's
Cons
  • Not a lot of veggie food (no vegan meals at all)
  • They don't use a computer to calculate the score
  • Small tables that aren't easily adjustable make it tricky with large groups (I don't know if this is really a downside of this place.. The tables are pretty damn big --JohnSullivan)
  • It's a ridiculously long commute for just about everyone.
  • No pitchers
  • Beer is expensive ($4.50/pint).
Ratings
Name Rating
Justin 40%
John 31%
James 36%
Matt 29%
Josh 48%
Brett 34%

Average: 36%

Tonic Bar / The Met Lounge (Rating: 66%)

Tuesdays

They have a couple of pool tables, which would be a big bonus (at least JohnSullivan would like to hang out and play a game or two of pool after trivia), but for the fact that they seem poorly maintained. Balls didn't drop, then cue ball didn't drop, then the table proved to be unlevel enough to really ruin the game. Meh.

Pros
  • Good beer selection, good price on pitchers
  • Better beer selection than Joe's
  • Good food
  • Good atmosphere / lounge feel
Cons
  • Parking
  • Not a lot of people
  • They don't use a computer to calculate the score
Ratings
Name Rating
Justin 68%
John 68%
Brian 72%
James 52%
Matt 61%
Josh 75%

Average: 66%

The Six House

Thursday

Pros
  • Across the street from the T
  • Good stella
  • Pretty good food
Cons
  • Southie
  • They won't let us win because we bring the hammer with too many people
  • No spinach
  • No UFO (this might have been as temporal as the Stella)
Asgard

Tuesday

Pros
  • Decent food menu, pretty good selection of beer $4.50/pt or $5/20oz
  • Good music
  • Gives the picture rounds out early so you can work on them for a long time
Cons
  • Alternate trivia guy sucked
  • 9pm start makes getting home tricky
  • No bulk beer bargains
  • Paper scoring
The Living Room

Tuesdays

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