Outing #29: We Luv Frank Black
Pub/Bar: Our House East (Boston, MA) Initially we'd intended to go to the Publick House in Brookline, but when we got there the place was packed. Unbelieveably packed. The Publick House is Trivia Jockey Ken's Dojo. Faithful readers of our blog may recall we made some choice comments about Ken which have since been redacted but which Ken seemed to find amusing. We were eager to go to the Publick House and make sure that things were cool between us and Ken, but alas, his apparently overwhelming popularity as a trivia jockey thwarted our efforts. Luckily, we had enough time to drive over to Gainsborough Street.
Day/date: Sunday, December 18
Outcome: First Place, $25 gift certificate
Trivia Jockey: Chris. Chris seemed like a cool guy, and very dedicated to drumming up business for Our House East on trivia night. After our victory he came over and chatted us up and encouraged us to return after the holidays. Chris also seemed to either not be aware of the blog or not realize who we were, although there was a moment where he was like "Well, there's a reason you guys got first place..." and we were just waiting for him to say the magic words "Trivia Jihad."
Crowd: Not much of a crowd to speak of. There were only 4 or 5 teams playing, and most of them appeared to have been drinking since 9 AM that morning. There was one team that had a very loud and boisterous member who frequently voiced his frustrations to the crowd while downing about 5 cheeseburgers one after the other. It was impressive.
Food/Drink: Terrible. Our last experience at Our House East (on a thwarted night of trivia) was avocado-themed and was, in general, delicious. This night's experience was corned beef-themed and was generally a disappointment. Shawn's corned beef sandwich was slathered in mayo such that at one point he just took the corned beef in his hands (sans bread, tomato, or lettuce) and ate that. My Reuben was quite tiny and had the worst ratio of corned beef to sauerkraut to thousand island dressing that I have ever experienced. I'm not sure its possible to make a less tasty reuben. The beverage front was also disappointing, in the sense that there was no alcohol in our drinks. Don't get me wrong, I am all for non-alcoholic drinks, and truth be told wasn't really in the mood for tearing it up, but I sure as hell don't want to pay $5 for a glass of pineapple juice.
Day/date: Sunday, December 18
Outcome: First Place, $25 gift certificate
Trivia Jockey: Chris. Chris seemed like a cool guy, and very dedicated to drumming up business for Our House East on trivia night. After our victory he came over and chatted us up and encouraged us to return after the holidays. Chris also seemed to either not be aware of the blog or not realize who we were, although there was a moment where he was like "Well, there's a reason you guys got first place..." and we were just waiting for him to say the magic words "Trivia Jihad."
Crowd: Not much of a crowd to speak of. There were only 4 or 5 teams playing, and most of them appeared to have been drinking since 9 AM that morning. There was one team that had a very loud and boisterous member who frequently voiced his frustrations to the crowd while downing about 5 cheeseburgers one after the other. It was impressive.
Food/Drink: Terrible. Our last experience at Our House East (on a thwarted night of trivia) was avocado-themed and was, in general, delicious. This night's experience was corned beef-themed and was generally a disappointment. Shawn's corned beef sandwich was slathered in mayo such that at one point he just took the corned beef in his hands (sans bread, tomato, or lettuce) and ate that. My Reuben was quite tiny and had the worst ratio of corned beef to sauerkraut to thousand island dressing that I have ever experienced. I'm not sure its possible to make a less tasty reuben. The beverage front was also disappointing, in the sense that there was no alcohol in our drinks. Don't get me wrong, I am all for non-alcoholic drinks, and truth be told wasn't really in the mood for tearing it up, but I sure as hell don't want to pay $5 for a glass of pineapple juice.
posted by Jenn at 1:03 PM
1 Comments:
My popularity kept you away? That's a shame. ;)
K
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