Barley, Hops and the Hill

Apparently, assuming that attending Trivia Night at Hopvine would include trivia would be dumb.  You, friend, would be WAY off.  All twelve Hoppers sauntered in to the very crowded Hopvine to get a taste of delicious competition only to wait.  And wait.  And wait some more.  But, during the waiting, we killed time in style. 

Jumping in, thanks to all the Hoppers who came.  Unfortunately we were such a force to be reckoned with that Hopvinecouldn’t handle us and some folks had to eat next door then went home.  Hopvine is a sweet little pub on 15th that wants to be your regular neighborhood spot (“It’s quaint and cozy” – Gillian).  It’s owned by the same people who have Latona Pub and 74th Street Alehouse.  There are booths and tables and a small bar to sit at.  Two tables are on the sidewalk for those 4 days a year in which it doesn’t rain.  The food menu holds the standards that you can eat anytime of day.  “The food was good.  Nachos were good portions, pizza was pretty good for the price,” said new Hopper Courtney.  Their beer list is always changing with some great options.  We drank Cream Ales, discussed the science there.  Had a couple Shakespeare Stouts.  Nobody even considered a mixed drink.   We had to fight for tables when our party grew to bigger than two. 

Trivia….kinda happened.  At 8:15 we checked with the bar as to why no trivia had started.  Apparently the guys who run it had not shown up and nobody knew where they were.  We double, triple and quadruple checked until 8:45.  The WHOLE bar was there for trivia.  We killed time by making up our own trivia.  Hopper Caitlin has some crazy knowledge about banana slug mating and chewing off of certain appendages.  Yes, I mean that one. 

Finally someone jumped up and yelled out that they were running home for their Trivial Pursuit and the whole place erupted into cheers, people hugged, some cried.  Or maybe it was just me.  Amateur trivia night with Trivial Pursuit turned out to be pretty fun. Hopper Caitlin heckled the man constantly and somehow he didn’t get violent towards our team. Our two teams took silver (ROYGBIV/Rainbow Children) and bronze (We Are Derogatory).  The servers won me over when they forgot to charge us for a pint and a pitcher.  Yay Hopvine!

Judgings:

Original Trivia: ZERO

Trivial Pursuit Trivia from Unknown Year: 4 stars

Beer List: 4 Stars

Service: 2.5 (deductions for bringing the wrong soup and being too busy playing to do job)

Quaintness: Great

Now is when I admit that I lost half the cards on the road somewhere between Hopvine and my home.  I’m sure y’all were so witty.  I’ll show you love next time.