Philadelphia is the birthplace of quizzo, the pub trivia game where teams compete by answering various trivia questions, usually while getting drunk. There are a ton of places to play quizzo in Philadelphia. Gather up your friends, pick some goofy team name, and find your regular spot for quizzo night.
Monday
Cavanaugh’s Rittenhouse
1823 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
When: 6:30 pm
What: A Rittenhouse Square sports bar where you can beat your friends in quizzo while watching the game.
Stogie Joe’s Passyunk Tavern
1801 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148
When: 7 pm
What: Down in South Philadelphia , this bar offers $100 cash to the winning team.
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Blind Pig
702 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
When: 8 pm
What: This Northern Liberties bar has a great craft beer selection and is known for its poutine.
London Grill
2301 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130
When: 8 pm
What: A Fairmount standby, this bar has been operating for over 25 years.
Finn McCool’s Ale House
118 S 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
When: 8 pm
What: This Center City bar offers 17 different beers on draft.
O’Neal’s Pub
611 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
When: 8:30 pm
What: South Street’s longest running Irish pub is currently in its 35th year. It hosts a quizzo night on both Mondays and Tuesdays.
New Wave Café
784 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
When: 9 pm
What: This gastropub in Queen Village has been around since 1985 and has a huge selection of craft beers.
Strangelove’s
216 S 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
When: 9 pm
What: Join quizzo host JB Farley at Strangelove’s in Center City.
The Cambridge
1508 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19146
When: 9 pm
What: This South Street English-style bar is another good spot for quizzo.
New Deck Tavern
3408 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
When: 10 pm
What: An Irish pub located on Penn’s campus, New Deck Tavern is the birthplace of quizzo, we owe them a huge thank you for creating this wonderful game. First place team gets a $50 gift card. It has quizzo Monday and Wednesday nights.
Tuesday
Tavern on Broad
200 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
When: 6:30 pm
What: One of the most popular sports bars in Philly. Located in the heart of Center City.
Smith’s Restaurant & Bar
39 S 19th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
When: 7 pm
What: Plenty of TVs, solid food menu, and quizzo. Good spot to multitask sports and trivia.
Bar-Ly
101 N 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
When: 7:30 pm
What: A Chinatown bar that has over 60 different draft beers. It has quizzo Tuesdays and sports quizzo Sundays.
El Camino Real Restaurant
1040 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
When: 10 pm
What: This bar in Northern Liberties has a great selection of Tex-Mex favorites.
O’Neal’s Pub
611 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
When: 8pm
What: South Street’s longest running Irish pub. It has a quizzo night both Monday and Tuesday.
Fergie’s Pub
1214 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
When: 8 pm
What: This Center City Irish pub claims to have the second oldest quizzo game in Philly at 14 years and counting. They play on Tuesday and Thursday.
Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloon
3335 Conrad St, Philadelphia, PA 19129
When: 8:30 pm
What: This East Falls bar has a 4$ burger night on Tuesdays, which happens to be when they play quizzo.
Moonshine Philly
1825 E Moyamensing Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148
When: 8:30
What: A craft beer restaurant located in Southeast Philly.
Slainte Pub & Grill
3000 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
When: 9 pm
What: An authentic Irish Pub right at 30th and Market that has an extensive food menu.
Devil’s Pocket
2425 Grays Ferry Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19146
When: 9 pm
What: Located in Gray’s Ferry, this bar offers a solid variety of unique craft beers.
City Tap House
3925 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
When: 10:15 pm
What: This University bar is a regular spot for Drexel and UPenn students.
Wednesday
Locust Rendezvous
1415 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
When: 6:15 pm
What: This ‘themeless’ Center City bar has been around since 1989. Quizzo nights are hosted by a a guy named Jonny Goodtimes.
12 Steps Down
831 Christian St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
When: 8 pm
What: This low-key Bella Vista bar is a chill spot to play quizzo.
Fado Irish Pub
1500 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
When: 8 pm
What: This Irish pub offers $1 wings on quizzo nights and usually has soccer on in the background
Cavanaugh’s Headhouse Square
421 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
When: 8 pm
What: With seven different rooms and an endless amount of flatscreens, you won’t be bored at this bar.
Catahoula
775 S Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
When: 8 pm
What: This New Orleans-style bar offers a variety of unique food.
National Mechanics Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant
22 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
When: 8 pm
What: This Old City bar is housed in a renovated historic bank, built in 1837.
West Tavern & Restaurant
1440 Callowhill St, Philadelphia, PA 19130
When: 9 pm
What: Established in 1945, the tavern is home to award winning Chef Ian Russo.
Boxers PHL
1330 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
When: 8 pm
What: One of Philly’s famous gay bars is in the heart of the Gayborhood.
Mac’s Tavern
226 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
When: 8 pm
What: This Old City gastropub is part owned by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars Rob and Kate McElhenney, AKA Mac and Dee. Don’t worry though, the service is much better than it is at Paddy’s Pub.
ERA
2743 Poplar St, Philadelphia, PA 19130
When: 8 pm
What: This Ethiopan bar is a few blocks away from Girard College.
Black Sheep Pub
247 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
When: 8:30 pm
What: An oldstyle Irish pub located just outside of Rittenhouse Square.
The Victoria Freehouse
10 S Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
When: 8 pm
What: A classy UK-style bar in Old City.
Kellianns Bar & Grill
1549 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19130
When: 8:30 pm
What: This Fairmount bar has been operating for over 20 years.
Urban Saloon
2120 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19130
When: 9 pm
What: A Fairmount gastropub with a large food & drink menu.
New Deck Tavern
3408 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
When: 10 pm
What: An Irish pub located on Penn’s campus, New Deck Tavern claims to be the first bar where quizzo was ever played in Philly. First place team gets a $50 gift card. They have quizzo Monday and Wednesday nights.
Bait and Switch Seafood Bar
2537 E Somerset St, Philadelphia, PA 19134
When: 8:00 pm
What: A seafood bar complete with Narragansett specials that offers a $25 gift card to the winner. They also run 10 week leagues, where teams can get progressive points towards a big prize. The league prize right now is a pair of 100 level Eagles tickets.
Thursday
Memphis Tap Room
2331 E Cumberland St, Philadelphia, PA 19125
When: 6 pm
What: This Fishtown gastropub has plenty of craft beers and was on Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
Fergie’s Pub
1214 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
When: 9 pm
What: This Center City Irish pub claims to have the second oldest quizzo game in Philly at 14 years and counting, they play on Tuesday and Thursday.
Saint Lazarus Bar
102 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19123
When: 9pm (call)
What: Bordering on Northern Liberties and Fishtown, this corner spot is great for a younger crowd.
Adobe Café – South Philly
1919 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19148
When: 9 pm
What: Come to this South Philly bar for Mexican and Southwest cuisine.
The Bard’s Irish Bar
2013 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
When: 9 pm
What: This Rittenhouse Square Irish bar offers $3 Yuenglings during its quizzo night.
The Abbaye
637 N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
When: 9 pm
What: In the heart of Northern Liberties, come to this bar for 750ml beer bottles.
Sunday
Local 44
4333 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
When: 9 pm
What: Rustic dive bar with a great rotating beer selection and pub grub.
Bar-Ly
101 N 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
When: 6:30 pm
What: A Chinatown bar that has over 60 different draft beers. They have quizzo Tuesday and sports quizzo Sunday.
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Patrick Hines
October 12, 2017There’s no “claims” about it, New Deck was the first place to have a pub quiz in Philadelphia. I should know, I started it! By rights, you probably should have asked permission to use the name “Quizo” for this page…but I’ll let you go this time.
Seriously though, it’s amazing to see a webpage like this and see just how far the game has spread.
Rob
October 26, 2017NEW QUIZZO
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$5.55 burritos and $7 pitchers of Dos XX! Come hang!
Kevin
January 10, 2018Wednesdays 8:30PM – The Irish Times – 629 S 2nd St, Philadelphia 19147
Join us tonight for more mind stimulating Quizzo with Jeff The Cuban ????????. Great prizes, great questions, great drink specials. $3 Guinness, Harp and Smithwicks.
Joe Doyle
February 21, 2018New Game on Thursday Nights 7:30 pm- 9:30 pm – The Peacock Room at Philadelphia Brewing Co. – 2440 Frankford Ave., East Kensington Neighborhood, 19125.
Matt and Hannah host this Quizzo with a different format at the end (think: Final Jeopardy!) Great prizes for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place!
Carole
April 3, 2018Wildwood was 1st place to have Quizo at Michelini O’Flynns. (Now Owens) The game came from Ireland. Many Irish worked on boardwalk then came to michelini oFlynns at midnight to try & win a case of Guinness. Quizo originally had one Z.
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