Every Tuesday night at Winston’s in Ocean Beach
you can Think and Drink your way to incredibly mediocre prizes. Usually known
for their nightly and often Reggae-tinged live music, this OB
nightlife mainstay switches it up once a week for life, liberty and the pursuit
of trivia.
Winston’s trivia games begin at 5pm and run until around
9pm, when the bands start setting up. You get in 8 rounds of Trivial Pursuit
cards taken from 8 decks, ranging from the 90’s Edition, The Simpsons, and
Genius Edition (the big black deck).
Think and Drink at Winston’s boasts an amiable crowd who
plays with an amusing mindset: if you
don’t know the answer, write something funny. The best are read for the
entire bar to enjoy by the host, who does a great job of keeping things lively
and the game moving.
Form a team, or play on your own. You can start at any
time—just make sure you have a clever moniker. Every team who participates wins
a prize. The winners get to choose first from a table full of random goodness
that appears as if it came from the 99-cent store, with the occasional sweet
prize mixed in.
Drinks at Winston’s are always reasonably priced, and the
kitchen offers pizza for the players at a buck a slice. Keep in mind: this is a friendly game. The only real trash talking
is done by the author of this article, and is all good-natured. Feel free to
fire back at will.
Winston’s can
be found on Bacon Street
just off Newport,
in the heart of the Peoples Republic of Ocean Beach, near Point
Loma.
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