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Colby Ale House

  • May 17, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by grannola from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Colby Ale House

The Colby Ale House has become one of our favourite spots. We head there every Tuesday night for "Quiz Night". (Note: It does not run during the summer.)

Each week there are about 8 teams (max 6 per team) competing in 5 rounds of trivia: General Knowledge, Entertainment, Music, Science, and Geography usually, but there are occasional variations.

It's free to get in because they expect you will buy food, and the food is well worth the trip, even when it's not Quiz Night. The fare is mainly German and American. The fries are delicious, but so is the sauerkraut soup.

We are usually there in a group of 3 to 5 people. The guys usually order a cheeseburger platter or a German sausage platter. Their bills run around $11 to 12 for their meal and a drink, taxes included.

I usually just get fries (plenty to share) and a soda, which comes to $7 taxes in.

We have become quite fond of the Bratwurst, but this is the first place we've tried it so we can't compare it to anything. It comes with a generous helping of sauerkraut. The first time one of my friends tried the sauerkraut he was not impressed, but when he learned to eat it with the sausage, (instead of pretending it was coleslaw) he liked it much better.

The soda comes in plastic bottles with a glass of ice on the side. One of my friends usually gets milk, which also comes in a carton with a glass on the side. There are several kinds of beer on tap as well as a full bar, but I'm always a designated driver. My mother has come a couple of times and ordered the tomato juice. We're not sure what's wrong with it, but it tastes like watered down ketchup, so she won't order it again. She also doesn't like the diet soda they have so she just steals the rest that's in my plastic bottle :)

Our server is friendly and remembers us from week to week. She does call everyone "sweetie," which doesn't bother me, but it bugs one of my teammates.

The only problem we've really encountered though is that it is a pub, so the baby gets kicked out at 9pm. Darn those laws to keep children from drinking -- at least it's something for the baby book :)BR>
There is also a weekly 50-50 draw, where half the ticket sales goes to the IWK Children's Hospital and the other half to the lucky ticket holder. Tickets cost $1 each, $2 for 3, or $5 for an "arm's length" (usually around 15 tickets). We haven't won yet, but do recommend that you buy tickets right after we do.

The prize for winning the trivia is a $20 gift certificate and a sticker for the team name card. We've won once, and were quite eager to make good use of our winnings. Now we want to collect more stickers for our sign.

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