Quiz show: NYC Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions taking place at the Brindle Room

Back in the summer, we posted about a resident who cobbled together a Jeopardy! game with a web-app he coded... and so began the Jeopardy! nights at the Brindle Room, 647 E. 11th Street at Avenue C. 

John Tobin provided us with an update: 

We had a nice run this year, and now we're having our first Tournament of Champions on Monday [TOMORROW]. The tournament will feature nine of the best Jeopardy! players we've seen this year, a few of whom are actually EV Grieve readers. There will be three semi-finals from 6:30-8, and then a championship at 8. Hopefully, it will be an exciting night.

You can head to the Brindle Room if you want to support any of the contestants... or follow on Instagram.

About a Jeopardy! trivia night at the Brindle Room

We received an email from John Tobin, a Brooklyn Heights resident who spends a lot of time in the East Village. 

"I'm a big fan of the show Jeopardy!, so I created my own clone of the game. Basically, I bought some replica buzzers and found a database of the real Jeopardy! questions online, then stitched it all together with a web-app I coded. It's a pretty realistic recreation of the show!"

You can play it yourself tomorrow (Monday) night, as Tobin is hosting a Jeopardy! night at the Brindle Room, 647 E. 11th Street at Avenue C. 

"My hope is that this is a differentiated trivia night," he said. 

Games will run every 20 minutes from 7-9 p.m., with a champions round at 9 p.m.

A look at the recently revamped Brindle Room on 11th Street

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

After a months-long closure over the summer and into the fall, The Brindle Room recently reopened at 647 E. 11th St. near Avenue C. 

Owner Jeremy Spector, along with new partner Shervin Nassi, redesigned ("reimagined" was the word) the space and expanded the menu — food and drinks. 

The Brindle Room, known for its burgers, now also serves steak frites, spaghetti and meatballs, and chicken wings, among other items. Here's a look ...

Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 5-11 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 4 p.m. to midnight; Sunday 4-10 p.m.

The Brindle Room opened on 11th Street in the summer of 2022... Spector and Co. spent 11 years at 277 E. 10th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. The restaurant was doing takeout during the early days of the pandemic but stayed shut after the spring of 2020. 

Spector later vowed to find a new home for The Brindle Room.

The new East Village location of the Brindle Room set to open next week on 11th Street

The familiar Brindle Room signage went up yesterday at the restaurant's new home, 647 E. 11th St., just west of Avenue C. 

Owner Jeremy Spector tells us that they will debut on Wednesday, July 27, with an abbreviated preview menu through Labor Day. 

For the first few weeks, he said they'll be open Wednesday through Saturday from 5-11 p.m. ... with expanded hours, days and brunch to come soon.

The Brindle Room, known for its burgers, spent 11 years at 277 E. 10th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. The restaurant was doing takeout during the early days of the pandemic but stayed shut after the spring of 2020.

Spector vowed to find a new home for The Brindle Room. He had to say about the space at No. 647 earlier this year.

"The place has really cool ceilings, and it's bigger and nicer than my old spot. But most important to me is that it's in the same neighborhood. I'm pretty fired up — it's been two long years." 

The previous tenant here, Virginia's, will reopen this fall in the old Root & Bone space on Third Street. 

Brindle Room is making an East Village return this spring in new 11th Street home

The Brindle Room has a new East Village home. 

Owner Jeremy Spector confirmed that his restaurant, known for some pretty tasty burgers, will reopen this spring at 647 E. 11th St. just west of Avenue C. 

Spector is on this month's CB3-SLA docket (Feb. 16) for a liquor license for the address, the former Virginia's. (Their lease was up on Dec. 31 at the address and Virginia's ownership decided to look elsewhere for a larger space.) 

The Brindle Room spent 11 years at 277 E. 10th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. The restaurant was open for takeout during the early days of the pandemic but stayed shut after the spring of 2020.

Spector vowed to find a new home for The Brindle Room. And he likes what he will have at No. 647.

"The place has really cool ceilings, and it's bigger and nicer than my old spot," he said in an email yesterday. "But most important to me is that it's in the same neighborhood. I'm pretty fired up — it's been two long years." 

He also shared a clip about with a reopening announcement...

 

Chichen Itzá for 277 E. 10th St.

Signage is up now for Chichen Itzá, a Mexican restaurant, coming soon to 277 E. 10th St. between Avenue A and First Avenue. 

Earlier in the summer, the @TradedNY account reported that Chic-hen, which specializes in fried chicken over in Clinton Hill, was the new tenant. 

Looks like there may have been a Chichen/Chic-hen mix-up. For starters, Chic-hen offers a variety of salads, fries, wings, sandwiches, burgers and rice dishes. (We reached out to them to see if they're launching a new concept.) 

There was a Chichen Itzá Mexican Grill in Sunset Park that's now closed. They have a similar logo to what's on the window here. (Efforts to reach someone affiliated with that establishment haven't been successful.)

We'll see if we can get this sorted out.

This address was home for 11 years to the Brindle Room, whose closure was made official back in June. Owner Jeremy Spector told us that he is looking for a new location for his restaurant that served "eclectic comfort food."