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redberries ago

And the more you look, the more connections you find: There's a community of people that know the two venues to the point where they mention the two in the same sentence:

http://archive.is/dmaEL

Numerous high-end, ``social ping-pong clubs'' have popped up all over the world including Spin in New York co-owned by actress Susan Sarandon, Dr Pong in Berlin, and London's newest hot spot, Bounce.

http://archive.is/gbqCu

Numerous high-end, "social ping pong clubs" have popped up all over the world including SPiN in New York, co-owned by actress Susan Sarandon, Dr Pong in Berlin, and London's newest hot spot, Bounce.

http://archive.is/BlnUI

And in a way, that's the point; you don't have to be a prodigy to get enjoyment from table tennis. Bounce, a cool new London ping-pong hangout, deliberately targets big groups to come and play, and maybe have a drink and some food. Not that some don't take it seriously. One of last year's very best documentaries, Hugh Hartford's film Ping Pong, was about eight elderly champions. Octogenarians in the main, they'd probably thrash people half their age. In Berlin, the city credited with encouraging ping-pong's hipster credentials, there are outdoor, all-weather tables in most parks - and the Dr Pong bar only really gets going at midnight. Dr Pong's loosely translated motto is "conversation, participation and unmitigated happiness". With aims such as that, no wonder table tennis is in rude health.

AreWeSure ago

Your first two links are the same. One is an article on the ping pong trend and the other quotes the exact same article.

ALDO_NOVA ago

agreed - alot of fluff pieces like that are likely just copied info coming from a press release