So awhile back, we had an almost-smoking gun which identified a Comet-style restaurant in London called Bounce Ping Pong. It was a strong lead, that simply lacked the connection between Besta World and Besta Pizza. Now it's here.
Bounce Ping Pong is owned by Develcan. Dr. Pong is owned by Alefantis' business partner, Oliver Miller, where they hold "sausagefests".
The link was closed, but I managed to get the cached version to get this blog post: https://archive.fo/lJedp
Dr. Pong was a venue that we had heard so much about in the US as being the spiritual home of Berlin Style ping pong (aka “Around The World”). David met Oliver Miller and enjoyed the ensuing craziness as the number of people increased rapidly leading to one of the largest games of Berlin Style ping pong he had ever seen (around 50). The awesome deep house music and dive bar feel gave it an edge over some of the more commercial ping pong social clubs in the UK and US. Also at Dr. Pong was journalist and photographer Clément Girardot who was not only kind enough to interview David but also played all night with Uberpong’s ROAR paddle.
On Thursday, Uberpong were booked in at Bounce – a social ping pong club that is located on the site where ping pong was invented in 1901 by John Jaques III. They let David play on the table used for the table tennis at the London 2012 Olympic Games and you can watch the video on Uberpong TV. Just before leaving London, David met with British professional table tennis player Darius Knight and had a fascinating discussion about how the game is developing in the UK and becoming more social.
Same name. Check. Same address. Check.
And then you scroll down, to see a photo of them playing at Dr. Pong.
So, "Uberpong" is the connection.
FBIanon said to look for "London". Bounce Ping Pong is London.
DIG DIG DIG!
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zoltan907 ago
There's also an AceBounce that opened in Chicago earlier this year. http://archive.is/lmYcR
"While [Bounce CEO Adam] Breeden wouldn't share names, AceBounce promised a big-name chef to oversee the kitchen and an award-winning mixologist who will handle cocktails. They'll serve American food, so don't expect English touches on the menu. Over in London, where the spots are routinely packed with young, urban fun seekers, they serve pizzas from a wood-burning oven."
ALDO_NOVA ago
what the fuck is with this ping pong AND wood burning ovens thing?
rush22 ago
Ping pong and pizza are both very cheap. What you do is you spend money on making them seem special and charge more.
Consider the popularity of "Pho" which is essentially garbage meat soup.