Its been all over the place on tv and in pop culture, even though it started in a small, seedy child trafficking hub of Portland by two men who had never even made a donut before in 2003. They even said they were looking for a biz to make in Portland before they decided what they wanted to do. And they are now opening a PING PONG place.
OK. I lived in portland for 30 years and at the time they opened I wouldnt call it a "small seedy child trafficking hub" that was the center of nightlife and when Trace opened that doughnut shop next to Berbati's it was simply a doughnut shop. He was into wierd shit but I remember alot of my friends helping to paint, etc at the shop. It was totally not some big masterplan as far as what I knew.. I think it developed over time as he started making money and getting more known. They hadnt made doughnuts before, for sure. And said so. But someone came up with the idea and it went from there.... he was doing it because he was BROKE didnt have a job at Berbati's any longer and found some dude whos name I cant remember to back him (at least partially) it was no big budget project. I owned a restaurant then so I was fairly tapped into what he was doing. See post above for how I know Trace. we used to have ping pong at berbatis for happy hour. Trace was always there... It was fun. And not pedo then. It was just happy hour and ping pong in the 90's. Ping pong isnt evil. Pedophiles are.
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meantartarsauce ago
wasn't that place on man vs food or one of those types of shows?
IllegalNews ago
Its been all over the place on tv and in pop culture, even though it started in a small, seedy child trafficking hub of Portland by two men who had never even made a donut before in 2003. They even said they were looking for a biz to make in Portland before they decided what they wanted to do. And they are now opening a PING PONG place.
awarenessadventurer ago
OK. I lived in portland for 30 years and at the time they opened I wouldnt call it a "small seedy child trafficking hub" that was the center of nightlife and when Trace opened that doughnut shop next to Berbati's it was simply a doughnut shop. He was into wierd shit but I remember alot of my friends helping to paint, etc at the shop. It was totally not some big masterplan as far as what I knew.. I think it developed over time as he started making money and getting more known. They hadnt made doughnuts before, for sure. And said so. But someone came up with the idea and it went from there.... he was doing it because he was BROKE didnt have a job at Berbati's any longer and found some dude whos name I cant remember to back him (at least partially) it was no big budget project. I owned a restaurant then so I was fairly tapped into what he was doing. See post above for how I know Trace. we used to have ping pong at berbatis for happy hour. Trace was always there... It was fun. And not pedo then. It was just happy hour and ping pong in the 90's. Ping pong isnt evil. Pedophiles are.
ALDO_NOVA ago
more info on new ping pong joint please
IllegalNews ago
We just did a story on it and will try to upload it in a couple minutes if Voat lets us.