YES! I have found a link between Dr Pong and Bounce Ping Pong. ( pizzagate )

submitted by redberries

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!

SpikyAube

Do you have the link/source for the claim that Develcan owns Bounce ping pong please? Thank you!

zoltan907

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

what the fuck is with this ping pong AND wood burning ovens thing?

rush22

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.

Celticgirlonamission

https://www.linkedin.com/in/djlowe looks like this guy is into lots of things..

redberries

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

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

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