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Kickstarter users have backed some weird things. Though
it's several steps closer to normal than, say, a $50,000 potato salad
or a Zach Braff movie, Pips & Bounce is certainly singular. It's a
pingpong bar—it looks precisely what it sounds like. It's all-ages until
9 pm and very bright, its customers are a mix of early dates and
families, and its white bar and wood-paneled back wall is lit by
pingpong-ball-shaped lights that hang from the ceiling over the seven
tables in the main room. There are three rotating beers, as well as a
variety of pingpong-themed cocktails. The Pips Pimms—gin, lemon, Pimms,
ginger beer and cucumber slices—made for a refreshing sip. It's $8 for a
half-hour of playing time, but such are the prices we pay for leisure.
Entertainment: Duh.
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