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A Massive New Ping-Pong Bar is Coming to Downtown Seattle

New York-based SPiN is bringing its clubified game bar brand to downtown.

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From new lowkey arcade bars to sprawling mini-golf pubs, the game bar trend shows no signs of slowing down in Seattle. Next up: A New York-based chain of ping-pong bars is set to open in downtown next month.

SPiN, not to be confused with the bikeshare company, is moving into a whopping 10,000-square-foot space in the Decatur Building at Sixth Avenue and Pine Street. Since starting off as a series of “naked ping-pong parties” in Tribeca, SPiN has opened bars in a handful of major North American cities. The new Seattle spot (where pants are presumably required) will be SPiN’s seventh location, joining sister bars in Los Angeles and San Francisco on the West Coast.

Architecture firm Baker/Nestor is designing the Seattle bar and restaurant, which is open to all ages (at least during the day) and will feature 12 reservable Olympic-size ping-pong tables. A private lounge will be available for very important pongers and the corporate team-building set. It also sounds like the SPiN team plans to host tournaments, private pong lessons and other special events. The budding chain is known to bring in DJs and professional ping-pong players to take on regulars (return a serve, win a shot).

Based on SPiN’s other locations, expect a slew of local beer, craft cocktails and a mix of pizzas, sliders and other bar-food staples.

 

Opening Night: Is Ethan Stowell’s Cut Club Happy Hour Going to Solve the Affordability Crisis?

Opening Night: Is Ethan Stowell’s Cut Club Happy Hour Going to Solve the Affordability Crisis?

At Cut Club, the longtime Seattle restaurateur is going old-school, with steaks made for sharing, no service charges, and a happy hour where $12 still buys dinner. 

Cut Club, the new steakhouse inside downtown’s Hotel Max, feels like a restaurant from the not-too-distant past. The menu leans comfortable rather than ambitious or world-spanning. It serves a typical lineup of steak cuts, some traditional sides like oysters, prawn cocktail, and wedge salad, and some cocktails that are between $15 and $20. There’s a…

Outside the Box: Gourmondo Founder Launches Olivina

Outside the Box: Gourmondo Founder Launches Olivina

Alissa Leinonen’s new venture brings her seasonal, Northwest approach to weddings, milestone celebrations, and elevated events.

After 30 years, Alissa Leinonen—founder of renowned catering and box-lunch company, Gourmondo—has launched a new venture. Called Olivina, the new luxury catering and events company focuses on highly personalized, elevated experiences ranging from weddings or other milestone celebrations to corporate gatherings. What started with $4,000 from a refinanced car (and a tiny café in Pike…

7 Washington Fall Festivals Worth the Drive

7 Washington Fall Festivals Worth the Drive

Autumn is back. Celebrate with fresh-hop beer, apple harvests, returning salmon, cranberries, and more. 

Explore 7 fun Washington fall festivals worth the drive, from Leavenworth's Autumn Leaf Festival and Issaquah Salmon Days to CrabFest and Fresh Hop Ale.

Restaurant Roundup: Brunch With a Side of History, Cardamom Lattes, and Chiew Chiew

Restaurant Roundup: Brunch With a Side of History, Cardamom Lattes, and Chiew Chiew

Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.

Hope you’re hungry for a history lesson. Oliver’s, the cocktail lounge inside downtown’s Mayflower Park Hotel, was a Bartell Drugs store during Prohibition before becoming the city’s first hotel bar in the late 1940s—the Carousel Room, named for the carousel horses hung from the ceiling. When Washington repealed the rule forbidding the service of hard…