Ping Pong Pizza
Posted: July 8th, 2007 | Author: Mark Pike | Filed under: Food |
Ever since hearing that there was a new pizza place in town with a ping pong theme, I’ve been trying to hit it up and get served a slice. Unfortunately every time I visited Comet Ping Pong, the kitchen was closed (but they still allow you to play table tennis on the free table out front on the sidewalk).
Last night, we managed to get there before the kitchen closed and it was very tasty (even for lactose intolerant peeps). Try the soft shell crab pizza. It’s a little pricier than your local Pizza Hut, but there’s a price to pay for deliciousness and table top tennis.
In the back of the restaurant there’s 3 tables to get your game on. And, there’s an ingenius ping pong ball dispenser. I had never seen one of these before, but I suspect if I bought a few dozen of these vending machines and placed them on college campuses for beer pong supplies, I would become a gazillionaire.
Reminds me of the dude I knew in high school who worked at an Italian Subs spot. As the sandwich maker, he would always put extra onions and garlic on everything. He bought a vending machine that dispensed mints and set it up outside. He made serious bank.
Ping Pong Pizza from themarkpike and Vimeo.
UPDATE: This post was featured in the Washington Post Express’ blog section. My cheesy comments were viewed by over 286,000 people today. Perhaps blogging and mainstream media should not mix.
[...] Mark Pike recommends soft shell crab pizza at Ping Pong Pizza. Photo of ping pong [...]
Ever been to Cue Bar?
I’ve been to Cue Bar, on several occasions. Don’t you have to pay to use their ping pong table and billiards? That’s the beauty of Comet Ping Pong (it’s pretty much free). Also, the food is a little fancier than the beer-battered bar fare offered at Cue.
Much different vibe. Drunk sports fans aren’t all up in your grill for Comet. The ping ping is peripheral. The food is the focus.
How long has this place been open? This is the first I’ve heard of it and it sounds awesomely entertaining. And delicious. Do you have to bring your own paddles?
Also not a cue bar fan. Overpriced drinks, and if you’re a girl you can’t play anything in there without being leered at for two hours straight. It’s totally obnoxious.
Paddles are provided, and ping pong balls were abundant (but if you dent yours, you can buy one for 50 cents!).
Looks like it opened around October 2006…
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2006/10/slice_of_a_comet.html