Ping reborn: Pok Pok's beloved izakaya spin-off returns today
Ping reborn: Pok Pok’s beloved izakaya spinoff returns Updated Dec 22, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 Ping closed at the end of 2012 for a planned expansion and rebrand. It never reopened.LC- The Oregonian Facebook Share Amid the restaurant carnage of 2020, it can be hard to remember a time when restaurants shut for reasons beyond a raging pandemic. Yet that was the case with Ping, which closed for good at the end of 2012. Though never the smash hit of sister restaurant Pok Pok, Ping was a cult favorite, earning a GQ Best New Restaurant nod, The Oregonian’s Rising Star award in 2009 and eno...