Boulebar: pétanque-themed venue to open second location as popularity of French sport soars

The themed venue Boulebar volition unfastened a 2nd tract adjacent month, bringing pétanque to Spitalfields.

Well established successful the South Bank, Boulebar combines the French crippled with food, drink, and music, and promises to animate the “laid-back tone of Provence” successful London.

At the caller determination connected the exceptionally named Frying Pan Alley, determination volition beryllium 10 full-sized boules courts beneath a mezzanine level featuring a barroom and eating space.

Designed to consciousness similar a Marseille park, with gravelled courts, murals, and batch of plants, players volition beryllium invited to vie earlier heading upstairs to eat, drink, and sermon the joyousness of pétanque.

The paper has been created with charming French cafes successful mind. On offer, 1664 lager, crémant, cider, and Ricard Pastis to drink, portion nutrient is simply a small much international, with burgers, fried chicken, tacos and burritos connected offer.

The popularity of Pétanque has been climbing successful the UK successful caller years.

Colin Roper, the president of Pétanque England, the nationalist governing assemblage comprising 154 clubs, told The Times that up to 30,000 radical successful the UK present play regularly, erstwhile conscionable decades agone the lone devotees were French waiters.

Boulebar present has 13 locations crossed Europe aft radical CEO Henrik Kruse was moved to physique a marque based connected the crippled 20 years ago.

“Since opening my archetypal Boulebar successful 2004, my passionateness has been astir breaking down barriers and bringing radical together, 1 carreau astatine a time,” Kruse said previously.

“This egalitarian athletics is overmuch much than conscionable a game,” helium said. “It's a mode of life, a mindset, and an acquisition to beryllium shared crossed generations.”