The name Hoppe was taped and will not return: the pub now called Ubica. © AD.
The new café-restaurant on the Ganzenmarkt that short time has called Hoppe, name Ubica going to wear again. So also called the mattress factory who has spent years in the property.
The restaurant and bar this summer opened its doors in the former Ubica-house close to the town hall, but it got to stick with the Amsterdam same café. The owner did not want namesake in another city. To avoid a lawsuit or a claim, the owners decided the Utrecht establishment paste and choose a new off the name.
Before overwritten owners Stefan Elvers and Niko Arwanitidis a competition among the visitors came with all kinds of suggestions. There, the owners chose the name Ubica, a reference to the history of the property. ,, It was not the most mentioned name, but is the most appropriate. We also received many suggestions that were very similar to Hoppe, such Hoppa, but that did not seem useful to us, ” says Elvers. ,, Those who have voted, all still get an email with an explanation. ”
So saw Ubica-property there last year yet. © AD. Cracked
Ubica-building came in 1989 after a fire vacant there after more than half a century had been the mattress factory Ubica. In 1992 the building was cracked. Ten years later painted the squatters the building black and white, in the middle The characteristic yellow spine that graced the property until last year.
Entrepreneur Willem Klaassen bought the property last year of the controversial landlord William vloet. The squatters left the building last year in the night of 24 on May 25 after a battle with the riot police. Then the building was converted into a hotel and catering facility.
The new name is also designed a new corporate identity. The menus and other expressions in the case should be amended. That goes according Elvers have cost a few thousand dollars.
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