I don't want to look too much into this because my first reaction to Wes Andersen designing a cafe was of joy. That was further validated with the additional images I saw in this buzzfeed post.
I should really just try to hold onto that feeling entirely past the fact that it isn't here in the states (it's in Milan) and that it's far away. Okay, one of those things is true and the other one is me doubling-down that statement so I can feel more disappointed.
The best article I could find about this was one posted in EntertainNow. Given what I've seen and as I understand Fondazione Prada, this might be a temporary project?
I say that because 1. I haven't done enough research on this thing to find out for sure, 2. I can't imagine would want to hold onto that novelty act for any longer than they should and 3. the pin ball machine set up (while pretty fucking cool) looks like anyone can replace the artwork pretty quick, doesn't look like they're that committed to it. Which would make sense as to why this is the only Steve Zissou pinball machine ever!
If that's the case then (i'm a lot sadder than I already was and) we can at least say without a doubt that it happened, right?