After reading this article
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/219472647-story
I thought this last paragraph was interesting and out of place regarding the sign.
"Another bizarre and untrue claim is that the star and moon on the restaurant's sign are satanic symbols. But the actual history regarding the signage goes back decades. It used to belong to The Comet, a liquor store and deli that was in business in Adams Morgan for more than 80 years. When it shut down, the owner of Comet Ping Pong decided to save the sign, which is now a piece of D.C. history."
So I did a little digging and indeed this sign was given to Comet Ping Pong
https://www.jhsgw.org/blog/tag/liquor%20stores
https://www.jhsgw.org/images/uploads/objects_of_the_month/2013/_normal/comet-liquor-exterior.jpg
I Also found this when I did a search for Comet Liquor DC - You can actually make out the Comet Ping Pong sign in the background a little bit.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=wWul9DxKfQEC&pg=PA173-IA3&lpg=PA173-IA3&dq=comet%20deli%20liquor%20dc&source=bl&ots=ODCuHVgi6p&sig=m0PTkPWfW2IV9L5RCMfoqcO5Znk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsnLjA5czQAhUo94MKHf5bArAQ6AEIkgEwFQ#v=onepage&q=comet%20deli%20liquor%20dc&f=false
Scroll down, You'll see Hilary, Gore, Bush, Michelle in this book.
Kaboom - KaBOOm! chronicles Darell Hammond's amazing journey from a childhood spent living in a group home in Illinois to becoming the founder and CEO of KaBOOM!, one of the most successful nonprofit organizations in the United States. KaBOOM! has raised almost $200 million, directly built 1,743 playgrounds with a million volunteers, and has touched the lives of countless children and families.another connection to children
The Book mentions that Comet deli was in Adams Morgan neighborhood.
http://archive.is/FcO8H
"Safety. James is trying to turn this into Adams Morgan, with the murders, the rapes...."
What did Frank Winstead know about Alefantis? Why Did Alenfantis want the sign?
Bonus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTfoWbG_9QM Meaning of Comet Pizza
Thoughts on this connection?
oldskeptic ago
Clicking through the articles from the OP, here's a 2005 piece from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600755.html
"But the workload has proved too much for Drazin's widow, Bernice, 76, who plans to close next week and sell off everything, including the dinosaur of a cash register and the shop's art deco sign, which the family says was put up in the 1930s and has evolved into a glowing neighborhood landmark."
The image there looks like the sign is in operation. Such a signs' value to collectors would be off the charts.
PizzaCrowley ago
The theme of the restaurant is satanism, the music theme is satanism, the art on the walls is satanism.
The logo in the front is a depiction of baphomet the sacred goat, ironic that VOAT is essentially the same meme, the goat?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism
Uncle Sam is the same, he is the goat, the devil is all around else, this stuff is pervasive.
But honestly I think in all good fun jimmy-comet was trying to make his pizza place unique like Elvis said "These days if you want to get rich in the show biz, you got to be different, and boy is comet-pizza out there :)
Louisa ago
Voats are the cute cuddly goats. lol