It turns out that James co-owns a restaurant in Berlin Germany called Nalu Diner
http://www.nalu-diner.de/
The "restaurant" section mentions that James grew in up in "Indiana and Hawaii". Seems he lived in Berlin for a while too.
The address is Dunckerstraße 80a, 10437 Berlin -
just a few blocks away from Dr Pong, which is located at Eberswalder Str. 21, 10437 Berlin
If you map both of these locations, they are approximately 800 yards away from each other.
We know it is James Alefantis from this article https://www.mrporter.com/journal/mr-porter-eats/the-worlds-best-diners/795
from April of this year! He still owns it.
That's an insane "coincidence" considering people were investigating Dr Pong in Berlin for the last month.
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SIMONBARROW ago
On the Nalu Diner website 'Oliver' writes that he and James Alefantis 'moved to eastern Berlin in the early 2000’s.' So it looks to me like Alefantis moved back to the U.S. to open Comet. Anyway, Oliver is Oliver Miller - owner of Dr. Pong!
'Oliver Miller the man behind the legendary Dr Pong on Eberswalder Str.'
http://www.berlincitytours.com/blog/2012/10/a-diner-grows-in-berlin/
Photo of Oliver Miller:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwzY3Z_WQAE3o-U.jpg
Another photo of Miller:
https://i.sli.mg/TxpsDj.jpg
pizzahthrowaway ago
This is good! Solid link, we can essentially say now that Alefantis co-owned a restaurant with the guy running Dr.Pong which was FULL of weirdness, and they share a love of "ping pong"...ok
SIMONBARROW ago
Exactly. But a question now is the nature of the relationship between Alefantis and Miller - were they partners when they went to Berlin together in the early 2000s? What can we find out about Miller's background?