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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CandyPanda ago
Article that mentions Nalu and says that Oliver Miller is a chef and partner. Even the journalist remarked "who knew?" about the finding that Alefantis owned a diner called Nalu in Germany.
http://archive.is/DPGmg
"The 45-seat expansion is where he plans to stage a “sausagefest” in June with the help of his business partner, chef Oliver Miller in Berlin — as in Germany, where the two men co-own (who knew?) Nalu, an American diner with Hawaiian accents."
PieInTheEye ago
Great find!