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
Found two articles featuring Dr. Pong which talk about a 666 Anti Pub Crawl that they actually solicit tourists to go on. http://archive.is/3HdJR http://archive.is/QzPsP
PieInTheEye ago
That's really weird that out of 5 bars in the 666 Anti Pub Crawl, that Dr. Pong is included ... especially since it makes clear that the place is just a dive with no real substance in its business model ... fully bohemian as if it is trying NOT to be a bar. A front operation with a very low capex concealing a mysterious black-market service?