In my last post, I was looking into a strange email which seemed to mention Tony Podesta owning a "coffee place": https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1560548
I now believe that coffee shop exists, and I think I found it: Art Blu Cafe https://sli.mg/185B9X
Reasons:
- Name - spelling of Cafe is not local italian spelling (Caffe), contains the word art, as Tony Podesta is noted for his art collection (we know him for his perverse art, but the way he's written about is as "art collector" -- https://archive.fo/Mw2Yx))
- Website - note the international signage: https://archive.fo/S9jq9
- Website Pictures - Just 8 pictures on the website, and why is one this? https://sli.mg/lO2bzy - file name is clienti3 (clienti means clients)
- Period of Activity - Take a look at the guestbook: https://archive.fo/bc3ao, active until June of 2015
- Coinciding Events: Tony Podesta filed for divorce in 2014, and discussed the fate of his Venice property https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/46159
- Email - in this email, https://archive.fo/Mta8z (mention of kids, James Alefantis in the sign-off), you can see he mentions driving specifically to San Marco, if you look at the location of this place (https://www.google.com/maps/place/art+blu+caff%C3%A8/@45.432628,12.3302394,20z)))), it's in San Marco
- Surroundings 1 - there is a really strange "Gallery" nearby: http://www.fiorellagallery.com/ (flash takes time to load, and then it is repulsive)
- "Gallery" - more on the Gallery https://archive.fo/uooLL https://sli.mg/VC3SeQ
- Surroundings 2 - and then there's this: https://sli.mg/tObedO (The Pentagram Soc - Coop: an unclaimed business with no website)
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Haldelos ago
Not saying a Podesta isn't in an ownership group but i found a trip advisor review that refers to the owner named Marco. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187870-d2375173-Reviews-or20-Artblu_Caffe-Venice_Veneto.html#REVIEWS “Good spot in tranquille Campo di Stefano” 4 of 5 bubblesReviewed June 5, 2016 via mobile I highly recommend this restaurant. It has a very inviting terrace, with a warm and welcoming owner, Marco, who keeps his waiters on their toes, in a benevolent way. The atmosphere is pleasant, as a result, and service highly efficient. The food itself is quite good, trattoria type. Nothing fancy, but the seafood spaghetti was better than most I had in Italy. Do go. You will not regret it.
Visited June 2016