Since someone took down their post about this, I'm gonna pick up where they left off.
4chan post:
"Tied to businesses like Media Matters, Common Cause, OPEN America. The same anon points out that those locations might have something to do with pizzagate"
Steemit post
So this "restaurant franchise" called Joseph's Bistro Restaurant and Sports bar supposedly has 23,000 locations nationwide. Just to put it in perspective, McDonald's has 14,233 locations, and Burger King has 7,277 locations nationwide. When you start to look at the locations of these "restaurants" you will find that they are absolutely everywhere, in apartment buildings, office complexes, malls, law offices, medical establishments, etc.
Here you can look for yourself to see if there are any so-called "Joseph's" franchises in your town.
https://www.hourscenter.com/josephs/
All of the locations list www.fiorechiro.com as their company website, for a chiropractic office in Maryland.
In my own town there were dozens of these Joseph's locations. Some had hours posted, but the schedules are so bizarre there's no way it could be a real establishment, such as "Open Thursdays 11:30am - 12:30pm" and other ridiculous times. None of the locations I looked at had anything to do with a restaurant called Joseph's.
Upon investigation I found a review of an actual Joseph’s Bistro
The reviewer apparently ate at the Westminster Massachusetts location, which matches up with the HoursCenter website results.
After a Maps search, I found the supposed location of the restaurant, though it looks to be a house that has never been used for such a purpose.
Interestingly enough, the food that was reviewed by has absolutely nothing do with Joseph's listed "menu" which is high-end italian themed. Bernie, the reviewer, ate buffalo wings and biscuits. At first glance you would think that it is simply a different restaurant, however the logo, location, and telephone number used in the review proves that it is in fact the same establishment.
Looked into the reviewer Bernie Whitmore, and found some reviews for restaurants that no longer exist. Granted, these are old reviews and that is not enough cause for concern.
http://tasteworcester.com/two-chefs-restaurant/
http://tasteworcester.com/guiseppe%E2%80%99s-grille/
Though there are multiple reviews by him that also seem genuine, there’s still some bizarre ones. The website linked to this article goest to an asian beauty website.
Maybe we can ask Bernie some questions about the location?
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SoSpricyHotDog ago
Ok, guys & gals, seriously... I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade here, but, this is obviously a database error.
/Josephs /Franks-Franks/ /Bobs-Store (I think I found one or two other examples of generically named sub-folders)
Are you noticing a similarity?
ANY generic named sub-folder is auto-populating based on a search engine "scrape" that taps into existing business/professional/individual listings across the entire USA. I've built and deployed tools that do this exact same thing... aside from the fact that mine worked correctly.
You could spend days indexing all of the generic sub-folders that would trigger "false positive" listings. And you'll be left with a massive list of businesses and professionals that share one thing in common. A first name.
This is not a pedo activity map based on generic first names.
By all means, keep digging, but, I'm 99.99% certain that you are chasing a database error.
You can call me a shill if you'd like - I'm just trying to help you save time and focus on things that matter. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bmMl2OGVQ0
we_kill_creativity ago
I checked other businesses that they offer on the hours website and they don't have the same problem...why not? Why just this one specific (nonexistent) business with this problem? What other non-existent businesses do they have on that website? I checked other business that I know exist, and that I know where they do and do not exist, and no problem like this.
SoSpricyHotDog ago
I've explained this about 3 or 4 times now on the threads pertaining to "Joseph's" invisible bistro. It has everything to do with the sub-folder structure used on the CMS/web platform they've developed.
For example - let's use the pedo bait franchise of Chuck E. Cheese... https://www.hourscenter.com/chuck-e-cheeses/
611 locations in the US. Sounds reasonable. Clicking on a few states I'm familiar with, the results check out. Looks like an accurate listing! Why?
Because the sub folder is properly named /chuck-e-cheeses/
Now, if you found a man, who had himself listed as a registrant/stakeholder/independent business, who's actual name was "Chuck E. Cheeses" - he would be included.
Let's go to Joseph's: https://www.hourscenter.com/josephs/
Notice the sub-folder?
Bob's: https://www.hourscenter.com/bobs-stores/ (Clicking on links drives you to a random business named "Bob's Custom Heating & Cooling" - https://www.yelp.com/biz/bobs-custom-heating-and-cooling-brown-city))
And then there are at least 2 or 3 more generic named sub-folders that also create the confusion/false listings.
we_kill_creativity ago
You didn't actually respond to anything I said...nice. As I said, I, and others, have found several of these places that have nothing to do with anyone named Joe, Joseph, Joey...etc. So,,,Just stop with your BS. I'm not attacking you because you're critical...I'm attacking you because you're obviously wrong, I see it...you see it...everyone sees it...
Also, explain how you know their sub-folder structure (which, even if you do, doesn't explain the businesses that have nothing to do with "Joseph", so don't act like it does.)
SoSpricyHotDog ago
Dude. How dense are you? I specifically said registrant... as in, property owner or address registrant. I've scouted no less than 20 addresses that were in neighborhoods, and guess what?! Every property I found had a listed owner with the first name "Joseph".
It doesn't have to be a business based on this database error.
So, who's "obviously wrong" now? "Everyone sees it.