In a bizarre but revealing twist of open-source intelligence, a social media account is using pizza delivery patterns and gay bar foot traffic in Washington, D.C., to forecast Pentagon military activity, including recent strikes in the Middle East.
The account, Pentagon Pizza Report (@PenPizzaReport), has gained attention for its unusual yet surprisingly accurate method: tracking the surge in pizza orders near the Pentagon alongside declining attendance at Freddie’s Beach Bar, a nearby gay bar. The result? A reliable indicator that something major is happening behind the Pentagon’s secure walls.
On Thursday night, the account posted that Crystal City pizza venues were experiencing a “HUGE surge in activity,” while Freddie’s Beach Bar had unusually low attendance for a Thursday. Just hours later, Israel launched a major strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, killing over 200 people, including military officials and nuclear scientists.
The implication? When Freddie’s is quiet and pizza shops are slammed, Pentagon personnel are likely working overtime — possibly in response to an imminent global event.
Freddie’s Beach Bar, a well-known and welcoming venue, has long held cultural significance. Opened in 2001 and described as a “straight-friendly gay bar,” it served as a discreet haven for LGBTQ+ military members during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era (1994–2011), when openly gay service members were banned from the military.
While the Pentagon is filled with dining options, it notably lacks a pizzeria, further justifying late-night pizza runs during moments of high activity.
That a casual observer could piece together sensitive military patterns using publicly available data such as restaurant activity and social foot traffic raises serious questions about the Pentagon’s operational security. Experts have flagged it as a troubling oversight for one of the world’s most powerful defence institutions.
