PENTAGON PIZZA INDEX

The Pentagon Pizza Index compares available venue-busyness readings for pizza shops and nightlife venues near the Pentagon. Labels distinguish live observations from typical hourly activity. Closed venues and unpublished readings remain unknown; these are not counts of deliveries to government buildings.

The pizza score runs from 0 to 100 and compares observed busyness with an hourly baseline. A separate nightlife reading provides context. Check the collection time and stale-data labels before comparing the two.

Every pizza and nightlife venue is checked by our C++ scraper every 15 minutes using lightweight HTTP requests. Published weekly patterns remain visible when current observations are unavailable. A free public feed supplements available pizza observations. PizzINT observations update roughly hourly and expire after 75 minutes, including polling grace; collector readings expire after 30 minutes. Observation timestamps are preserved, and expired readings are excluded from the score. Recorded activity remains visible for 24 hours; typical weekly patterns are labeled separately. Some venues may not publish current readings.

The idea behind the "Pizza Meter" is that unusual after-hours food demand might accompany longer working hours nearby. Ordinary events, local traffic, venue opening hours, and incomplete observations can produce similar patterns.

Beholder has not established that this indicator predicts a crisis. The page's DEFCON-style labels are display categories, not official military readiness levels. Missing data is not evidence of either calm or escalation.

This is an educational OSINT demonstration. Please do not make national security decisions based on pizza delivery patterns or bar attendance.