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R&G Lounge Servers All Want Ed Lee to Run; Snooki Makes Pickle-Print Flip-Flops

• Leah Garchik notes that on a recent evening, all the servers at R&G; Lounge in Chinatown were wearing “runedrun” lapel pins, encouraging Interim Mayor Ed Lee to run for the permanent post, which he still says he won’t. [Garchik/Chron]

• Chipotle’s pledging to double the amount of local produce it uses. We weren’t aware it used any! [NRN]

• Poor Taste decides to rate all the cafés on Valencia, starting with The Summit, Ritual, and Mission Creek Café. Hint: The latter is the only place with any easy-to-find power outlets. [Poor Taste]

• It’s official: Potatoes make you fat. Which still explains nothing about why the French are not obese. [WSJ]

Jersey Shore’s Snooki has come out with a line of pickle-print flip-flops. Strangely, we can actually imagine all these D.I.Y. locavore types wearing them. [NYDN]

• And… here’s what to be afraid of today: There’s a nasty yeast lurking in your dishwasher. Also, did you know there’s a publication called Fungal Biology? [Independent UK]

• Chick-fil-A in San Antonio hosted a “Daddy-Daughter Date Night.” Really, guys, love the sentiment, but can we please call this something else? [My San Antonio]

Good put together a funny illustration of the dinner party from hell, featuring seven eaters, each with a specialized diet. We’ll stay away from the “Rifletarian.” [Good]

R&G Lounge Servers All Want Ed Lee to Run; Snooki Makes Pickle-Print Flip-Flops