• The Business Times checks up on the situation at much delayed Jack London Square redevelopment in Oakland, where they say the “pulse” is “quicken[ing]” with the entry of some new office tenants and Daniel Patterson’s still unnamed project on deck for fall (or winter?). [Biz Times]
• Zero Zero has nixed their bar manager position, meaning Joel Teitelbaum is out, and so probably are their barrrel-aged cocktails. [SFoodie]
• The ever-popular Pliny the Elder double IPA from Russian River Brewing took home the top prize from the American Homebrewers Association Magazine for the third straight year. [Zymurgy via BiteClub]
• And speaking of beer, Brendan Moylan of Marin Brewing Co. is hosting the eleventh annual BreastFest Beer Festival at Fort Mason tomorrow to help fight breast cancer, featuring beers from 60 breweries. [Examiner]
• Another round of shots! In Ohio, it’s now okay to bring a concealed weapon into a bar — as long as you abstain from drinking. [Reuters]
• Speaking of potentially lethal things mixing with alcohol, booze is increasingly being sold at fast-food restaurants. [USAT]
• Thanks to a bumper corn crop, food prices might actually go down. [NYT]
• Meet the UK’s newest “curry king,” a chef from Bicester. [Oxford Mail UK]
• Bracken ferns: abundant, but also probably deadly, so don’t eat ‘em. They don’t even look tasty. [The Atlantic]
