• Another drunk Apple employee appears to have lost another “priceless” iPhone prototype in a bar. This was at Cava 22 in the Mission, and this was presumably the soon-to-be-released iPhone 5. [CBS, CNET, SFist]
• Frisco Fried, in the Bayview, gets the Bargain Bites treatment. [Chron]
• Someone is trying to call Mark Leno’s bill in the state senate to allow for infused booze “the bill that is saving S.F. nightlife,” even though no one really stopped infusing their vodkas and such, and no one would really cite infusions as a keystone of S.F. nightlife. [HuffPo]
• The Cheesecake Factory is all about “feeding the common man.” Explains a lot. [ABC News]
• Numbers are showing July as a bad month for restaurants, mainly owing to a pessimistic outlook on the economy. [NRN]
• This might make you wish you were covered in tomatoes: See some amazing photos from Spain’s annual Tomatina festival. [Big Picture/Boston Globe]
• Time’s list of the best 100 nonfiction books includes a few foodie reads, including Mastering the Art of French Cooking and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. [Time]
• A CDC study shows that half of all Americans drink at least one sugary beverage daily; another study suggest 50 percent of the country will be obese by 2030. Coincidence? [NYDN, NYDN]
• From Yelp (yep) to Wine.com, behold the “best iPhone apps for foodies.” [Time]
