It’s a short work week, and we at Young & Hungry Central have just the thing you need: beer and dining recommendations for the Fourth. We also have something for your reading pleasure:

The top blog posts of the week.

1. Obama Ate Here: The Working Map (with apologies and gratitude to BrightestYoungThings)
2. What Did Your $10 Ticket Get You at the Safeway Barbecue Battle?
3. On July 4th Weekend, Buy American Beer
4. Breadline Busted on 19 Health Code Violations, Ten of Them Critical
5. Dairy Godmother’s Owner Doesn’t Want the Obama Bump That Ray’s Hell Burger Got

Photo by cristinabe via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License

Alex Nicholson over at BrightestYoungThings got bored and decided to put together a Google map on where the Obama family has eaten since they moved into the White House. As Nicholson writes, “If you tell your boss you are making an ‘Obama Ate Here’ Google Map, and she says it’s a good idea, it’s okay to do it at work.”

If you haven’t read it yet, the Post’s Reliable Source talked to Amanda McClements, Don Rockwell, and me about the Obamas’ dining habits, which have already generated a major bump for Ray’s Hell Burger and an unwanted bump at the Dairy Godmother.