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Five places to watch the fireworks [Urban Daddy]

Freaking awesome food trucks [Daily Meal]

Food porn from U Street’s new British pub, The Brixton [BYT]

Alexandria’s Port City Brewery could lose 13,000 gallons of beer from power outage [DCist]

Beat the heat and get drunk in the process [Washingtonian]

An open letter to infamously picky eater Anderson Cooper [Eatocracy]

Ten must-eat banh mi sandwiches in the Washington area [Eater]

A guide to food attractions in all 50 states (but not D.C.) [Zagat]

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