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Happy Friday and Happy St. Patrick's Day Eve! We said we'd recap, so you would have all of your choices for fun readily available, so here goes, with additional stufff, and stuff. Flogging a dead horse here, but, please be responsible, Houstonist won't be making your bail. Click any of the links below for more details! Tonight, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., you can get warmed up for tomorrow at the Whole Foods on...

The home of the late, great Stables Restaurant was demolished this week after shutting down operation last December. The restaurant was sold to an investment partnership last fall, ending the 40-year run of one of Houston's favorite dining establishments. The same investment partnership has been acquiring other tracts of land in the area.

I was wondering if you could do a round up of restaurants that will be open on Thanksgiving for we few freaks who will not be spending time with friends and/or family. You would know this better than a recent transplant like my(sorry)self. Hey, just because you're not able to spend time with friends and family on Thanksgiving doesn't make you a freak — it's what you do while you're away from your loved...

City Council is looking at broadening the relatively new smoking ban in restaurants. The broadening of the ban was first discussed last month when the Surgeon General called for smoke free workplaces, including restaurants and bars. Another reason to rework the plan is that people just seem to be confused about where they can and can’t smoke.

Ex-TSU President Priscilla Slade may be out, but she's not down — or so she hopes. According to KTRK, Slade has filed suit against the university claiming she wasn't given a fair shake. According to the suit, the TSU Board of Regents scheduled a retreat for this weekend where regents planned to talk about how to begin a search for a new president, but the retreat was to take place before the regents granted Slade a hearing she's guaranteed under her contract.

Houstonist is the first to admit that Houstonians are wimps when it comes to cold weather. You disagree? We present for your consideration the first day in the fall when the temperature drops below 70 and you see people walking around in parkas. When it gets below 60, we start covering exposed skin. Hey, better safe than sorry. So this week, the first legitimate cold snap we've had this year (shouldn't this have happened...