Mexican Food, South African Wines; Happy Birthday, 24 Diner

NORTH LOOP — On December 7, Fonda San Miguel will host a dinner in which they will pair their famous interior Mexican with South African wines. Sure, why not! Tickets are $75, reservations are required. [Austinist]

DOWNTOWN — Happy Birthday, 24 Diner! The always-open restaurant celebrates its first birthday December 8, and they're having a party on their patio from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. Also, apparently they're getting additional locations as a birthday present: they seem to be scouting in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Ft. Worth. [A360]

OCEANWATCH — In an effort to move towards better seafood practices, Eddie V's has taken Chilean seabass and North Atlantic salmon of their menus. They have been replaced with the Hawaiian hapu'u and Scottish salmon respectively. [DO]

Fonda San Miguel. [Photo: pink_fish13 / Flickr]