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Legendary San Antonio restaurant avoids closing in this week's top stories

Good news: Gilbert's will remain open.
Editor's note: Openings abound in this week's top San Antonio stories. A longtime Mexican restaurant announced that it will stay open, and a celebrity chef's new retro roadside concept debuts. Plus, the best ways to ring in the Lunar New Year. Read our hottest headlines below, and find fun things to do this weekend right here.
1. Tejano singer's family-owned San Antonio restaurant avoids closing. Longtime San Antonio Mexican restaurant Gilbert's won't close after all. Thanks to a fundraiser, the restaurant, founded by Tejano singer Gilbert Rodriguez, is staying open.
2. Retro Texas hotel brings back the '60s with celeb chef Stephan Pyles. Time for a road trip: A hipster motel and restaurant touting a celebrity chef has debuted in Stephenville, Texas.
3. Cookie dough shop opens new location near UTSA with first-day freebies. The second location of Scooped opens today, February 1, with free scoops from noon to 8 pm on opening day.
Scooped Cookie Dough Bar is opening its second San Antonio location.
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4. 6 lucky and tasty ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year in San Antonio. Ring in the Lunar New Year in style at these San Antonio events, most of which run through early February.
5. 30 chefs face off in tailgate competition for San Antonio schools. The eighth annual Titans of Tailgate event takes place February 1 at La Cantera from 1-4 pm.