Before doors open at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday, Fred Walker fires up the grill and starts preparing egg rolls for the fryer.

The setup: Walker and his wife, April, own and operate the Fred’s Downtown Philly restaurant in Allen. Fred was raised in Philadelphia and moved to North Texas to become an electrical engineer before eventually opening a restaurant in the 90s, he said.

He couldn’t find a “good cheesesteak” in the area and his friends in Philadelphia always asked him to make them, Walker said. He started selling cheesesteaks to neighbors in North Texas and formally opened his first restaurant in 1995.

What’s on the menu: Fred’s Downtown Philly, which also has locations in Plano and Carrollton, serves a variety of Philly cheesesteak sandwiches cooked to order. The most popular menu items include a classic Philly cheesesteak, a pepper cheesesteak, a mushroom cheesesteak and a broadstreet cheesesteak, April Walker said.

Vedora Nail Lounge is now open in Allen, a company representative said.

Zoom in: The business offers manicures, pedicures, eyelash extensions and waxing services, per its website.

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Texas environmental regulators have continued processing certain data center permits in the month since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a permitting pause, according to a new report from FracTracker, an oil and gas watchdog group.

The details: Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality last month to "halt all permits sought by data centers" while the Electric Reliability Council of Texas audits proposed projects.

Yet as of Oct. 16, the TCEQ had moved at least 35 data center-related applications forward, per an analysis of TCEQ records.

Zooming in: The agency has issued public notices for three data center projects since Abbott ordered the pause Sept. 21. It also approved stormwater coverage, certified air emissions limits or assigned engineers to other projects.

"No permits have been approved," Andrew Mahaleris, the governor's press secretary, said Oct. 20. "In line with the governor’s directive, TCEQ has not taken and will not take any proactive actions related to the approval of data center permits."

"These actions do not signal an agency trying to pause," FracTracker said in the report.