Here's a roundup of restaurants that are slated to open and close before the new year.

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Carmelo's Ristorante Italiano, 14795 Memorial, will reportedly close after serving brunch between 10:30 a.m. through 3 p.m. on Christmas Day. "Our culinary team and waitstaff were just youngsters when we started back then and now they are awesome professionals and family men and women," owner Carmelo Marua said in a statement to customers. "We've seen them grow up, become who they wanted to be and raise a second generation of greatness. We're so grateful and honored to have been witnesses of their stories and we're sure they'll do even greater things."

Dallas-based establishment Rodeo Goat Ice House is anticipated to open at 2118 Lamar St., at the intersection of St. Emanuel Street and Dallas, sometime before the end of the year. It was originally scheduled to open in October, but owner Shannon Wynne and Wynne's partners, Keith Schlabs and Larry Richardson, are delaying the debut to late 2017. Wynne also owns Flying Saucer and Flying Fish - which is expected to open soon in the Houston Heights.

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Montrose honky-tonk Goodnight Charlie's should be debuting before the new year at 2531 Kuester. Master Sommelier David Keck, formerly of Camerata wine bar, is at the helm of this exciting new concept, but this particular establishment will not be wine focused.

"The focus of (Goodnight Charlie's), other than music and dancing, is whiskey and beer," a spokeswoman for the upcoming bar said. "There will be a few Texas kegged wines, but that's it on the wine front. David has plans for wine-focused concepts in the future."

Longtime Galveston restaurant Olympia Grill, which has two island locations, is expanding to League City. They've already signed a lease at at 2535 Interstate 45 South, in the Pinnacle Park mixed-use development. To sample the upcoming south Bay Area restaurant now, head to the bayfront location Olympia the Grill at Pier 21, at 100 21st St - or opt for the Seawall outpost at 4908 Seawall Blvd.