Panera Bread is to PCs as Starbucks is to Macs.

If you don’t feel like fighting the crowds at Greenville Avenue’s St. Patrick’s celebration this weekend (R.I.P Greenville Bar & Grill, Terrilli’s, Hurricane Grill, and Mick’s), head over to Hotel Palomar’s Central 214 restaurant from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday for a party on the patio. The shindig will feature all of the traditional St. Paddy’s accouterments (Irish music, green beer, grilled brats, etc.), without all the walking, shoving, and endless port-o-potty lines of Lower Greenville. Cost is $25 per person. Go here for more info.

I’ve told y’all, right, about my Wells Fargo spending report and EatZi’s? In short, when the paper officed near the EatZi’s Oak Lawn location, something like 20 percent of my expenditures were was tagged with its name (it was a very real problem, and proof, I guess, that addictions come in all forms).

That said, opening day is now delayed for a new location inside the Pavillion on Lover’s Lane. Originally set for tomorrow, it’s been pushed back — probably to sometime within the next two weeks, says spokesperson Beth St. Lawrence.

Can we handle this?

Because I love Lilly Pulitzer and La Duni (and really wanted to post this pic of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter), I thought I’d give you the heads up about their Fashion Tea Party from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Feb. 27 at La Duni’s Northpark Center location.

Models will strut their stuff in accessories and apparel from the boutique’s animal-inspired spring line, while guests partake in afternoon exotic teas by the restaurant’s executive chef Julia Lopez, and enchanting tea pastries by executive pastry chef Duni Borga.

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Pinkberry, our fair city’s latest fro-yo franchise, will debut its delicious frozen goodness from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at its new West Village storefront on the corner of McKinney Avenue and Blackburn Street. The “pink carpet” will be rolled out for guests, and local DJ (and Park Cities Two cover girl!) Lucy Wrubel will be spinning tunes all evening. I can’t think of a better reason to stuff my face full of frozen pomegranate yogurt!

_____________ provides the best cheap lunch in the Park Cities.