Somebody tried replacing the obscene anti-Urban Outfitters graffiti in front of the unopened Harvard Avenue store with a more charming love-of-Allston message. Allston City Limits says it's an improvement.

Harry Mattison gets the scoop on the delay of tomorrow's originally scheduled vote. Michael Pahre wonders if it has to do with local officials, in particular Councilor Ciommo, still expressing reservations over the latest proposal.

Allston Village Main Streets and the Boston Preservation Alliance say they've started work on a historic walking tour of Allston, designed for the sort of people who love the Twin Donuts sign and want to learn more about the local history and architecture. Contact Allston Village Main Streets Executive Director Katie Reed if you want to help design the tour: katie@allstonvillage.com or 617-254-7564.

Twin Donuts makes history, well, an Errol Morris ad for beer:

An allegedly drunk Quincy man arrested at the Joshua Tree for refusing to leave when he'd had too much and then attacking one cop's chest with his elbows and beating his head against a mini-van asked if he could be let go because it was his birthday, Wicked Local Allston/Brighton reports.

Mac and Cheese Takedown this Sunday at Great Scott, 1222 Comm. Ave. in Allston: $10 gets you in the door to sample everybody's macaroni and cheese (including your own) and help declare a winner (who gets a six-month membership in a mac-and-cheese-of-the-month club).

Via Allston City Limits.

BehindDarkEyes photographed the ad-hoc memorial for Gregory Phillips, whom police say died of a single stab wound to the heart in a fight at Harvard and Brighton avenues early Sunday morning.

Copyright BehindDarkEyes. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

A hearty Allston welcome for the new Urban Outfitters.

Since September, the Kells has had at least four violent incidents linked to it, most recently this past weekend's murder that prosecutors say started as an argument inside the Brighton Avenue bar. Here's a rundown of these incidents linked to the bar, which members of the Boston Licensing Board said is not a trouble spot:

The Boston Licensing Board will hold a hearing sometime next month to consider this weekend's murder that prosecutors say started as an argument inside The Kells on Brighton Avenue.

Board Chairman Daniel Pokaski said today there was no need for an emergency hearing on the issue, in part because press reports indicated the fight that led to Gregory Phillips' death happened outside the bar, in part because there are no other outstanding issues with it. It typically takes about a month to schedule a hearing, he said.

"We do not consider them to be a troublespot," board member Michael Connolly said. Pokaski agreed, praising the Kells for its "level-headed" management.

An argument that began at the Kells early Sunday morning spilled onto Brighton Avenue, quickly became physical and ended with the stabbing death of Gregory Phillips of West Roxbury, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.