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An Italian restaurant that serves brunch? Not as weird as it sounds.

The quotes in this morning’s Post are straight out of a schlocky horror movie: “You prevent the spread for as long as you can, and then you just suck it up.” Zombies? Aliens? C.H.U.D.s? Oh, no, it’s zebra mussels, pesky little creatures that invade freshwater bodies and generally cause chaos. The mussels — considered the roaches of the sea, as they feed on detritus — vex everything that uses the water: their sharp shells cut…

Dish of the Week Moules frites from Granville Moore’s Mussels have popping up all over town in the past year, from Brasserie Beck to Marvin. But one of the big stories is the mussels at Granville Moore’s on H Street. So much so that Chef Teddy Folkman got challenged to a smackdown with Bobby Flay on Tuesday at the Argonaut. Everyone had been speculating that the event that was originally announced, a taping for…