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Breakfast: Whitney Mercilus opens restaurant

can add unusual title to his many awards and accolades as an NFL player.

Houston restaurant owner.

The fifth-year outside linebacker has teamed up with Underbelly chef Chris Shepherd to launch One Fifth, a five-year project that lives in the vaulted church that previously housed Mark’s American Cuisine. One Fifth opened its doors to the public last Friday, just in time for the Super Bowl 51 festivities and all its attendees.

The premise of the restaurant is unique, a concept developed by Shepherd.

“I’m glad he came to me about the idea because I think he is the only person who can pull it off and it’d be great for the city,” Mercilus said on the Texans Radio last season.