Boston Restaurant Talk

Friday, October 24, 2025

Hinoki Plans to Open at Wayside in Burlington

It looks like a new Japanese restaurant is on its way to a retail development in the northern suburbs of Boston.

According to a source (Beckie Hunter), Hinoki is planning to open in Burlington, moving into a space at Wayside, a retail center that is is just south of Route 128/95 and just off Route 3. A page within the wilderco.com website indicates that the upcoming restaurant will be a contemporary Japanese dining spot that offers a "refined dining experience," and that the space will include an outdoor patio, while an earlier Daily Times Chronicle article mentions that this will be a second location of a restaurant in Greenwich, CT. If all goes as planned, Hinoki will open sometime in the early part of 2026.

The website for Hinoki can be found at https://hinokigreenwich.com/

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Mad Matt's Pizza and Roast Beef to Open in the Former Flip the Bird Space in North Woburn

Last month, it was reported that a local group of dining spots in the northern suburbs of Boston that focus on fried chicken sandwiches had closed one of its locations, and now we have learned what will be going into the space.

According to a source (Beckie Hunter), Mad Matt's Pizza and Roast Beef is planning to open in North Woburn, moving into the former Flip the Bird Space on Main Street. A Daily Times Chronicle article indicates that Nicholas Houvardas of Nick's Place in Lexington and Burlington is involved (and presumably Matthew Houvardas as well), with the upcoming spot apparently not having any renovations being done to the space.

Other locations of Flip the Bird remain open in Beverly, Danvers, and Swampscott, along with an upcoming outlet in North Andover.

The address for the upcoming Mad Matt's Pizza and Roast Beef in North Woburn is 880 Main Street (Route 38), Woburn, MA, 01801.

[Earlier Article]
Flip the Bird in North Woburn Has Closed

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Klin Thai to Open in West Roxbury

A brand new Thai restaurant is on its way to a Boston neighborhood, and it will be going into the space where two other Thai restaurants--and at least a couple of other dining spots--had been.

According to an article from Universal Hub, Klin Thai is going to be opening in West Roxbury, moving into the space on Centre Street that had been home to Som Tum Modern Thai Cuisine, and before that, Sticky Rice, the King, and Samia's. The post mentions that Patcharin Jeesom is behind the upcoming eatery, and he is also planning to open another location of Klin Thai in Haverhill as well.

The address for the upcoming location of Klin Thai in West Roxbury is 1894 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132.

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The Fresh Market in Framingham Is Closing

A chain of specialty grocery stores with three locations in Eastern Massachusetts will soon be down to two, as its shop west of Boston is shutting down.

According to a poster within the ChewOnThis Facebook group page, The Fresh Market in Framingham is closing its doors, with the shop shuttering at an as-of-yet undisclosed date (it is currently offering 25% off all items other than alcohol, according to the thread). While the Worcester Road store will be closing, it does look like locations in Hingham and Mansfield will remain in operation.

The Framingham outlet of The Fresh Market opened a bit under a year ago.

The address for the soon-to-close Fresh Market in Framingham is 84 Worcester Road (Route 9), Framingham, MA, 01702. The website for the company is at https://www.thefreshmarket.com/

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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Hashi Market to Open Locations in Brookline, Cambridge

A chain of Japanese supermarkets with roots in New York City will be opening two locations in the Boston area.

According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page along with a Cambridge Day article, Hashi Market is planning to open on Beacon Street in Coolidge Corner and Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square, with the poster mentioning that the Cambridge location plans to include a Matcha dessert shop called Fujissa that is affiliated with the chain. Hashi Market opened its first store in Manhattan in 2024 and currently has a handful of locations in New York and California.

The address for the Brookline location will be 1341 Beacon Street while the Cambridge location will be at 580 Massachusetts Avenue; the website for the chain is at https://www.hashimarket.com/

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Tambo 22 in Chelsea to Bring Back Menu Items from Taranta in Boston's North End

A Peruvian-Italian restaurant just north of Boston will be adding some new menu items to its current offerings--and they come from an acclaimed dining spot that had been in the North End until closing early on in the pandemic.

According to a press release, Chef José Duarte of Tambo 22 in Chelsea will be adding some of the best-known menu items from Taranta (which had been located on Hanover Street until shutting down in August of 2020), with options including brined double thick pork chop with chancaca and rocoto, chicken parm with cancha corn crust and fusilli pomodoro with Peruvian panca pepper, and gnocchi di yuca with a braised lamb ragu seco style, along with some new dishes as well. In the press release, Duarte mentions that "Taranta represented the bridge between two cultures — Italy and Peru — and Tambo 22 gives those flavors a new home....It's about keeping that story alive while inviting a new generation of diners to experience it." The new menu items from Taranta will be introduced on Thursday, August 23.

Tambo 22 first opened its doors in Chelsea in March of 2020.

The address for Tambo 22 is 22 Adams Street, Chelsea, MA, 02150. Its website can be found at https://tambo22chelsea.com/

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