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Friday, June 13, 2025

Formosa Bun & Dumpling Factory to Open in Newton Centre

A Taiwanese restaurant is on its way to the western suburbs of Boston.

According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, Formosa Bun & Dumpling Factory is planning to open in Newton Centre, taking over the space on Beacon Street where Jake's Falafel Corner had been. A What Now article mentions that the upcoming eatery will focus on Taiwanese street food items, including steamed buns, fried bao, and grilled sausage, and that it hopes to open before the end of this month if all goes well.

The address for the upcoming Formosa Bun & Dumpling Factory is 740 A Beacon Street, Newton, MA, 02459.

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[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

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Friday, March 10, 2023

Asian Gourmet Restaurant in Concord Could Be Replaced by a Location of Dunkin'

A restaurant in the western suburbs of Boston that offers Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese food may be saying farewell to its home.

According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, Asian Gourmet Restaurant in Concord may be replaced by a location of Dunkin', with an application on the town's website showing the present use of the space being the former and the proposed use of the space being the latter. Asian Gourmet first opened approximately 30 years ago, offering such options as dim sum, sushi, and hibachi.

The address for Asian Gourmet Restaurant is 794 Elm Street, Concord, MA, 01742. Its website can be found at http://www.asiangourmetma.com/

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Grandma's Kitchen Opens in Newtonville

A brand new Taiwanese restaurant has debuted a few miles west of Boston.

According to a source, Grandma's Kitchen is now open in Newtonville, moving into a space on Washington Street by the Walnut Street Intersection. The new dining spot, which has limited seating and appears to be geared a bit more toward takeout, offers such items as bubble tea, wontons, wings, kimchi, sesame balls, popcorn chicken, a variety of noodle soups, rice burgers, and pork chop rice.

The address for Grandma's Kitchen is 823 Washington Street, Newtonville, MA, 02460.

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

Monday, June 20, 2022

TKK Fried Chicken in Quincy's Wollaston Neighborhood Has Closed; Kung Fu Tea Remains in Operation

A local outlet of a Taiwanese chicken chain has shut down, though the bubble tea chain who it shared its space with remains open for business.

According to a tweet from @FloydPerkinson, TKK Fried Chicken in the Wollaston section of Quincy is no longer in operation, with the post indicating that Kung Fu Tea is still open in the Beale Street space, while the website for the chicken chain has indeed removed the Quincy location. The two concepts had also shared a space within the Hong Kong Supermarket/Super 88 food court in Allston, but TKK Fried Chicken also left that space while Kung Fu Tea remains there as well.

TKK Fried Chicken and Kung Fu Tea first opened in Quincy's Wollaston Neighborhood in the summer of 2019.

The address for the now-closed TKK Fried Chicken (and still-open Kung Fu Tea) in Wollaston is 1 Beale Street, Quincy, MA, 02170. The website for the former is at https://www.tkkusa.com/ while the website for the latter is at https://www.kungfutea.com/

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Meet Fresh Opens in Allston

A Taiwan-based group of dessert spots has finally opened its new shop in Allston.

According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, Meet Fresh is now open on Brighton Avenue, moving into the space where Sushi Factory had been. The Facebook page for the place indicates that it is currently undergoing a soft opening with a temporary menu and hours from 12 Noon to 6 PM, and that it is offering Taiwanese drinks and desserts.

The Allston location of Meet Fresh has been in the works since the early part of 2019.

The address for Meet Fresh is 140 Brighton Avenue, Boston, MA 02134. The website for the company can be found at https://meetfresh.us/

[Earlier Article]
Sushi Factory and Hi B3ar Ice Cream Roll in Allston Are Closed; Meet Fresh to Replace Sushi Factory

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Sousaku Bistro in Malden Has Closed

It looks like an Asian fusion restaurant north of Boston has shut down permanently.

According to a source, Sousaku Bistro in Malden is no longer in business, with a sign out front at the Eastern Avenue spot saying that it has indeed closed down, though no reason has been given for its closure. The restaurant first opened in the fall of 2015, offering Japanese tapas-style options and sushi along with dishes with Taiwanese and other Asian influences.

The address for the now-closed Sousaku Bistro was 166 Eastern Avenue, Malden, MA, 02148.

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

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Monday, May 24, 2021

Shangri-La in Belmont Is Closing

A beloved Chinese restaurant in the western suburbs is shutting down after being in business for many years.

According to a source, Shangri-La in Belmont is getting ready to close, with a note within the website for the Belmont Street spot saying that they will be shuttering on May 31 "due to uncontrollable circumstances." The family behind the eatery does leave the door open to a possible rebirth of place, saying that "we will update you if we decide to relocate in the future."

Shangri-La first opened more than 20 years ago, serving a mix of Chinese-American and Taiwanese dishes while also offering a dim sum/brunch menu as well.

The address for Shangri-La is 149 Belmont Street, Belmont, MA, 02478. Its website can be found at https://shangrilachinese.com/

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[A related post from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): List of Restaurant Closings and Openings in the Boston Area]

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Thursday, November 07, 2019

TKK Fried Chicken/Kung Fu Tea Is Opening at Hong Kong Supermarket/Super 88 Food Court in Allston

A decades-old Taiwanese chicken chain that recently teamed up with a bubble tea chain to open its first Boston-area location is apparently planning to team up on a second location within the city itself.

According to a source (Sarah Wu), TKK Fried Chicken is opening within the Hong Kong Supermarket/Super 88 food court in Allston, with a check on the website for the chain indicating that it will be pairing up with a location of Kung Fu Tea; another source tells us that an outlet of Kung Fu Tea already exists in the food court, so we are trying to find out if that spot is moving to the TKK space or if they will share the existing Kung Fu Tea space.

Once it opens, TKK Fried Chicken/Kung Fu Tea will join another combination space in Quincy's Wollaston neighborhood, while several other Kung Fu Teas can be found in and around Boston. (Based on the TKK site, it looks like a third TKK Fried Chicken/Kung Fu Tea collaboration will be coming to Nashua, NH, as well.)

TKK Fried Chicken, which started out in Taiwan in 1974, features such items as fried chicken, wings, tenders, and chicken sandwiches. (Kung Fu Tea offers such items as classic tea, milk tea, slush, punch, and yogurt.) The website for TKK is at https://www.tkkusa.com/ while the website for Kung Fu Tea is at https://www.kungfutea.com/

[October 16, 2020 update: According to a poster within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page, TKK is now open in Allston, and it appears that Kung Fu Tea is indeed a part of the space.]

[Earlier Article]
TKK Fried Chicken, Kung Fu Tea Are Opening in Quincy's Wollaston Neighborhood

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[Related article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Twelve Food Items from Asian Restaurants in the Boston Area]

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Thursday, July 11, 2019

TKK Fried Chicken, Kung Fu Tea Are Opening in Quincy's Wollaston Neighborhood

A decades-old Taiwanese chicken chain will be teaming up with a bubble tea chain to open a shared space in Quincy.

Eater Boston is reporting (via a Twitter post from @siisterspooky) that TKK Fried Chicken and Kung Fu Tea are opening in the city's Wollaston neighborhood, with the former being the first location in New England and the latter joining a handful of other shops in the Greater Boston area. The post says that TKK Fried Chicken started out in Taiwan in 1974 and currently has only one location in the United States--in Manhattan's Flatiron area--while two others are being planned for the Philadelphia area and one for Texas. The chain serves such items as fried chicken, wings, tenders, and chicken sandwiches. (Kung Fu Tea offers such items as classic tea, milk tea, slush, punch, and yogurt.)

The address for this new dining spot in Wollaston is: TKK Fried Chicken/Kung Fu Tea, 1 Beale Street, Quincy, MA, 02170. The website for the former is at https://www.tkkusa.com/ while the website for the latter is at https://www.kungfutea.com/

[August 23 update: A new article from Eater Boston mentions that TKK Fried Chicken and Kung Fu Tea are now open in Wollaston.]

by Marc Hurwitz (Also follow us on Twitter at @hiddenboston)

[Related article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Twelve Food Items from Asian Restaurants in the Boston Area]

Monday, March 18, 2019

Cheers Cut Is Opening in North Quincy

by Marc Hurwitz

It looks like a small group of Taiwanese restaurants known in part for their crispy fried chicken will be opening a second location in the Boston area.

According to a Twitter post from @QuincyTweets, Cheers Cut is opening on Billings Road, with a tweet from @ahGwenYee saying that it is moving into a space that had been home to an insurance company. Based on the menu at the outlet in Allston that opened last summer, the new location could offer such items as crispy chicken, chicken nuggets, fried shrimp, sauteed calamari, fried diced beef, and more.

In addition to its Allston and upcoming North Quincy locations, Cheers Cut also has shops in New York and Florida.

The address for Cheers Cut in North Quincy will be 19 Billings Road, Quincy, MA, 02171.

[May 21 update: A Yelp page for the place indicates that Cheers Cut has soft-opened, and that it also has some sort of a connection to OneZo, an adjacent bubble tea spot that had soft-opened as well.]

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[Related article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Twelve Food Items from Asian Restaurants in the Boston Area]

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Green Tea in Newton Has Closed

A suburban Chinese restaurant that offered a variety of dishes along with dim sum on weekends has very quietly closed.

According to several sources, Green Tea in Newton has been locked up and dark for at least a couple of weeks, with no indication as to why it has shut down or what might happen to the space. A check on the website for the Elliot Street eatery shows that the site is still up and running, though its phone number does appear to be out of service. As soon as we find out what the exact status of the space is, we will post an update here.

Green Tea was known in part for its Northern Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese fare, along with its weekend dim sum and sushi options.

The address for this now-closed Chinese restaurant in Newton was: Green Tea, 24 Elliot Street, Newton, MA, 02461.

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[Related article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Twelve Food Items from Asian Restaurants in the Boston Area]

Friday, February 19, 2016

MuLan in Cambridge to Reopen After Being Gutted in Fire

An Asian restaurant on the western edge of Cambridge's Kendall Square that was hit by a major fire in late 2014 is planning to reopen.

Eater Boston is reporting (via a licensing board page within the city of Cambridge website) that MuLan Taiwanese Cuisine hopes to open its doors once again--possibly in three months--once repairs are completed at the Broadway spot. Both MuLan and Beauty's Pizza were gutted in a two-alarm blaze in December of 2014, with the latter also planning to reopen again soon as well, according to its website. [Ed note: Beauty's Pizza is now open in a new location.]

MuLan Taiwanese Cuisine opened a bit more than 10 years ago, taking over the space where Pho Lemon had once been. (The eatery also has a second location on Main Street in Waltham.)

The address for MuLan is 228 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02139. Its website is at http://www.mulan-ma.com/

[June 22, 2017 update: MuLan has not yet opened, but a Twitter post indicates that it may be opening back up again this weekend.]

[June 26, 2017 update: A new article from Eater Boston states that MuLan is open once again, and that it is larger than before, as it has taken over the former Beauty's Pizza space.]

[Earlier Article]
MuLan Taiwanese Cuisine in Cambridge "Gutted" by Overnight Fire

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[Related article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Twelve Food Items from Asian Restaurants in the Boston Area]

Monday, May 18, 2015

Dumpling Palace Opens in Boston's Back Bay

A new restaurant has come to the Back Bay of Boston, and it appears to be connected to a highly-rated eatery in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood.

According to a Twitter post from @TheDrewStarr along with posts on the Chowhound site, Dumpling Palace is now open on Mass. Ave., taking over the space where Nan Ling had been. Both posts seem to indicate that the new dining spot is affiliated with Dumpling Cafe, a Chinese and Taiwanese place on Washington Street that offers a variety of dumplings and steamed buns along with an extensive list of other entrees, and it appears that Dumpling Palace has a long and varied menu as well.

The Dumpling Cafe has received excellent reviews since opening five years ago, with Boston Magazine awarding it best spot for dumplings back in 2013.

The address for this new eatery in the Back Bay is: Dumpling Palace, 179 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115.

[Earlier Article]
Dumpling Cafe Opens on the Edge of Boston's Chinatown

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[New article from our sister site (Boston's Hidden Restaurants): Slideshow--Twelve Food Items from Asian Restaurants in the Boston Area]

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

MuLan Taiwanese Cuisine in Cambridge "Gutted" by Overnight Fire

An Asian restaurant on the western edge of Cambridge's Kendall Square was hit by a fire last night, and it appears that the blaze caused extensive damage to the place.

According to reports on WBZ 1030 this morning, MuLan Taiwanese Cuisine on Broadway was "gutted" in what was apparently a two-alarm fire, with a Twitter post from @ndoyle showing that the adjacent Beauty's Pizza was hit by the blaze as well. The photos from @ndoyle as well as a Twitter picture from @dcopewbz indicate that MuLan indeed suffered some major damage, though exact reports on the extent of the damage are not yet in.

MuLan Taiwanese Cuisine first opened in the former Pho Lemon space approximately 10 years ago; they also have a second location on Main Street in Waltham.

The address for MuLan is 228 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, 02139. Its website can be found at http://www.mulan-ma.com/

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Taipei Gourmet Replaces Three Gorges in Lexington

An Asian restaurant in East Lexington has closed down, with a new dining spot featuring Chinese and Taiwanese fare opening in its space.

According to mousechow.com (and confirmed by the restaurant's website), Taipei Gourmet is now open on Mass. Ave. just west of the Arlington border, taking over the former Three Gorges spot. Based on their menu, it appears that the new eatery offers a mix of Chinese-American, authentic Chinese, and Taiwanese dishes, including scallion pancakes, steamed house-made dumplings, crab rangoon, minced beef soup, fried pork chop over rice, lo mein, crispy duck with plum sauce, three-cup eggplant, sweet and sour chicken, flounder with sour mustard, and sesame tofu.

The address for this new restaurant in East Lexington is: Taipei Gourmet, 211 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, 02420. Their website can be found at taipei-gourmet.com

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Peking Cuisine in Newton Closes; Sweet Potato Bistro Taking Its Place

A Chinese restaurant in Newton has shut its doors, and a Taiwanese eatery is going to be taking over the space.

According to a poster on the Chowhound site, Peking Cuisine on Walnut Street (just north of the Beacon Street intersection) is now closed, and a new place called Sweet Potato Bistro will be opening in its spot. The poster mentions that the new restaurant may be opening sometime in July.

[July 13 update: According to recent posters on Chowhound, Sweet Potato Bistro is now open.]

Based on information from their website, Sweet Potato Bistro will be featuring Taiwanese tapas, including items such as steamed pork buns, jelly fish salad, beef tripe in spicy sauce, an oyster omelet, pan-fried turnip cakes, and minced pork over rice. A regular menu will also be available, with a variety of beef, poultry, pork, seafood, and vegetarian items offered, along with rice and noodle dishes.

Sweet Potato Bistro will be open for lunch and dinner on weekdays, with dim sum offered on weekends.

The address for the now-closed Peking Cuisine (and the new Sweet Potato Bistro) is 870 Walnut Street, Newton, MA, 02459. The website for Sweet Potato Bistro can be found at http://sweetpotatobistro.com/

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Wisteria in Allston Is Closed

It looks like a Taiwanese restaurant in the Hong Kong Market (formerly Super 88) in Allston has closed, and the people behind the place apparently cannot be found.

According to posters on Chowhound, Wisteria appears to be shut down, and an inspection result of the place on the City of Boston website shows a variety of violations, one of which is absence of an owner or anyone else in charge of the restaurant. Out of the ten violations, six were considered critical, according to the report. (Thanks to one of the Chowhound posters for putting up this link.)

In recent times, there had been three locations of Wisteria in the Boston area, with the Back Bay and East Cambridge restaurants now being closed as well.

The address for this now-closed Taiwanese in Allston was: Wisteria, 1095 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215.

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Formosa Taipei Opens in Lexington

A small restaurant featuring Taipei street food has opened in Lexington, replacing a Chinese bun shop that closed earlier this winter after only a short time in business. According to the restaurant's website, Formosa Taipei has moved into the space on Marrett Road (by the Waltham Street intersection) where Denian's had been since the spring of 2009. Formosa Taipei will focus on authentic Taipei fare as well as more familiar Chinese cuisine.

The menu at Formosa Taipei includes such Taiwanese items as oyster pan cake, sticky rice in bamboo, Taiwanese sausage, boiled intestine, and braised pork with a steamed bun. Also included are Chinese-American items such as crab rangoon, sesame beef, kung pao shrimp, lo mein, and General Tsao's chicken. A weekend dim sum section of the menu includes a number of traditional Taiwanese dishes.

Formosa Taipei, which appears to be mainly a takeout spot, is open seven days a week. Their hours are Monday to Friday from 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM, and Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 AM to 9:00 PM. (Weekend dim sum hours are 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM.)

The address for this new restaurant in Lexington is: Formosa Taipei, 315 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA, 02421. The phone number is (781) 862-6198. And the website is at: http://formosa-taipei.com/

Thanks to a poster on the Chowhound site for bringing this place to our attention.

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