Currentea Opens at Hub Hall in Boston's North Station Area

A new spot that offers cheese-filled corn dogs, bubble tea, and more has come to a Boston food hall.

According to a press release, Currentea is now open at Hub Hall on Causeway Street by North Station and TD Garden, with its website showing a variety of tea and snack options including boba, mozzarella cheese dogs, jumbo fried squid, beef, pork, and lamb skewers, sausage wraps, fried egg rolls, deep-fried cheese wontons, soft serve, and more.

The website for Currentea can be found at https://www.currentea.com/ while its Instagram page can be found at https://www.instagram.com/currentea.us/

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Kong Dog to Expand to Boston, Braintree, and Peabody

A chain of Korean corn dog spots that opened its first Boston-area location in Somerville last year is planning to open at least three more outlets in the local area.

According to the locations page within its website, Kong Dog is looking to open locations at Faneuil Hall in Boston as well as in Braintree and Peabody, with the latter two possibly coming to Northshore Mall and South Shore Plaza, those these two locations have not been confirmed as of yet. Once they open, the new shops will join another on Elm Street in Davis Square, and they will likely offer corn dogs with such coatings as sweet potato, ramen crumbles, fried potato, Cheetos, fruity rice puffs, Doritos, and more along with bubble tea.

Kong Dog was established in Illinois in 2021; the website for the company can be found at https://kongdog.us/

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

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Kong Dog Opens in Somerville's Davis Square

A growing chain of dining spots that feature corn dogs is in the process of opening its first Boston-area location in the heart of Somerville.

According to a tweet from Cambridge Day, Kong Dog is undergoing a soft opening in Davis Square, with the Elm Street eatery offering Korean corn dogs with such coatings as fried potato, sweet potato, ramen crumbles, fruity rice puffs, Doritos, Cheetos, and more along with bubble tea

Kong Dog first started out in Illinois in 2021.

The address for Kong Dog in Davis Square is 236 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, 02144. The website for the company can be found at https://kongdog.us/

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

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Kimchipapi Korndogs and Pon De Joy Are Opening in the Old Pho Viet's Space in the Hong Kong Supermarket/Super 88 Food Court in Allston

The people behind a Korean eatery in Allston that is known in part for its poke bowls is bringing a new dining spot to a nearby food court.

According to an article from Eater Boston, Joon Son and his team from Kimchipapi Kitchen on Harvard Avenue will be opening Kimchipapi Korndogs and Pon De Joy in the old Pho Viet's space in the Hong Kong Supermarket/Super 88 food court, with the former being an extension of Kimchipapi Kitchen and offering corn dogs and tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), while the latter will feature mochi doughnuts. The post mentions that Kimchipapi Korndogs and Pon De Joy--which hope to open in August--will use the same kitchen and counter, though the branding and signage will be separate.

Pho Viet's, which features banh mi, pho, and more, moved from the food court to a nearby space on Commonwealth Avenue early this year.

[October 14 update: Eater Boston states that Pon De Joy is now open, and a source (Sarah Wu) tells us that Kimchipapi Korndogs will also open at some point in time.]

[October 19 update: Our source tells us that Kimchipapi Korndogs now appears to be open, as the menu at the space now includes Korean Street Korndogs and Potato Korndogs.]

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

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