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Fast-Growing Food Concept Expands + MA Restaurant Is Among Best In U.S.: Food Week

Major restaurant openings and special promotions are making Massachusetts food news this week.

Welcome to Patch's weekly roundup of food and restaurant news in Massachusetts, where we review openings, closings, and more in the state's dining scene.

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Mass. restaurant makes elite New York Times list

One Massachusetts restaurant is included in The Restaurant List 2026, an elite compilation of the 50 best restaurants in America by The New York Times.

Dalia, a Spanish tapas restaurant at 429 W. Broadway in South Boston, made the list. The eatery opened in April and is already drawing national recognition.

How to get $2 coffee in Mass. this month

Honey Dew, a New England-based coffee and donut chain, will offer a medium hot or iced coffee for $2 with any additional purchase on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

The one-day deal will be available at Honey Dew locations across New England exclusively through the chain's rewards app.

Fast-growing food hall celebrates two openings

Wonder recently celebrated the opening of its location at The Shops at Blackstone Valley, 70 Worcester-Providence Turnpike, where the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 3.

The company is continuing its Massachusetts expansion with another location at 392 Harvard St. in Brookline, which will officially open Thursday, Sept. 24, at 10:30 a.m.

Unique cafe closes its doors in Mass.

INspire Cafe closed earlier this month in Wakefield. The 411 Main St. cafe was run in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Metro North.

The closure comes as the "financial realities of operating the Cafe have become increasingly challenging."

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