Own A Piece Of MA Restaurant History + Locals Step Up For SNAP: MA Food Week

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

This week, we learned that hunger relief organizations and other local businesses — and residents — are helping their neighbors in the face of uncertainty.

Also this week, a public auction for items from the beloved and historic Anthony's Hawthorne By The Sea restaurant in Swampscott is getting underway and runs through Nov. 18.

It serves as your chance to own a piece of North Shore restaurant history.

Here's what else was cooking this week in Massachusetts:

• How To Own A Piece of North Shore Restaurant History
• Japanese Restaurant Closing Down In Brookline
• SNAP Benefit Freeze: MA Pols React As President Trump Threatens To Defy Court Order
• Sudbury Hunger Relief Organization Gets Thousands In Emergency Funding
• Salem SNAP-Loss Residents Can Receive Donated $25 Grocery Gift Cards
• Police Officer Taken To Hospital After Milford Restaurant Fire
• Newton Supermarket Reopens After Brief Asbestos Scare
• Marlborough Hunger Relief Organization Gets Thousands In Emergency Funding
• Colombian Steakhouse Starts Up In Brookline
• Wayland Hunger Relief Organization Gets Thousands In Emergency Funding
• 6 Now Dead, More Ill In Widespread Listeria Outbreak: What To Know In MA
• Patriot Place's Newest Restaurant Is Now Open