MA Man Beats Own Hot Dog Record: 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.

We have a new hot dog record — or at least Warren resident Brandon Wood does.

Last weekend, Wood his own record in the Topsfield Fair hot dog eating contest by downing the equivalent of 22 standard hot dogs in seven minutes.

Warren ate 11 quarter-pound hot dogs to snap his own previous record of 10 from 2022.
This was the fifth year of the Fair's hot dog bonanza with Wood winning the prize pot of $205 courtesy of contest sponsor Marc Freedman at the Bnai Brith Booth.

Stone Cow Harvest Fest

Head to Stone Cow Brewery farm in Barre Saturday and Sunday for the brewer's annual Harvest Festival. The festival includes live music, ice cream made on site, beer, cider and seltzer, "field-to-flame" barbecue, "pumpkin chuckin" with a pumpkin cannon and more autumnal delights.

Here's what else was cooking in Patch communities across Massachusetts:

• Chef Kenzo Opening New Restaurant In Westborough
• Worcester Will Mark Día De Los Muertos With Help From Spiritual Beer
• Record Demand At Salem Food Pantry, Donations Needed
• Worcester's Root And Press Moving Crosstown To Shrewsbury Street
• Fundraiser For Pizza Shop After 4-Alarm Wayland Fire
• Portuguese Fine Dining Comes To MA [Eater Boston]
• Union Square Donuts Coming To Cambridge [Boston Restaurant Talk]

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