These MA Restaurants Are Getting National Recognition: 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.

Three Massachusetts restaurants were recognized in national publications this week for being among the best in the nation.

Bon Appétit included restaurants from Cambridge and Quincy on its list of the 24 best new restaurants across the nation. Meanwhile, the New York Times released a list of the most exciting restaurants across the U.S. right now, and Dorchester's Comfort Kitchen was the pick from Massachusetts. The restaurant is a "celebration of the ingredients and flavors of the African diaspora — global comfort food — connected from Asia to the Americas."

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

• Fluff Festival Takes Over Somerville This Weekend
• Jack's Abbey In Framingham Plans 9-Day Oktoberfest
• Brookline's Dok Bua Thai Kitchen Is Closing
• Cape Gets New Irish Pub
• Take The Newton 'Bakery Crawl'
• Widowmaker Brewing Kicks Off Oktoberfest
• Imperial Beer Festival In Worcester Draws Brewers From Across New England
• You're Buying Olive Oil Wrong [Boston Globe]
• New England's First Duck Donuts Opening [Boston Restaurant Talk]

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