🌱 Patch AM: Which Natick restaurants quietly shut their doors last year?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Natick restaurants quietly shut their doors last year?

Also on today's calendar: Natick Morse Institute Library Hosts Gateway Camera Club Exhibit and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sun followed by clouds, with a high of 31 and low of 22 degrees.
• Sunday: A.M. flurries; rather cloudy, temps: high: 30, low: 11. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Partly sunny and cold, with a high of 23 and low of 19 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• These MetroWest MA restaurants closed in 2025. Was one your favorite? (metrowestdailynews.com) — Several well-known Natick restaurants closed in 2025, including B.Good on Route 9, Minado’s long-running Japanese buffet, Oga’s Japanese Cuisine, and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza on Route 27. The piece looks back at these losses and other MetroWest closures while also noting some new openings around the region that may tempt Natick diners.
   

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Sunday January 4

• Natick Morse Institute Library Hosts Gateway Camera Club Exhibit
  Morse Institute Library , 14 E Central St , Natick
  1:00 pm

Monday January 5

• All Together: Preschool Storytime
  Bacon Free Library , 58 Eliot Street , Natick
  10:00 am
• Council on Aging Board Executive Subcommittee Meeting
  Natick, MA Calendar Natick, MA 01760
  12:00 pm
• Trails and Forest Stewardship Committee
  Natick, MA Calendar Natick, MA 01760
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• All Together: Preschool Storytime
  Bacon Free Library , 58 Eliot Street , Natick
  10:00 am
• Brown School Council 1-6-26 In Person and Virtual
  Natick, MA Calendar , BROWN SCHOOL 1 JEAN BURKE DRIVE , Natick
  6:00 pm
• Community Preservation Committee (CPC) Meeting
  Natick, MA Calendar
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Wayland Winter Farmers' Market At Russell's Garden Center
  Russell's Garden Center , 397 Boston Post Rd , Wayland
  10:30 am

Monday January 12

• The Third Act Collaborative
  Natick Community-Senior Center , 117 E Central St , Natick
  1:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Home Safety Workshop
  Natick Community-Senior Center , 117 E Central St , Natick
  11:00 am

Thursday January 15

• Meaningful Connections Memory Cafe
  Natick Community-Senior Center , 117 E Central St , Natick
  11:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Framingham

• Framingham MA City Council has new chair. Here's who it is (metrowestdailynews.com)
• Escaped lizard, baby giraffe and feline mayor: Mass.' best animal stories of 2025 (masslive.com)
• Barbara B. Grant (tworivertimes.com)

Weston

• First Night Boston Puts Diversity and Culture At Center Stage (bostonglobe.com)
• Here's a list of celebrities who moved into or out of MA this past year (wickedlocal.com)
• ‘It has been a pleasure': Premier Boston steakhouse shutters both locations (masslive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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