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Somerville’s Petsi Pies are available at delis and markets in Cambridge, Brookline, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain. | Photo by @petsipies
Ready or not, the holidays are just around the corner — if you’re planning menus for family or friends, we humbly recommend starting with dessert.
Capo, 443 W. Broadway
The South Boston restaurant’s lemon meringue, apple blueberry crumble, banoffee (read: banana, toffee + whipped cream), and turtle chocolate pies can be made gluten-free. Don’t overlook their cornucopia of dessert options, like the peanut butter Oreo cheesecake, cake pop bouquets, and cinnamon crunch banana bread.
Fornax Bread Company, 27 Corinth St.
Find chocolate, banana, and Boston cream pies at this Roslindale bakery, plus apple, mixed berry, and blueberry varieties. Short on time? Order one of the meat pies or savory tarts filled with chicken, spinach, or sweet potato for dinner.
The Blue Frog Bakery, 3 Green St.
Once you’ve placed an order for a pecan or double crust apple pie, take home a soft gingerbread cake — complete with a citrus glaze — or a traditional Yule log, frosted with chocolate ganache and meringue mushrooms.
Clear Flour Bread, 178 Thorndike St., Brookline
Try global treats like Apfelstreusel, raspberry linzer torte, iced gingerbread cake, Austrian nut cookies, and plum-filled berliners. Bonus: German Stollen are typically available ‘til Christmas Eve.
Hi-Rise Bread Company, 208 Concord Ave., Cambridge
Look for the five-inch tall pies, piled with mountains of apple filling. We dare you to resist the all-butter Stolle de Noël, made with lemon + orange peels, golden raisins, dried Zante currants, almonds, dark Haitian rum, and native wildflower honey.
Petsi Pies, 285 Beacon St., Somerville
Shake up your holiday with an apple-pear-cranberry pie with walnuts, sweet potato pecan pie, or chocolate bourbon pecan pie. Chocolate lovers can’t miss the Mississippi mud pie, an indulgent blend of Belgian chocolate, brownie streusel, and chocolate cookie crust, completed with — what else? — a chocolate glaze. Even “Good Morning America” is a fan.
Sunken Pumpkins: Halloween at the Aquarium | Saturday, Oct. 25-Sunday, Oct. 26 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | $39+ for adults, $30 for children ages 2 and up (program included with regular admission)
Don’t break out the puffers just yet — NOAA’s winter weather outlook for New England anticipates slightly above-average temperatures December through February. (Boston.com)
Drink
This beer is only 30%. Yeah, you read that right. Sam Adams’ new Utopias 2025 brew is a barrel-aged “extreme beer” with an ABV that’s actually illegal in 15 states — including Vermont and New Hampshire. A 24.5-ounce bottle costs $240. (WCVB)
Listen
With fall comes local-favorite festivals + live music (catch us at Roadrunner next week for Of Monsters and Men). Luckily, these hearing aids are the world’s first with multi-stream processing, designed to help you engage in conversations effortlessly (even in noisy environments). Explore a no-risk trial.*
Biz
Boston.com reported on data this week that shows Boston workers are going back to the office — sometimes. 2025 has seen a 9.7% increase in office visits compared to last year, however Boston trails behind the national average (13%). Personally, we’re still loving the remote work life.
Regional
12 New England cities were named among WalletHub’s 2025 Safest Cities in America. Boston came in at No. 30, behind Warwick, Rhonde Island (No.1); Burlington, Vermont (No. 5); and Portland, Maine (No. 22).
Sports
Boston’s new women’s soccer team — Legacy FC — will kick off its inaugural season next spring. Read more about the founders.(The Boston Globe)
Jobs
Several short and feature-length films are currently casting for lead roles in and around Boston — including “Lowball” from Baltimore-based Eden Productions. (Boston 25 News)
Concert
Join the Boston Pops for a spirited fall at Symphony Hall. Be spellbound by Disney’s Hocus Pocus in Concert (Oct. 30 + 31), get spooked by the organ during The Phantom of the Opera (Oct. 31), celebrate Día de Muertos and musical icon Juan Gabriel (Nov. 1). Snag tickets.*
Closing
The Framingham Fresh Market that opened last year will close by Dec. 14. The North Carolina-based boutique grocery chain will continue to operate locations in Hingham and Mansfield. Hingham and Mansfield. (Boston.com)
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Seasonal
Salem’s Black Cat Tours ranked among USA Today’s top 10 ghost tours in the country for the fourth year in a row. Want to get spooky? Learn more about their Land and Sea tour + the adults-only Midnight Prowl. (MassLive)
Tech
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Older Adults
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Save up to 70% on premier fall experiences with Groupon. New deals appear every day so you can discover your next “why-didn’t-we-do-this-sooner” at the click of a button.
Speaking of pies, I made my first apple pie of the season — and my first homemade pie crust ever — earlier this week.
Photo by Erin McPherson
I followed a simple recipe from the New York Times Cooking app + used about 2 pounds of Macouns, Macintoshes, and Honeycrisps that I hand-picked last weekend at Mack’s Apples in Londonderry, New Hampshire (~55 minutes from downtown Boston).
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