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Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
The 38th August Moon Festival returns to the streets of Quincy
The main festival stage on Coddington Street will host back-to back dances, musical performances, and martial arts demonstrations. The festivities begin at noon with a traditional Chinese lion dance, performed by children from the Kwong Kow Chinese School. The Rhode Island Kung Fu & Lion Dance Club will perform another lion dance at noon. Advertisement Festival goers will also be able to see a wide range of dances, including K-pop, fusion, Bollywood, Latin, ballet, Tibetan, and Mongolian dance. Many of the performers featured are from art and performance schools around Greater Boston. Down the block, more than 100 vendor groups will sell their wares at a street market , and food trucks will sell a variety of traditional snacks and street foods. Thomas P. Koch, the mayor of Quincy, will make opening remarks at the event, and Massachusetts Representative Tackey Chan will also appear. Games and carnival activities are part of the fun, too. There will be two bouncy houses on site for children, rock climbing, and table games set up for attendees. Free ice cream and cotton candy will be available for children and families. Advertisement Free parking for the event will be available at the South Shore YMCA. Ryan Yau can be reached at
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
South Shore food news: Taste of the South Shore and double smash burgers
Hungry? We've got you. The South Shore YMCA will bring together 30 businesses and brands offering the best food and drink the area has to offer with the annual Taste of the South Shore on May 7 to raise money for the YMCA's youth sports programs. This is also Asian Restaurant Week, which runs through May 11. A number of area restaurants are offering specials and discounts as part of the week, so be kind to your taste buds and treat them to maybe something new or a perhaps a favorite dish to indulge in. There's still more meat to our restaurant news, so keep reading and see what makes your stomach growl loudest. The Hale Family YMCA in Quincy is hosting its annual Taste of the South Shore fundraising event beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, to benefit the youth sports programs at the Y. The 21-plus event will be hosted by chef and restauranteur Jimmy Liang, and David Lombardo will serve as emcee. The fundraiser will feature tastings from over 30 of the region's top chefs, wineries, breweries and distilleries. Participants are encouraged to bid on silent auction items and purchase raffle tickets to win gift cards to participating Taste restaurants. Guests can also cast their ballots for the Top Taste and Top Sip awards. Tickets are $175 per person, and registration is required. Visit to reserve seating. The Hale Family YMCA is located at 79 Coddington St. in Quincy. Stoked Pizza Co.'s Cohasset location at 380 Chief Justice Cushing Highway recently added its new Stoked Stack burgers to the menu. The double smash burgers include cheese, bacon, onion, pickles, knockout sauce and lettuce. The burgers also also come in a vegetarian and vegan style with some tweaks courtesy of Impossible Burgers. Further north, the lights are staying on later at the Burger King at 393 Washington St. in East Weymouth, recently going from a midnight closing time to 3 a.m. It remains to be seen whether the new hours takes a bite out of business for the 24-hour McDonald's a quarter mile away on Route 18 that consistently has late-night lines. More: What fast-food restaurant Braintree is getting in failed Chick-fil-A spot. What we know In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, dozens of Asian restaurants in Greater Boston are offering special dishes and deals to showcase the region's great cultural and culinary diversity. Boston Asian Restaurant Week runs now through May 11, and five Quincy locations are dishing out special deals to celebrate. Click here for a breakdown of where to go and what to get in the City of Presidents, where a third of residents are foreign born and almost 30% identify as Asian. Do you have restaurant news to share? Reach out to Patriot Ledger reporter David R. Smith at drsmith@ This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Where to eat on the South Shore
