Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, and with it, a chance to break out your grill for the season. To help get things started, some local restaurants have put together their own Memorial Day Weekend kits. Four different grill kits are available at Sweet Cheeks Q in the Fenway, featuring dishes like pulled pork, potato salad, buttermilk biscuits, beer can chicken, Texas-style hot links, and more. The Smoke Shop BBQ is offering a weekend barbecue box, stuffed with smoked chicken, pulled pork, cornbread, coleslaw, butter cake, and other barbecue delights, while Myers + Chang is selling a picnic box full of chicken wings, edamame dip, spicy green papaya slaw, pork spare ribs, Chinese mustard potato salad, and Oreo cookies. Kits will sell out, so be sure to order as soon as possible.
12 fun (and safe) things to do in Boston now that a normal-ish spring is upon us
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From left to right, top to bottom: Running by the Charles River, a kayaker near the Veteran s Memorial Bridge in Scituate Harbor, a boy on a Boston Duck Tour, the Public Garden, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.Globe Staff
The weather is warming, coronavirus numbers are dwindling, restrictions are easing, and Massachusetts residents might be on the verge of experiencing an unfamiliar phenomenon: something to look forward to.
On Friday, masks will no longer be required outdoors, as long as it is possible to socially distance. By May 10, large venues, both indoors and outdoors, can operate at 25 percent capacity. By Memorial Day, street festivals, bars, beer gardens, and wineries can reopen. And by August 1, all industry restrictions will be lifted. (Though Bostonâs reopening timeline will trail the stateâs by three weeks).