As much as I’m fighting it, fall is all over my feed. Don’t get me wrong, I love this time of year, especially as an October baby (and I’ve got a little treat for my fellow Libras today). But the end of summer means 4PM sunsets are coming and I’m just not ready.

Instead of spiraling, I’ll focus on one of the season’s best coping mechanisms: cider. Specifically, hard cider. Win tickets to Cider Feast Boston and drink your way through the flavors of fall.

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Lao food has a new home in the South End; Phaeng & Phiu is taking over Shore Leave’s kitchen with crispy pork belly, green papaya salad, grilled prawns with jaew som and more fresh flavors.

• G-Eazy, Logic and Juicy J aren’t letting summer go without a fight. Their Endless Summer Tour Part II takes Seaport tomorrow. Grab last-minute seats!*

• A dollar doesn’t get you much in Boston but it still gets you a damn good coffee. Next Tuesday, George Howell is pouring $1 drip coffee all day — hot, iced or cold brew.

• The season’s designer lineup just dropped in Beacon Hill. Fashionably LATE turns The Liberty Hotel into a free fashion show where models strut through the lobby, pose on tables and weave through the crowds every Thursday night.

• Find even more just-announced Boston shows to add to your calendar!

BOSTON’S BEST BIRTHDAY FREEBIES

It’s almost Libra season and we know what you balanced babes want: free shit. Getting older is inevitable. Getting free food, drinks and perks out of it is just smart. Happy birthday to you, your roommate or whoever else is blowing out candles this month.

THIS WEEK

LOCALS ONLY

• Mission Hill is now home to one of only two Korean-American distilleries in the country making craft soju and gin from its own rice wine. NAMU serves up original cocktails that blend flavors from Korea and New England.

• Love on the Blue Line? A woman is searching for the blue-eyed mystery man she shared a spark with on the T and Boston is along for the ride.

• This Southie tapas spot just landed on the NYT 2026 Best Restaurant List. It’s been a fan favorite since opening in April and reservations are about to get a whole lot harder to snag.

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