Restaurants & Bars
MA Panini Chain Expanding To Shoppers World In Framingham
Hot Table's Framingham restaurant will be the farthest east location for the Springfield-based company.

FRAMINGHAM, MA — A Springfield-based panini restaurant chain will soon open its seventh location at Shoppers World in Framingham.
The Framingham location will also be Hot Table's most eastern location. The chain has restaurants in Marlborough and Worcester, the Springfield area and near Hartford, Conn. The Framingham location will open in spring 2021, according to the company's website.
Hot Table was founded in 2007 by brothers John and Chris DeVoie and restaurateur Don Watroba.
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"Inspired by small eatery’s in Italy called Tavola Calda, literally “Hot Table” in English, their vision for Hot Table was simple, delicious pressed sandwiches, made to order, and served in a way that makes customers feel cared for and valued, by employees that feel cared for and valued," the company says on its website.
DeVoi told MassLive this week the Framingham location will be the chain's "highest-profile retail location" in Massachusetts.
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