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Salem Fall Restaurant Week 2009
That grumbling you hear is my belly ramping up for a feast tonight. Salem’s fall restaurant week kicked off yesterday and runs to Thursday, September 17th. As has been the case with previous restaurant weeks, restaurants involved are offering...
Salem Fall Restaurant Week 2009
That grumbling you hear is my belly ramping up for a feast tonight. Salem’s fall restaurant week kicked off yesterday and runs to Thursday, September 17th. As has been the case with previous restaurant weeks, restaurants involved are offering...
All you can eat for a MONTH!
You may have heard of the airline deal “all you can fly for a month” well the Hawthorne Hotel is jumping on that price bonanza wagon and offering their own special deal. All you can eat for a month for $599 This offer is valid between Sep...
All you can eat for a MONTH!
You may have heard of the airline deal “all you can fly for a month” well the Hawthorne Hotel is jumping on that price bonanza wagon and offering their own special deal. All you can eat for a month for $599 This offer is valid between Sep...
Salem Heritage Days
The first week or so (10 days) of August in Salem MA is known as Salem Heritage Days. This 10 day celebration of Salem offerings brings us food, fun and street fairs. Yesterday one of the premier events of Salem Heritage Days happened in the Salem ...
Salem Heritage Days
The first week or so (10 days) of August in Salem MA is known as Salem Heritage Days. This 10 day celebration of Salem offerings brings us food, fun and street fairs. Yesterday one of the premier events of Salem Heritage Days happened in the Salem ...
Tavern in the Square
Tavern in the Square Corner of New Derby & Washington Salem, MA 01970 www.taverninthesquare.com Tavern in the Square The much awaited Tavern In The Square opened this week and we ran over to check it out. The first thing you will notice is that t...
Tavern in the Square
Tavern in the Square Corner of New Derby & Washington Salem, MA 01970 www.taverninthesquare.com The much awaited Tavern In The Square opened this week and we ran over to check it out. The first thing you will notice is that this place is big huge...
Spring in Salem
I realize that the weather still sucks, its cold, rainy and overcast. Get ready to put the winter blues behind you because a sure sign that spring has sprung is right around the corner. The Lobster Shanty of Salem opens up for the season I know I&#...
Insiders recipe book
I was helping a friend who had moved in to Salem recently when the rumble of hunger hit my stomach. Now when I lived in Manhattan, our entire kitchen consisted of a three ring binder chock full of take out/delivery menus. Come to think of it my col...
Jazz Supper Club at Sixty2 on Wharf
This post by regular TheSalemInsider.com contributor Forrest Frazier. I received an email from local eatery Sixty2 on Wharf the other day which put me in a nostalgic mood. For years I worked as a DJ in Boston, New York and through out the US spinni...
Grapevine
Grapevine 26 Congress Street (978) 745-9335 When people discuss restaurants in Salem Massachusetts a few rise above the rest as true standouts of fine dining, the Grapevine is one such restaurant. A few steps away from the main drag of Derby Street a...
A fresh smackdown
We cover a wide variety of topics on TheSalemInsider.com but one of the most discussed is where people in their 20’s and 30’s go to have a good time. From now until the end of the year there is one less place in our late night lineup. L...
Hungry? It’s Fall Restaurant Week.
You’ll have to pardon me being one day late on getting the word out about Salem’s Fall Restaurant Week. Now that it’s football season I slave away over the grill or stove all day until game time when I plop down on the couch crack...
Ice - Custard - Happiness
Rita’s Italian Ice 188 Essex Street 978.741.7482 As the new cool kid in town Rita’s serves up some frozen treats. With the scooperbowl just happening and the ice cream wars heating up a new hat was thrown into the ring recently when franc...
Thai Place
Thai Place 2 E India Square Mall 978.741.8008 It might not have the most visible profile but Salem Insiders know the Thai Place inside the Museum Place Mall serves up a tasty dish. Luckily you don’t have to go deep into the mall to find this e...
Ristorante Gioia
Ristorante Gioia 140 Washington Street 978.744.7333 How can a fairly decent sized Italian restaurant be hidden away in down town Salem? By putting their entrance on a desolate side street. Open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday I occasionally see pe...
Leslie’s Retreat Reviewed
Leslie’s Retreat 96 North Street 978.744.9495 There is plenty of competition for breakfast in Salem, we went to Leslie’s Retreat so you don’t have to. The first thing you notice about Leslie’s is that you just walked into a pi...
Cilantro restaurant review
On this Cinco de Mayo I felt it only fitting to treat you to some true Mexican food in Salem. Cilantro 282 Derby Street 978.745.9436 Take your existing notion of what a Mexican restaurant is and pitch it out the window. Cilantro is a great dining ex...
Weekend Warrior: Weekend of April 25th
Special Events / Festivals The 16th Annual Walk for HAWC Help Abused Women and their Children by walking around town. Registration Sunday at 11am walk starts at Noon. Music Friday April 25th Maggie Scott (jazz 6:30-9:30pm) Mamadou (afro-beat / r...
Underage drinking in Salem
Call this an editorial piece rather than an inside tip on the fair city of Salem. Stupidity and being lackadaisical when operating a bar, club or restaurant will always come back to bite you in the ass. In the Salem newspaper the other day and all ov...
Salem Spring Restaurant Week Reminder
I realize that other blogs, the newspapers and banners around town have already conveyed this message but it bears repeating. This is Spring Restaurant Week in Salem, April 13th - April 17th, where for a mere $26.26 (Salem was founded in 1626 henc...
Salem Beer Works Review II
Recently we at TheSalemInsider.com have been receiving requests to review certain restaurants or businesses. Bands are starting to put us on their guest list to check out shows and invites are coming in for special events. We love it. Please keep ...
Nightlife in Salem
It seems that there is more competition in Salem for your night-out dollars. Many restaurants have added live music to their late night menu. And it’s getting increasingly more common to see lines of people waiting to get in to places at 11pm ...
Nick’s Firehouse Coffee Shop
Nick’s Firehouse Coffee Shop 30 Church St (978) 745-9432 The photo is a bit out of date but a new one is on the way @%*# digital camera Calling themselves a “coffee shop” is an understatement. Nick’s serves up an affordable ...
Corned beef and car bombs
I, like many people who live in the greater Boston area, consider myself “Boston Irish”. My grandparents generation came over from Ireland and I grew up eating boiled dinner, bubble and squeak and fried tomatoes with my blood pudding. I...
Pizza pizza. Salem loves it’s pizza pie.
Every once in a while I see something happen in Salem that both puzzles and irks me. The other night I saw such a site. It was about 8pm and I was walking to a local watering hole when it happened. As I turned off Essex I was confronted by a man ap...
Sixty2 on Wharf, European dining in Salem
Sixty2 on Wharf 62 Wharf Street 978.744.0062 Taking up residence in the former home of Bella Luna, Sixty2 on Wharf adds a European touch to this seafood saturated area. Sixty2 on Wharf has a prime location which will undoubtedly pay huge dividends in...
Top 10 Vegan friendly restaurants in Salem
Many people think that vegans are crackpots. Why in the world would someone not want a thick juicy steak or lobster bathed in liquid butter? Some of them do it for health reasons, others for political ideals. Reasons aside, vegans can live a healthy...
Brother’s Deli in Salem MA
Brother’s Deli & Restaurant 283 Derby Street 978.741.4648 This Greek style deli gives off a cafeteria vibe but the food is a far cry from school lunch. Breakfast is served all day for you late risers. And as with any good deli, daily speci...
