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Salem is so awesome.

We have a new foodie-centric restaurant serving tapas and other local/organic foods, as well as what looks like an impressive cocktails/classic cocktails drinks list. The bartender very nicely made me a ginger ale and white peach puree drink that was supremely tasty. This place seems pretty up to par with Eastern Standard. We had tapas there Friday night and liked the atmosphere so much we went back for drinks on Saturday.

There's a new dessert bar slowly opening. They've done a soft open, so we were able to go in and sample some baked goods (tasty! but they were out of cupcakes... this entire weekend was a shut-out on my hopes of new cupcakes, thanks to Brighton's Cherry Bomb not being open yet). Looks like they'll be doing sort of a half bar/cafe and half high-end, foofy groceries sort of deal. Their dairy case featured some Richardson's milk, so I'm hoping that they stock up on some good local cheeses and possibly some bread.

Coming soon we've got a toy store opening in downtown.

Can I just say how insanely happy Salem makes me? Because it does.

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NOM! Both those places look tasty. I would support an outing to tasty cocktails!

Yays!

*snarfle* That dessert bar's name is Coven. Never change Salem!

I'm glad you love your town so much. And best of all - it is not Somerville! I look forward to joining the not Somerville group shortly!

It rhymes with oven! Hee.

Yay, not-Somerville!!

Good to hear! When I lived there several years ago, you pretty much had to leave town to buy anything that wasn't convenience-store food, athames, porn, or comics.

I love that Salem is now like Davis Square without the self important hipsters & hippies!

oh how i miss living in a land of hip bars and restaurants! do you know i can't think of one place in martinez that even serves a mojito? - fresh mint is I guess a bit too uppity in an oil refinery town - - i shouldn't complain too much since I work in WC and if I didn't mind fighting traffic and either scouring for or paying for parking I could get all sorts of interesting, and expensive, food/drink.

Glad Salem's got it going on : ) That tapas bar looks like a place that could seriously tank one's budget if you got addicted to it. . .

Move back to Massachusetts! =)

Yeah, I think we'd better enjoy our days of being able to afford nice tapas bars now, because when we're paying for childcare our fancy time will be PBRs and peanut butter sandwiches in our backyard.

I second the sentiment that we would love to have you in Massachusetts C! We miss you!

I am, of course, jealous, since Rik and I really TRIED to move to Salem. But sounds like we would've been in Salem before it got awesome. (Maybe it only got awesome because you moved there!!) Glad to hear you're loving Salem!

I like to think our tax dollars are contributing to its awesomeness, and therefore it is awesome because of us! It's so nice to love where we live after how cranky Somerville was making me.

So cool! I'm glad it's working out so well for you guys. We definitely have to come and spend more time there.

Any time you want to come up and check out the sights and foods of Salem, let us know!