The Salem Insider

Insiders guide to food, entertainment & living in Salem Massachusetts for tourists and residents.

Tavern in the Square

Tavern in the Square

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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. The generically unimpressive front door opens to a cavernous restaurant/bar. [...]

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Interior of Ristorante Gioia

Ristorante Gioia

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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 people in Ristorante Gioia but its always empty when I go in. I felt like I [...]

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Cafe Graziani

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Categories: breakfast, restaurant

Cafe Graziani 133 Washington Street (978) 741-4282 With 16 years of history in down town Salem I figured Cafe Graziani had to be doing something right. Boy was I wrong. Here at theSalemInsider.com we are always looking for a good breakfast. Nobody I talked with ever mentioned Cafe Graziani so I figured it’s time to [...]

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Fresh Taste of Asia

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Fresh Taste of Asia 118 Washington St. 978 825.1388 resh Taste of Asia is one of the newest sushi and Asian cuisine restaurants in downtown Salem. Within the first days of it being open we decided to give it a try. The wait was long, the wait staff frazzled and inexperienced and the entire place [...]

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