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    Black Bear Diner Salem

    3.7 (67 reviews)
    Open 6:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    BLACK BEAR DINER SALEM ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed

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    House made salsa
    David N.

    FREE Birthday breakfast option. The waitress was quick to take our order, friendly and personable. The establishment was clean and we were seated fast. See menu for Bear's Choice Breakfast. 2 eggs, choice of meat and a treat. I choose the biscuits and gravy. The biscuits were enormous, but light and fluffy. The gravy was thick and just enough flavor without being over powering. I could not finished the plate due to the quantity. The waitress kept our coffees refilled. Our favorite booth is around the building, by the kitchen and dishwasher area. A bustle of activity, near the coffee and juice station..which is why our coffee cups never went less than 1/2 full. Never felt pressured to hurry our meal and free up a table. We'll be back soon....

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    Benjamin M.

    This place used to be a Shari's, and is still new enough to be pretty busy. At least it was when I visited, around 2pm on a weekday. I had to wait for about 10 minutes for a booth. Service was very friendly, and patient with me as I was waiting for a friend who was running quite late. It is decorated in the chain's signature bear-centered, mountain lodge style. The menu is quite large, and I would say similar to Shari's, but with substantially fewer pie offerings and not really any appetizers (although you can get sides that would function more or less as appetizers). I was regularly checked in on, but not bothered, by the wait staff, and it was easy to flag someone down when I finally decided to order. I chose the Reuben sandwich with onion rings. The food arrived quite quickly. The sandwich was good, if not amazing. The portion sizes and amount of sandwich ingredients was a bit frugal, but the meat was flavorful. The onion rings (all 5 of them) were just okay. After my lunch companion arrived, and we had finished our entrees, we did try some desserts. We got the carrot cake and the brownie sundae. Both were good, if not spectacular. My food this visit was just okay, but the service was awesome. And I definitely want to come back to try their breakfasts. Those two facts bounced up my rating from three and half stars to four.

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    Stephanie B.

    We arrived on a Sunday evening at 7 PM. They weren't busy and we were greeted upon arrival. The place is very cute done very well. Everyone that worked there was friendly. That was a good start. My husband and I had not been to the black bear diner previously so we weren't quite sure what to expect. We were pleasantly surprised with the size of the menu and the choices that were available. Our waitress Jessica N. Was delightful and took our order brought our coffee and refilled promptly. She was very patient with us as we weren't familiar with the menu and so many choices to make. My husband chose the 10 ounce chicken fried steak. The plate and the servings were huge. My husband could only eat half of it brought the other half home but he thoroughly enjoyed it thought it was very well done. I ordered the salmon which generally comes with a serving of mashed potatoes and gravy. Not my first choice with a beautifully prepared piece of salmon so I ordered the baked potato loaded with the fresh vegetable choice of lightly steamed broccoli. The broccoli was cooked perfectly, which is hard to do and having it served hot as well. The baked potato and the salmon were delicious. I would definitely order that again the coffee was enjoyable as well. We decided not to order dessert as we were both full and could obviously not eat another bite. If you like southern comfort food, I would say this is the place to go. Next time, maybe I will order a salad from the menu. By 8 o'clock the place was pretty quiet several tables there but it was nice not to have a busy busy place on a Sunday night. Thank you, Jessica for making our first adventure to blackbear diner and A+ . We will be back maybe next time for breakfast.

    Raven E.

    Our family loves bbd. Was so happy to see one opening a new location closer to us. I love that it was a former Shari's location, a place that will forever be close to my heart. Our server was phenomenal, he was so funny and kind. Food was excellent. I had eggs Benedict, my youngest had the bacon Mac n cheese and my oldest had an omelet, we were all happy with the food. Cannot wait to come back.

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    Kyle D.

    This place was packed out. The staff were very polite. The service was great. The food came out promptly. It was good. The place was clean and had cool decor.

    Pancakes BIGFOOT Chicken Fried Steak* (900 cal)
    Clyde A.

    Food was good great portions, the ambiance was at a okay for me but the service took a lil long. Server wasn't too friendly and pushy a bit but the kitchen nailed it and ate all my food. Delicious food service a lil slow and server perhaps was having a bad day oh and also get an itemized ticket pay it upfront or else you'll be charged for service that weren't impressed with . Thank you

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    Norma H.

    So funny story and to the point ! We walked in thinking it was already open for business but nope, it was friends and family day (training day)! When I say we were embarrassed , we were embarrassed ! Long story short, staff was amazing , thoughtful and allowed us to join in on training day ! The food was delicious, Amanda the server was the sweetest and so was everyone else in the restaurant! Cute decor too! Will definitely return now that it's officially open

    This is the best

    Breakfast was very good and the portions were too much for one meal. The server was attentive and friendly . Definitely will return

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    John Y.

    Service was fantastic and fast . Fresh energy and good customer service . Looking forward to come here more often.

    Avocado Toast with Wide Strip-Cut Hash Browns and country BIGFOOT Chicken Fried Steak with 2 Biscuits & Gravy

    The atmosphere was very cute and nice in the inside! Along with the amount of food and fast service for such a great price! I would recommend if you're in the Salem area:)

    Avocado toast with an egg and a side of fruit and sliced tomatoes, and the other plate is fish and chips.

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    Bright clean restaurant. Great food selection and lots of menu choices. Ample parking and a great location.

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    The food was great, came out fast. The customer service was awesome. I highly recommend a visit.

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    Gotta love black bear. Every location never misses. Great flavor and amazing service.

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    Nate, thanks for your 5-star review! Keep Feeding Your Inner Bear!

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    Bland food. Cold food. Small side portions. Disappointed. What a disappointment. Avoid this one, sadly.

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    4.5
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    Oh my gosh I don't know where to start! Everything I ordered was a solid 10/10 & that doesn't…read morehappen too often LOL. Started out with the giant tower of whip cream'd hot chocolate! House made of course so it's even better than the store bought stuff in my opinion because it tastes like actual chocolate. I ordered the filet minion chicken fried steak and it was cooked to perfection. So juicy inside and crispy but not like overly cooked crispy on the outside! Topped with a hot gooey layer of house made sausage gravy. The overall size of this steak was about as big as my face. To complement this enormous steak was eggs, a biscuit & some smashed Yukon potatoes..like they were literally small potatoes they just smashed which was really different to me because I've never seen that before. I also had to order the infamous cinnamon roll pancake I been seeing floating around on other people's reviews. IT IS A MUST.. and if you are ordering it to take home make sure you have a piece of it while it's still hot and fresh because that was to die for. I won't go more into detail about it you just have to try it. It will speak for its self. Overall the dinning experience was great! Servers were more than happy to get you whatever you need. We sat at the bar so y'all should try their drinks because they looked so good and the bartenders looked like they were having fun making them. The restaurant is a literal house and while charming it is small and packed inside and the parking lot is also really small so you may need to get there early or expect to park somewhere else in the streets. We got there an hour after they opened and it was only a 30 minute wait thankfully. Will be coming back again to try other menu items!

    Stairs up to entry was very dangerous with waiting customers using handrails on both sides, then,…read moreno landing at the top! We told hostess we did not want to sit at the bar, she sat us at the bar, after some more wait, we did get a table. Coffee was ok, but the cups were huge, always 2/3 full of cold coffee. The food took one hour to find our table. Nothing special, my wife had an omelet, with a big glob of Brie cheese, overpowering the omelet. I had corned beef hash that was extremely dry and salty. I also had warm rye bread. Not toasted. We were half done with our breakfast, and was given the bill, and boxes to go. Very rushed, crowded, and expensive. $58 for sub-par breakfast for 2. Sorry WOM, didn't cut it.

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    Honey & Co

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    Honey and Co. was such a great breakfast spot. The biscuits and gravy were incredible. The biscuit…read moreitself was huge, fluffy, and practically cloud-like, while the sausage gravy was perfectly seasoned and packed with savory flavor. The bacon blue cheeseburger was cooked perfectly and balanced so well with the blue cheese and thick strips of bacon. No sad little fast food bacon bits here. The Fall French toast had an amazing crisp to it. Personally, I felt like there was almost a little too much happening flavor-wise to fully enjoy it all together, but the warm apple slices with the cinnamon raisin bread were absolutely delicious. The staff was amazing from start to finish. Friendly, attentive, and welcoming. The restaurant itself is small, but it felt cozy rather than crowded. Bonus points for having lots of options for different dietary needs too. Definitely a spot worth checking out.

    It took forever to find a place to eat out on Sunday morning but we decided here after a thorough…read moregoogle search. Parking was a nightmare and the waitlist was thriving at 25 minutes long, but it was Sunday so I understood. We put our name on the list and waited outside in the cold next to the heater that wasn't emitting any heat. Our name was called after twenty minutes and we were sat next to the door (not my fave) at a large table. A couple was sat at the same time as us at the other end. We both got our menus at the same time. But long story short: by the time they were done with their meal, check on the table and everything, we had finally received ours. It was very annoying given that we were sat at the exact same time. The cinnamon roll was lackluster. All of the lovely frosting that you hope for/expect was melted into a flavorless grease. The corned beef hash was a strange consistency being made with shredded hash instead of traditional cubed potato but that was their choice and it's not the best. The French toast on the kids menu did not mention that it was crusted in cornflakes and I think if it weren't for the fact that my daughter was so hungry, she wouldn't have ate them. They were what you expect: crunchy French toast bites. Our server never returned after dropping off the food, only at the end to clear plates and give the check. It was a disappointing experience and even more disappointing that we had to tip on that kind of service because we're those kind of people. Clearly he didn't deserve it. The encounter legitimately set a really grim tone for the rest of the day.

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