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    Salem Gardens

    3.8 (92 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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    SALEM GARDENS ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Divey
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids

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    Scott F.

    Friendly service, good tavern food and just a nice local joint. Lunch service is fast and inexpensive.

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    Patrick P.

    Salem gardens was explained to us by friends as a nice hole in the wall bar with decent bar food. Well that's exactly what it was. Food and drinks were reasonably priced. Place kinda had a musty smell to it. Service was surprisingly slow for only about four tables of customers in there. Our waitress although very friendly spent most of her time talking to the bar tender or going outside to smoke I think. I would say this place would be good for grabbing drinks and maybe an appetizer but not a meal. We dined in for lunch and weren't overly impressed. The thing that stood out most was the pepper jack fried cheese cubes, those were delicious and highly recommended.

    Pepper Jack Cheese bites...tasty!!!
    Christy M.

    This place. Neighborhood bar. We've been here one other time ago really not sure why we haven't been more often. Always a great experience. Burgers are excellent. The cook is very personable. An old timer that takes pride in the food he's serving. I watched him walk around to everyone making sure their food was cooked to their liking. They have an old shuffle board table that is pretty beat up but we had fun for the afternoon.

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    Roth M.

    Decent, unpretentious local watering hole with full bar and kitchen. The beer selection is not vast, but they usually have a couple beers for the more sophisticated beer pallet. This place is elevated above the level of dive bar due to its large back dining room(often where post-game softballers congregate, or little leaguers and their parents) and nice outdoor patio seating area and table service inside and out. The food is pretty average pub grub. Burgers, sandwiches, fried stuff, and pretty good chicken wings. Each day of the week there are different specials, whether it's on wings, or beer, it changes daily, and these specials are scrawled out on the mirrors behind the bar. There is shuffle-puck and juke-box and TVs for sports. Really just a good neighborhood bar. Worst thing is the bathroom always stinks, and I've been going there for probably 15 years or so and they still haven't replaced the knobs on the faucets in the bathroom that someone swiped decades ago.

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    8 years ago

    Very disappointing. Food was sub-par even by Salem Gardens' standards. And now they won't give you a straw even if you ask for one.

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    10 years ago

    Cheap frozen burgers with absolutely no flavor. Service is sub par. Don't waste your money

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    Excellent and friendly service. Manager has gone out of…read moreher way to accommodate!! Food was outstanding!

    WING NIGHT = ABSOLUTE HOME RUN.My friends LOVE coming here specifically for wings, and they're…read moreright. Exceptional flavor, great deal, cooked right -- the kind of wings that make grown adults nod silently while chewing like they just heard the national anthem. You've clearly cracked the code there. Now... the rest feels like a restaurant that needs Ken back in the building doing what he does best: tightening Quality Control like a Marine inspecting bunks. The good stuff first:The ambiance is cozy. The TVs with the Olympics everywhere? Fantastic touch. It felt festive, communal, almost European... if Europeans watched curling while eating fries. Our waitress (who has served me a couple times before) is kind, attentive. Whoever is doing hiring and training deserves a raise...but today many of them seemed checked out. Now for the reality check -- delivered with affection: The dining room seating is uncomfortable. The enclosed patio high-tops are noticeably better. The regular chairs feel like they were designed by a chiropractor trying to drum up future business. The chili had good flavor but arrived just barely warm and missing onions, like it stopped just short of finishing school. The potatoes came missing bacon at first. When it did arrive, the portion was... let's call it "symbolic." About one crumpled strip -- not worth the price, even though the bacon itself was perfectly cooked and the aioli made the dish taste very good. Great ingredients, sloppy execution. Some plates are awkwardly shaped, which turns eating into a geometry problem. Our daughter -- a 23-year-old self-appointed restaurant expert -- liked the pancakes, (wanted the goetta burger but it was 86'd) and the sauce had developed that thick film that says, "I've been sitting here longer than a Senate filibuster." Again, good flavor... just tripped by execution. We also watched a neighboring table wait a long time to cash out -- long enough to turn a good experience into a frustrating exit. Julie said the girls bathroom felt like an outhouse in the Arctic on this snowy morning. Hand dryers are below the belt, so low you could dry your shoes. Take your Doan's Pills if you're over 60 and want to dry your hands. One ironic upside: those wobbly hard dining room seats do ensure fast table turnover. They also strongly discourage lingering for after-dinner drinks -- which I'm guessing was not the business strategy. Bottom line, Ken: This is a good restaurant that should be one of the best neighborhood spots in the city. The bones are strong. The staff is usually strong. The wings are elite.What's missing is your signature tightening of the details.... the last 10% that turns "good" into "people won't shut up about it." Because right now, this place feels like a Ferrari that just needs a tune-up. And everyone knows you're one of the best mechanics in town.

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