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Salem’s So Sweet Launch Party- A Delight for the Senses

Feb 082014

Chocolate, wine and great conversation awaited a capacity crowd at Rockafella’s Colonial Hall, Friday evening. It was a successful Salem’s So Sweet launch party for the 12^th Annual Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival.

Kylie Sullivan, Manager of Salem Main Streets reported that “The room was absolutely bursting at the seams with good food and drink; you could see, taste, and smell delights from crepes filled with chocolate & strawberries to shrimp poached in chocolate stout, accompanied by everything from chocolate chai to pinot noir to honey mead.”

She added “Salem’s So Sweet really highlights how strong the Salem food scene has become.”

Salem Main Streets would also like to thank all the participating businesses:

62 Restaurant & Wine Bar, Artemisia Botanical, Caffé Graziani , Captain Dusty’s Ice Cream, Capt.’s Waterfront Bar & Grill, Finz Seafood & Grill, Flying Saucer Pizza Company.

Grapevine Restaurant, Gulu-Gulu Café, Harbor Sweets, Melita Fiore, Pamplemousse, Rockafellas, Salem Beer Works.

Salem Waterfront Hotel & Marina, Turtle Alley Chocolates, Victoria Station & Vic’s Boathouse , Village Tavern Grill and Oyster Bar, We All Scream Ice Scream Co., Ye Olde Pepper Co.

And a special thanks to our hosts, Colonial Hall at Rockafellas!

Salem Main Streets and the Salem Chamber of Commerce, along with local retailers, restaurants and businesses also invite you to attend events within Salem leading up to Valentine’s Day.

This year there will be more than 14 large ice sculptures, chocolate samplings and great discounts around downtown Salem the weekend of February 8-9, with some continuing until February 16th in celebration of Valentine’s Day!

The beautiful ice sculptures will grace downtown Salem starting February 8, with themes including a seahorse, a rubber ducky, a sailboat, a film projector, and more!

Many downtown businesses will offer discounts and special offerings during the festival. With over 60 places in which to dine, downtown Salem is the perfect place to have a romantic dinner or casual lunch.

Highlights for this weekend:

Salem Trolley from 12 to 4, will leave on the hour and half-hour, $1 / person;

Chocolate fountain at Maria’s Sweet Somethings;

Make your own Valentine’s at Mud Puddle Toys – 12 to 3pm;

Chocolate tea samplings a Artemisia Botanicals 11am to 6pm;

Pamplemousse – Wine and chocolate tasting Saturday 2 to 4pm, mead tasting Sunday 1 to 3pm;

PEM Shop giving away Harbor Sweets Saturday while supplies last;

Phillips House – 2 for 1 admission all weekend, Love Letters Saturday at 2pm

Once again, Golden Tickets will be available in downtown Salem for a chance to win the Salem’s So Sweet Gift Basket. Pick up your Golden Ticket at a participating location and have it validated at participating businesses (no purchase necessary) to enter to win a Salem’s So Sweet Gift Basket which features many fine items from area retailers.

Chocolate Gets the Salem Treatment for Valentine’s Day

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Jan 302014

What can we say? The city that gives Halloween an entire month to be celebrated, can’t just do Valentine’s… “Day”. We wrap it up into a nice festival package which runs from Feb 8-16. The 12th annual Salem’s So Sweet, Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival kicks it all off Friday, February 7th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, at Colonial Hall in Rockafellas, 227 Essex Street.

That is the night when everywhere you turn will be table after table of wine and chocolate samplings from premier Salem restaurants, stores and sweet shops. Within the walls of Colonial Hall you will sample light & dark chocolate, chocolate covered fruits or nuts, chocolate ice cream or mousse. Well, you get the point.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 978-744-0004, online at SalemSoSweet.EventBrite.com, or in person at the Salem Chamber of Commerce, 265 Essex Street, Suite 101. See the festival homepage for a full list of participating restaurants.

Kylie Sullivan, Manager of Salem Main Streets, says, “This event is the highlight of the season and sells out quickly!”

Salem Main Streets, the Salem Chamber of Commerce, and Destination Salem, along with local retailers, restaurants and businesses also invite you to attend events within Salem leading up to Valentine’s Day.

The beautiful ice sculptures will grace downtown Salem starting February 8, with themes including a seahorse, a rubber ducky, a sailboat, a film projector, and more!

The Salem Trolley will be offering trolley rides around the festival route (weather permitting) on February 8 & 9 for a minimal fee. More information about trolley routes, times, and price will be available closer to the festival.

In celebration of the chocolate festival, many of Salem’s finest restaurants will feature special chocolate offerings on their menus, including desserts, cocktails, and inventive sauces. Participating Salem retailers will offer in-store promotions, innovative displays and items geared toward chocolate and Valentine’s Day, ranging from a chocolate fondue fountain to discounts on diamond jewelry.

Specific store and restaurant offerings will be available on brochures distributed throughout the downtown or online at http://www.salemmainstreets.org.

Once again, Golden Tickets will be available in downtown Salem for a chance to win the Salem’s So Sweet Gift Basket. Pick up your Golden Ticket at a participating location and have it validated at participating businesses (no purchase necessary) to enter to win a Salem’s So Sweet gift basket which features many fine items from area retailers.

Salem Provides Valentine Event To Bring Together Community And Merchants

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Jan 082014

Sweet deal coming up in Salem Ma! We don’t have to sugar coat this event. The next project that Salem Main Streets presents to the community is the Annual Salem So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival.

This decadent tradition of delectable chocolate, sparkling ice sculptures, chocolate sampling and Valentine’s Day shopping draws crowds from near and far.

So much so that we want to invite local businesses to take advantage of opportunities to participate in the Salem So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival; offer a promotion, sponsor an ice sculpture, or showcase food/wine at the kick-off event.

It may be cold outside but chocolate warms the heart and invites customers into stores as we head into the month of February.

Wine & Chocolate Tasting Kick-off Event: Friday, Feb. 7, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Colonial Hall at Rockafellas
Ice Sculptures around Town: Starting Feb. 8
Shopping Promotions, Events and The Golden Ticket Raffle: Feb. 8 – Feb. 16
…and much more!

The application for participation is due Friday, Jan. 10.

For more information or to participate, contact Kylie Sullivan at kylie@salemmainstreets.org or 978.744.0004 x15.

Delayed Salem So Sweet winter festival begins this weekend!

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Feb 142013

Salem So Sweet was Salem snowed-in when the fifth largest snowfall in known history dropped more than two feet of snow in the bewitching seaport on February 8. The blizzard caused the event to be rescheduled for this weekend.

The revised schedule is as follows:

Chocolate and Wine Tasting
Friday, February 15, 2013, 6:30 PM
Colonial Hall at Rockafellas, 231 Essex Street, Salem
This event, which benefits the Salem Chamber of Commerce and Salem Main Streets, features wine and chocolate samplings from premier Salem restaurants, stores and sweet shops. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased at the Salem Chamber of Commerce, 265 Essex Street, Salem, or over the phone at (978) 744-0004.

Ice Sculptures Installation
Saturday, February 16 & Sunday, February 17
Around Salem
More than 16 large ice sculptures will be installed around downtown, and on display by 10:00 AM on Saturday. Ice sculptures will include an engagement ring, the Taj Mahal, The Salem State University Viking, an octopus, a Valentine Teddy, and others. Visit Salem-Chamber.org for a map of ice sculpture locations.

Golden Ticket Raffle
February 11 – February 17
Many of Salem’s downtown restaurants and retailers will be offering chocolate samplings and great discounts through February 17. Golden Ticket Raffles can be picked up at participating businesses (no purchase necessary) and validated for a chance to enter a drawing for a Salem So Sweet Gift Basket.

Salem So Sweet is presented by The Salem Chamber of Commerce, Salem Main Streets, and local retailers, restaurants and businesses.

Visit Salem.org for a complete listing of Salem So Sweet events.

The 11th Annual Salem’s So Sweet Festival- Starting Friday February 8th!

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Feb 052013

A decadent tradition of delectable chocolate, sparkling ice sculptures and Valentine’s Day shopping returns for its 11th year. Kicking off with a Chocolate and Wine Tasting on Friday, February 8th, the week-long festival will feature chocolate tastings, shopping promotions, chocolate-infused menus at local restaurants, and the annual Golden Ticket drawing for a fabulous Salem So Sweet gift basket.

The luscious Chocolate and Wine tasting event will be held Friday 6:30-8:30pm at Colonial Hall at Rockafellas, a location that is fully-accessibly, and will feature wine and chocolate samplings from premier Salem restaurants, stores and sweet shops. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance at the Salem Chamber of Commerce, 265 Essex Street Suite 101. This event is the highlight of the season and is anticipated to sell-out.

More than 16 large ice sculptures will be installed around downtown Salem on February 9, and restaurants and retailers will be offering chocolate samplings and great discounts throughout the weekend, with some promotions continuing until February 14th. Ice sculptures will include an engagement ring, the Taj Mahal, The Salem State University logo, an octopus, a Valentine Teddy, and others.

The Salem Trolley will offer trolley rides around the festival route, weather permitting, on February 9 & 10 from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Adult rides will cost $1, and children are free. Pick up locations include the Salem Visitor Center, Pickering Wharf and Washington Street near Eastern Bank.

Golden Tickets will be available for a chance to win a Salem’s So Sweet Gift Basket. Pick up your Golden Ticket at participating businesses or the Salem Chamber of Commerce, and have it validated at participating businesses (no purchase necessary). Validated Golden Tickets can be returned for entry into a drawing for a Salem’s So Sweet gift basket which features many fine items from area retailers.

With more than 60 places to eat downtown Salem is the perfect place to plan a romantic dinner or casual lunch. In celebration of the chocolate weekend, many of Salem’s finest restaurants will feature special chocolate offerings on their menus, including desserts, cocktails, and inventive sauces. Participating Salem retailers will offer in-store promotions, innovative displays and items geared toward chocolate and Valentine’s Day ranging from a chocolate fondue fountain to Valentine inspired dog treats.

Salem So Sweet is presented by The Salem Chamber of Commerce, Salem Main Streets, and local retailers, restaurants and businesses. For more events and details about the festival visit Salem-Chamber.org.

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